Archive for February 26th, 2007

Atwood / Forbes, Oakland
A driver stops and asks a pedestrian for directions:

Driver: Excuse me…Atwood Street?
Pedestrian: You’re on it.
Driver on Atwood: Shit.

— Overheard by Steve

Lobby, Lothrop Hall, Pitt Campus.
Two Black Girls in parkas and tight jeans are discussing a friend:

Girl #1: And you know what she did!?
Girl #2: No, what?
Girl #1: She threw a bucket of ice water in his car!
Girl #2: What?
Girl #1: Yeah, and she got two years in jail for it!

[Both sign in and resume the conversation in the elevator:]

Girl #2: Two years in jail?
Girl #1: Yeah. Two years in jail! THE GOVERNMENT IS NAH CH’YOUR FRIEND!
Girl #2: I knew’d it.

[Both laugh hysterically for the next 4 floors.]

— Overheard by Joshua Demaree

House Party Full of 25-30-Year-Olds, Shadyside.
A blonde girl pulls her black winter coat with fake fur trim around the
hood from the coat pile:

Blonde Girl: [after considering her coat, turns to two random girls] I think my coat is made of dogs; no animal looks like this.

[The girls stare blankly as the blonde girl walks away.]

— Overheard by teri

* Not kidding.