22 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Thu, 09/21/2000 - 11:27pm. Bizarre
"Well, would you please wear the bulletproof vest?"
--A woman talking on her cellphone on the bus
16 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Sun, 09/17/2000 - 12:12pm. Bizarre
"ARAGH! Oh, repent for that sin! Blasphemer!"
*shakes head and looks at the sky*
"The first Godzilla movie was in 1955, NOT 1998!!!"
--A man shouting on Sproul Plaza
15 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Sun, 09/17/2000 - 11:52am. Bizarre
"I found it's best to read that book outdoors."
--A woman on BART, gesturing to the John Grisham novel the woman sitting next to her was reading
Granted, I didn't see which one it was (though would it really have mattered?) but I can't think of a good reason for needing to read ANY John Grisham novel outdoors.

This book
, however, should be read outdoors, in full sunlight. (And I'll bet you never thought you'd be weirded out by WALLS...)
13 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Wed, 09/13/2000 - 1:30pm. Bizarre
"We love the fishes 'cause they're sooo delicious...
*singing absent-mindedly off-key*
SQUELCH! Squelch?
*sighs*
We love the squelch 'cause it's so..."
--One of the Squelch pushers out on Sproul Plaza
(The Heurestic Squelch being, of course, Berkeley's "only intentionally funny publication.")
(***Update** The link isn't broken, their site is just down. Give it another look later, some funny stuff there.)
12 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Tue, 09/12/2000 - 6:39pm. Bizarre
"Mmm... macaroon."
"Ugh, I can't stand coconut. It always reminds me of... it's like little shreds of human flesh."
"Um..." *pauses mid-bite* "How... ? Nevermind."
"Oh, I guess you were never a nail-biter."
--Two guys eating lunch outside Stanley Hall
18 January 2000
Submitted by eve on Tue, 09/12/2000 - 10:17am. Bizarre
"Yeah, and I always get a craving for cranberries around midterms, but it goes away once I give up and get some."
--A girl at the gate to the building next door
10 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Sun, 09/10/2000 - 10:39pm. Bizarre
"Well, since you'll be dancing with more women than I will men, it makes sense for you to smell good and learn to dance. I must admit, I'm rather jealous, though."
--A 30ish woman to her male companion, walking in Union Square
Can anyone think of a situation that would make her comment make any sort of sense?
17 August 2000
Submitted by eve on Thu, 08/24/2000 - 12:29pm. Bizarre
"Well, as Grandma used to say, let's go have some bunion onion soup."
--A customer overheard in the women's shoe department of Macy*s
16 August 2000
Submitted by eve on Thu, 08/17/2000 - 1:45pm. Bizarre
"Naw, it's my sis. She's awesome like that, always prepared for anything. The type of girl that if it was raining meatballs worldwide, she'd be the one with a fork."
--Overheard outside 'Acapulco,' a Mexican restaurant
3 August 2000
Submitted by eve on Thu, 08/03/2000 - 10:47pm. Bizarre
"You don't have to worry, I'll let you have some of my _private_ carrot cake later."
--Man to his female companion, on exiting the Pacific Film Archive's showing of The Birds
Either that's a lousy sexual innuendo, or the guy's got serious issues with posessiveness and food.