You got another thing coming

Drunk guy at Pearl Jam show: Man, I'm fuckin' pissed that Shannon broke up with that Judas Priest cover band.
His friends: unintelligible mumbles of assent.

- Overheard by Jason

Smells like chicken

Guy in line at book store: What happen to you and that girl?

Friend: She farted and it smelled like chicken.

Guy in line: Chicken?

Friend: Yep!

- In line at school book store. PCC

-- Overheard by Sinn

Fashion PDX

Girl #1: We should go to one of the Portland Fashion Week events.
Girl #2: Portland has a Fashion Week?
Girl #3: Portland has fashion at all? And for a whole week? I figure it would take about twenty minutes to say, "Here's what's new in flip-flops and microfleece." Get serious.

- Outside of Powell's on Burnside
-- Overheard by Liana

Legends of the Fall

Earnest young man to a young woman: September, October, November...see, they're all cold because they all have "brrrr" at the end.

- Clearing Cafe in NW PDX
-- Overheard by Carol

Cool dude

I'm boarding a plane back to PDX and a 60-70 year old man is on his phone.

Old Man: Only if she takes her boob out... Only if she shows her boob. Ok, honey, goodbye.

Submitted by dv

Mussolini

Girl: I have mussolini.
Boy: Mussolini??
Girl: Yeah isn't that what it's called?
Boy: Mussolini was an italian dictator.
Girl: Oh. then what's this called?
Boy: Muesli.

- VegFest
-- Overheard by Rebekah

Marathon

A couple riding bikes past my house (SE 19th & Bybee). They were both dressed in tight black turtlenecks and stretch pants, looking like mimes or robbers.

Girl: I can’t believe Oprah ran a marathon once.
Guy: Yeah, but it took her like 10 hours.

- Overheard by Candice

Foreign Exchange?

Freshman girl to upperclassman guy: I really want to do a foreign exchange to India.
Upperclassman guy replies: Wait, you want to do a porn scene with me?

- Near PSU
-- Overheard by Eric H

Debra Winger

Office workers on a smoke break: I have a blog on Debra Winger too.

- Outside office near Lloyd Center
-- Overheard by Eric

Rice

Asian girl to Asian boyfriend (suprised): ohh my gosh I haven't had any rice today! That's like really bad for your body.

- Beaverton Dennys
-- Overheard by bigmanbeats

Grilled

Someone screaming into a cell phone: OOOHHHHH. that is messed up. i took an
extra shift at work to buy you a grill and you don't even pick up my call? that is messed up. $120 grill and you can't even pick up my phone call? that is messed up. i've been at work since noon working to buy you that. fuck you man, fuck you.

- Safeway parking lot on mlk/ainsworth
-- Overheard by Kate

Jesus

Overheard at a public event: Well of course Jesus was a zombie!

- Overheard by Angela

Walk it off

Father to crying son (about 8 years old) in a wheelchair: Walk it off!

- State Fair
-- Overheard by Kim, who writes: "Definitely going for that Father of the Year award."

Taxi

Guy in line to friend: She was too old to do the walk of shame so I called her a cab.

Friend: I do not think it is a good idea to sleep with your professors

- Overheard by Sinn

Whatever gets the job done

Co-worker #1 after hanging up the phone: Jim says he's going to go get on Monica.

[pause]

Co-worker #2 : Umm... Well, that's a motivational tool that I hadn't thought of.

- Overheard by Byron

Dollar's worth

Crazy guy on the yellow line: I'll kill a guy for a penny. That way if I kill a hundred people, I'll have a dollar.

- Overheard by Michele