Monday, August 31, 2009

Overheard at Target

A group of college-aged people crossing the parking lot.
Woman: "Did you see her?" She was having contractions right there in the aisle, between items."
Guy: "Yes, and she had more than ten items."

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Think positive

Young woman on the Commons: "And you've got to stop with all of this negative sh**, I don't want any more of that f*ing negativity."

Thursday, August 27, 2009

They're back!

Student: "I woke up this morning naked. I don't know how, I don't know why."

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Craggy man: "Ah shaved her down, made her look like a lion..."

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Tough love

Young woman: "If I fall down and I'm not bleeding all over my mother is like 'just get up, you're fine.' That's the way she is.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Group of young women walking to swimming hole:
Woman: "But she's so skinny!"
Other woman: "I know her upper half is. I don't care what you think, her legs are hideous!"

Sunday, August 16, 2009

We think so too

"Any chocolate bar with a graph on it has got to be good."

Take a deep breath...

Young man dressed all in black, lounging on a bench and talking on his cellphone: "I have four times the lung capacity of an adult male."

Saturday, August 15, 2009

"When I had my toenails painted the first time it felt like my toes were in drag."

Friday, August 14, 2009

Just add hot fudge

Girl: "I have a question. What's the point of vanilla ice cream?"

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Woman to daughter in her 20's: "Maybe when he comes out of the army they'll have turned him into the kind of insensitive guy you like."

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Voices drifting in from the street at night.
Male voice: "And all the deliveries? They're done by robots underneath the bed."
Female voice: "That's so awesome!"

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

That time of year at last

Girl: "Oh my God, how did THAT part of me get sunburned?"

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Getting old

In front of library, watching traffic go by.
Woman to man: "Why is it only old people ride motorcycles these days?"

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Interesting question...

"How long do you think the Ithaca City School District's policy excluding students enrolled in charter schools from participating in high school athletics will last now that New Roots has enrolled a 6'6" ninth grader who loves playing basketball?"
Overheard by Carla