22 September 2000
Bizarre
"Well, would you please wear the bulletproof vest?"
--A woman talking on her cellphone on the bus
--A woman talking on her cellphone on the bus
16 September 2000
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
*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
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...)
--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
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.)
*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
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
"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
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
--A girl at the gate to the building next door
10 September 2000
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?
--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
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
--A customer overheard in the women's shoe department of Macy*s
16 August 2000
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
--Overheard outside 'Acapulco,' a Mexican restaurant
3 August 2000
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.
--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.