Archive for November 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Better make that three drinks, then.
61D Outbound. Rush Hour
20-Something Guy on Cell Phone: Nothin’ man. I’m just going to meet an old co-worker for a drink in Sq. Hill
—Girl.
—Miiildly. She’s Pennsylvania-suburbs attractive.
—coreyw
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Tube that shit, bro!
Hillman Library, Pitt Campus. Afternoon.
Several college guys are sitting together. One is talking about a video he and some friends made:
Guy: Yeah, so you know the movie 300, where the guy goes “We fight for glory”? We changed it so he goes, “We fight for…” and then the audio cuts out and we added “kegs.” It was awesome!
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
“And I spent all night cramming!”
Outside the PPG Place Food Court, Market Square. Morning.
A group of 20-something women with trade school ID tags are loitering and smoking:
Trade School Girl: [very loudly] OH SHIIIT! I FORGOT I GOTS TO GO TAKE A PIIISS TEST TODAY!
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
It may help to think of it as the time when desert camo became popular.
Public Relations Class, Chatham University.
A group of women are debating what to name their presentation for Becoming Mommy, a maternity business:
Teacher: So, let’s think of something cutesy for the title name of the presentation.
Girl #1: [blushing and laughing] Um..How about “Operation Desert Stork?”
Girl #2: [serious] I don’t get it.
Girl #1: It’s a play on words. You know, from Operation Desert Storm.
Girl #2: I still don’t get it. What is that?
[Long silence, during which all students glance at each other uncomfortably]
Girl #3: It was part of our first invasions in the Middle East in the early `90s.
Girl #2: Oh… whatever.
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
Real Life Imitates Teen Movies
Elevator, Litchfield Towers, Pitt Campus:
Attractive Girl: [on cell phone] You know, he’s really cute for a smart boy.
Unacquainted Girl: Wow, your father must be proud.
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
“That’s the old part in there!”
BODIES Exhibit, Carnegie Science Center Sports Works, North Side.
A large man with a goatee directs a small girl wearing lots of pink toward the case with the hip bones in it:
Big Man: [to little girl] Wanna see what Grandma had replaced?
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
People shouldn’t jump to conclusions so much.
Elevator, Mellon Client Service Center, Downtown:
Girl #1: So I went to the club this weekend, and you know how I lost my ID? Well, so I had to use my gun permit.
[Girl #2 nods.]
Girl #1: The guy at the door was like, “You don’t have a gun on you, do you?” I was like, “Duh, NO!” Ugh, I hate people.
— Overheard by Cockroach
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
You can find the same thing on Liberty Avenue.
BODIES: The Exhibition, Carnegie Science Center.
Two guys walk away from the female reproductive system display case:
Guy #1: So THAT’S where that is! I’ve spent 47 years trying to learn where it was. For $22 I finally figured it out!
— Overheard by Unit 60
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
Atop a large order of O fries.
Downtown. Light-up Night.
A human-sized Heinz ketchup bottle is walking around, taking pictures and hugging people as his young woman handler hurries him along:
Heinz handler: [on cell] Don’t yell! We’re trying to get the ketchup where it needs to be!
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
Ah, childhood: A blur of BARNSLIG and MINNEN.
Entrance, IKEA, Robinson. A 30-something man pushes an infant in a stroller.
Man: [to baby] Who wants to buy inexpensive furniture? Who’s going to break it by the time she gets to kindergarten?
— Overheard by Megan