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Old lady: "Excuse me, young man, could you help me put this window up? I've had so much blow today. I'm tired of blow."
-- From Joe/On the F Line
Twenty-something guy on phone with woman: "You should shower. That's gross. If you had sex 7 times you should shower. Yeah. Oh, you self lubricate?"
-- From Andrew/At the Pilsner
Newsie-Cap Dude: "Do you take foodstamps?"
Barista: "What's that?"
-- Starbucks inside Albertsons @ Fulton & Masonic
The scene: a lady with large shopping bags tries to hail a cab, and grows increasingly frustrated as they keep passing her by.
Lady (to nobody in particular): "You can't hail a cab and the buses never come. They make it so you can't get nowhere if you don't own a car!"
Pizza Orgasmica Driver: "Hey, where you goin'?"
Lady: "What?"
Pizza Orgasmica Driver: "I'll give you a lift."
Onlooker: "Her body's going to be found in little bits on top of pizzas."
-- Corner of Fulton & Stanyan
Suit on phone: "That reminds me -- add 'rent Transformers movie' to my to-do list."
-- Powell St BART Station
Bartender: "You want some water or something?"
Souse: "Nah ... I'll stick with liquor." (Pause) "Like ... as a lifestyle."
-- Badlands
Not exactly overheard, but still good:
A sign on an F-line trolley warns riders that Muni will be conducting repairs on the subway. The headline on the sign says, incomprehensibly, "Metro Improvement Programs Subway." -- From Jamison
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