"I love Live. I'm their biggest fan, I go backstage and everything. I like all three of their albums."
"Oh, really? 'Cause I like all four of their albums..."
--A guy bragging to everyone around him at the Live/Counting Crows concert, and an amused bystander

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And that, my friends, is what we like to call a "smackdown."
*tsk tsk*
Sheesh, everybody always forgets that there was an album before Throwing Copper. Cool points to folks who can name it.

"You know, this is the first concert I've been sober at since I was, like, 5."
"Sober? Do you remember where we stopped on the way here?"
"Nah, a few shots of vodka aren't going to make anyone unsober..."
--Two college-age guys at the Counting Crows/Live concert

"4 legs good, 2 legs bad."
--An Orwellian message... seen on the marquee sign outside Mars Clothing Mercantile

"At the very least, I think you should be concerned that she can immediately identify burnt human fingernails."
--One guy to another, quite alarmed

"Well, would you please wear the bulletproof vest?"
--A woman talking on her cellphone on the bus

"I don't know if you could call it false advertising, but I agree, 'hearty' isn't a word I typically associate with sushi."
--One woman to another on Oxford St

"I wanted to ask, 'Are you drunk, or are you just stupid? But..."
--Guy telling a story to a girl and another guy

"Then she gets this really sad look on her face and says, 'I just don't know anymore.'"
"Sorry, that sucks. *microsecond pause* Now my dilemna is, do I want a blueberry bagel... or do I want cinnamon sugar?"
--Two guys in line behind me at Noah's Bagles

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Awww, now that's what friends are for.

"You can't be 'somewhat' head over heels for somebody! That's like saying you're 'a little' pregnant or something."
--A girl to a guy, browsing the beverages at the Cal Convenience Store

"She picks up dirt like a vaccum."
--One woman to another in a cafe

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So d'you think the woman in question enjoys gossip, or that she has issues with cleaning?