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Mon 2 Jul 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

Mon 2 Jul 2007

Or when he actually gets a job.

Bar, Hemingway’s, Oakland.

College Guy: [between sips of beer, to College Girl] When I get really old, I know I’ll be wearing pants up to, like, my waist.

Wed 27 Jun 2007

Have you seen the bridges near 279 North?

In front of Mercy Health Center, Soho:

Homeless Guy: Oh, honey, thank you, thank you! You’re the first beautiful thing I’ve seen in this damn city! Everything else is shit!

Mon 25 Jun 2007

Formerly of the Twin Peaks Gazette

Office, East Liberty. Early Morning:

Clerk: Man, we have got to have the weirdest paperboy around.
Janitor: You should see the deformed midget who delivers the Wall Street Journal!

— Overheard by corey w.

Fri 22 Jun 2007

Helga’s collection was legendary.

Target, The Pointe at North Fayette:

Fat Old Butch Woman: Where are you at, Helga?
Helga: At the girdles; where do you think?

— Overheard by Darwin Police

Tue 19 Jun 2007

It’s either that or the cirrhosis

61B Outbound, Uptown:

60-Year-Old Black Guy in a Golf Cap: [to 20-something co-ed] Sweetheart, you’re beautiful; you make my heart shiver and my liver quiver.

Mon 18 Jun 2007

Amy knew she had to get John to wear something other than denim overalls.

National City Bank, Mt. Washington.
An extraordinarily short 30-something man is talking to bank teller and holding up a line of people:

Man: So how you been?
Teller: Oh, fine.
Man: Just fine? I saw you out last week with your boyfriend Hank.
Teller: My boyfriend’s name isn’t Hank.
Man: Oh well, he sure looks like a Hank.

Mon 2 Apr 2007

Casper the Friendly Ghost’s Less Successful Spin-Off Character

Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State University. After the Schenley-Chester PIAA AAAA Championship Basketball Game.
A pair of black teenage girls dressed in the Schenley red and black pass a small group of dejected Chester fans in black and orange:

Girl #1: Take them Halloween colors back to Chester! , nigga! BOO!!— Overheard by get ‘em, spartans!

Tue 27 Mar 2007

If you’re lucky, they are.

SportsWorks, Carnegie Science Center. North Shore. Tuesday Afternoon.
Two boys and two girls from a school group, all around seven years old, are sitting on a bench:

Boy #1: Eeeeeewwwwww!!! You have to sit next to two blondes!
Boy #2: So?
Boy #1: Blondes are disgusting!!

Fri 23 Mar 2007

Waterfront Horror Stage III: Judgment

Bus Stop, Waterfront:

Girl: Does this bus go to Squirrel Hill?
Bus Diver: Yep.
[Girl gets on bus.]
Emo Kid: Does this bus go to Squirrel Hill?
Bus Driver: No! No! No!
[Bus Driver closes door on Emo Kid and drives away quickly.]

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