\"I\'ll take a girl with a short skirt and a loooooooong jacket.....\"

-guy in the cube next door happily, randomly singing this little ditty.

"It's better than chipmunks! Better than lesbian chipmunks!"
— a woman commenting on an action scene in the movie Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter (Oakland, CA)

The head of a small teddy bear appears from the top of a paperback book being carried by a man, whose path is blocked by a woman arguing with her boyfriend.

7th February 2004

St Martin’s Lane, London WC2

A woman in the front passenger seat of a car holds up a pair of knickers in both hands. The driver of the car is male.

7th February 2004

Ledbury Rd, London W11

A woman is examining a A4 sheet of paper, on which is a full page illustration of a cross section of the human skin.

30th January 2004

Bus, Walthamstow, London E17

Waiting for the bus in Seattle's University district, I saw a man walking down the street giving a German Shepherd a piggy back ride. The dog seemed happy, as if he was riding in a car that was going really, really slowly.

--my daughter

I know this is more in the nature of a story than a quote, and she said it to me so it wasn't overheard, but it was so strange I needed to share it.

A drunk man staggers past a woman and mutters;

waffles.

6th December 2003

Soho, London W1

A souvenir stallholder runs over to a tourist who is taking video footage of his stall:

What, you in love with me are you ? Bleeding hell, you were taking photos of the stall from the other side a moment ago ! What you in love with me, or something ? Now pack it in !

The tourist stops operating the camera and smiles to himself.

13th October 2003

Westminster Bridge, London SE1

Two women talking:

I mean, who uses a semi colon now ? if in doubt, I always begin a new sentence.

12th October 2003

Stratford Station, London E15

"I'm so disappointed. Nobody has noticed I'm God, yet. Not one person."

--a fellow associate who either got a big promotion or went off the deep end. Wal-Mart, Cortez, CO.