Archive for January 2007
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Bill always regretted filling that baby bottle with marinara.
Carmike Maxi-Saver, West Mifflin.
A Father and Daughter exit the cinema. The Father holds the door open for his wife and younger son while the Daughter reacts to news of dinner:
Chubby, Red-Haired Young Daughter: Oh! Pizza! I love pizza! I go like this: [mimes reaching out and scooping big clumps of pizza into her maw] Mmm! Pizza pizza pizza! Mmm! Pizza pizza pizza!
Uncomfortable Father: [looking around] OK, stop that.
No Comments » - Tags: Fashion, Style & Beauty, Children, Parents & Grandparents, Food & Drink, @ Audience, West Mifflin, Awkward
Monday, January 22nd, 2007
No, it was to help the other Globetrotters fight crime.
William Penn Tavern, Shadyside.
Lynard Skynard plays on the jukebox:
White Guy: Play some “Freebird”!
Black Guy with Afro: Man, I didn’t pick my hair for 3 hours to hear this shit!
— Overheard by Frenchy
No Comments » - Tags: Shadyside, Fashion, Style & Beauty, Social Divisions, Sports, Arts & Entertainment, @ Bar
Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Wallowing in Sorrow?
Toy Department, Target, Waterfront:
Punk Girl: [to Emo Boy with Caucasian ‘Fro]: This smells like your job.
No Comments » - Tags: Waterfront, Work, Trends, Shopping
Friday, January 19th, 2007
He just doodles.
Statistics 800, Room 332, Cathedral of Learning.
A student walking to the front of the room trips over a wheelchair ramp:
Girl without a Soul: [Turns to the person next to her] I love it when people trip, don’t you?! Hahahaha.
Boy Next to Her: [Mumbles loud enough for a few others to hear] I wonder if God smites during Stats class.
— Overheard by JoelOneRowBack
No Comments » - Tags: Pitt, Education, Religion, Tragedy & Horror, Mean Girls
Friday, January 19th, 2007
Warning: Chemical spills and radiation don’t give you super powers in real life.
Outside the University Center, CMU. 7 p.m.
Two CMU cops gesture at something far away on the football field:
CMU Cop #1: Y’ever seen one a’ them on fire?
CMU Cop #2: Yeah. Ya never forget ya first time.
— Overheard by beadnik.
1 Comment » - Tags: CMU, Education, Violence, Crime, Tragedy & Horror
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
“Yeah, but it was hard to go with the rest of the tour group standing around me.”
Market Square, Downtown:
Man #1: When we went to Alcatraz we sat on Al Capone’s toilet.
Man #2: Did it still work?
— Overheard by Keystone
No Comments » - Tags: Downtown, Celebrity, Travel and Transportation, History, Crime
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
Debbie realized she was afraid of living more than she was of dying.
Wal-Mart, North Fayette. 8:30 p.m.
A married couple in their late 20s contemplate a purchase:
Wife: Do you want to buy Snakes on a Plane?
Husband: I don’t know. Do you want to buy it?
Wife: Does it even matter?
— Overheard by Joe
No Comments » - Tags: Attraction, Love & Sex, Arguments, Arts & Entertainment, Trends, Shopping, North Fayette
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
Well, someone has to stand up to them.
Nick’s Imports, South Side
Two giggling High School Girls scamper around the store, trying on clothing:
High School Girl #1: No, we totally couldn’t do that. Can you imagine?
High School Girl #2: Yeah, that’d be like blasphemy: We come in wearing our leather boots and a hippie skirt. The vegans would come after us.
— Overheard by smurf
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Target employees are always so helpful and creative!
Target, Waterfront.
A Female Customer is buying a hand-sized plush cushion:
Female Cashier: What is this?
Female Customer: A massager.
Female Cashier: You can just sit on this and have a good time!
— Overheard by Sophie
No Comments » - Tags: Attraction, Love & Sex, Waterfront, TMI, Shopping
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Dolores Kinsolving: Muslim Dietary Expert
Uni-Mart, Ellsworth Ave, Shadyside:
College Girl: Just these. [hands cashier a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos™] Apparently this is what Muslims eat at parties.
Female customer in line behind her: WHAT?
College Girl: Yeah, I knew there was a reason they invited me.