Archive for May 29th, 2007

Outbound 61A, Oakland.
A mom on a cell phone and her six-year-old daughter get on the bus. The girl sits next to a woman in her early 20s and proudly pulls a Barbie out of her backpack:

Girl: [to woman] Lookit my new Barbie!
Woman: Oh, that’s a nice doll.
Girl: Lookit her long pretty hair, and her pretty purple dress, and her glitter makeup. [Points to doll's chest] Oh! And lookit her BOOBIES!
Woman: [uncomfortable] Wow, I really like her dress…
Girl: [points to woman's chest] You have boobies too! Boobies boobies boobies!
[Woman looks very uncomfortable and abruptly exits at the next stop without another word.]

Starbucks, Duquesne University:

Girl #1: I just hate going to campus that way because I feel really nervous walking past that homeless guy.
Girl #2: I don’t know what you’re so worried about.  I’m sure he’s more afraid of you than you are of him.
Guy: He’s a homeless guy, not a fuckin’ snake.

Target, Waterfront:

Blonde Yinzer: [to friend] You think she’s strange because she had them baptized every five months.
— Feightner