Archive for July 2007

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Safety Goggles in Particular

Panther Hollow Inn, Oakland:

Guy #1: Yeah she was beautiful to you because you had permanent goggles on.
Guy #2: Ya know, if you’re gonna wear goggles, there should be beer involved.


Monday, July 9th, 2007

Boys Don’t Cry

Fairmount St, Friendship. Friday, 12:30 a.m.
The Shrieking Girl of Fairmount St. is walking her bike home and wailing into her cell phone such that she can be heard half a block away:

Shrieking Girl: I didn’t mean it. I didn’t mean it. I’m so sorry.
I wish I weren’t a girl.
— I’m sorry.
— I didn’t have a choice.
— I wish I were a boy.
— I didn’t mean it.
— It doesn’t matter what year it is; everything’s always the same
[Shrieking Girl locks up bike and enters house, where he continued sobbing is less intelligible but still audible.]


Friday, July 6th, 2007

The “Boy Named Sue” School of Parenting

Kelly’s Bar, Center Ave, East Liberty. Saturday Night, 1:30 a.m.:

20-Something Guy: So, they’re naming their baby after my cat: Jackson Wintermints!


Friday, July 6th, 2007

After Subway dropped its Sub Club Cards, Tim got creative.

Frick Park. 8 p.m.

30-Something Woman: [to 30-Something Man] So I went up to him, and I was like, “Dude, stop fucking my co-workers!”


Friday, July 6th, 2007

We can’t help ourselves; it’s Pavlovian.

Forbes Ave, Oakland. Late night.
A couple of drunk college co-eds are walking down the street. One drops change into a fast food paper cup that a man is holding:

Man: ASSHOLE! That was my drink!
Drunk Girl: [walking away and giggling] OH! Sorry!


Thursday, July 5th, 2007

That’s kind of the point of wine.

Liquor Store, Dormont:

Old Lady: [holds up a bottle of red wine] How long will this keep?
Clerk: Indefinitely.

— Overheard by Bill


Thursday, July 5th, 2007

“Well, it’s working, then.”

Dressing Room, H&M, Southside Works:

Girl #1: So what do you think?
Girl #2: I think it makes your boobs look big.
Girl #1: EVERYTHING makes my boobs look big. They ARE big!


Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

“But if she doesn’t come back, it was never meant to be.”

16th Street, South Side. 1 a.m.:

Drunk Guy: [to Drunk Friend] My motto is “If you can make her scream like every animal in the zoo, she’s yours.”


Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Learning Already

The Underground, Carnegie Mellon University.
Three pre-college students, two boys and one girl, are playing pool:

Boy #1: And if your ball is close, you can blow it in.
Boy #2: Yeah, but you can only blow it once.
Boy #1: No, she can blow her ball as many times as she wants.

— Overheard by I’m just trying to write a research paper


Monday, July 2nd, 2007

It reminded him too much of Princess Diana.

61A Outbound. 5 p.m.:

Hairy, Bearded Man: Yeah, I started growing it early, at 15 or something.
Bald Man: Looks like you got a lot. [Uncomfortably rubs his head].
Hairy, Bearded Man: Yeah, I haven’t seen my chin since 1997.

— Overheard by ryan