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Mom: "Who do you want your costume to be?"
Little girl: "Batgirl."
Mom: "I thought was going to be Batgirl."
Little girl: "No, me."
Mom: "I guess I could be a bad guy, then. Can you think of any bad guys?"
Little girl: "George Bush?"
-- In the Castro, the day before Halloween
A mom and two little girls get on the bus.
Muttering crazy guy: "Motherf**king white bitch! I'll cut your asshole! I'll kill you!"
Little girl: "Who's he talking to?"
Mom: "To himself. Are you scared?"
Little girl: "No."
And with that, the family proceeds to sit DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM HIM, where express no concern that they are being muttered threateningly at for the duration of their ride.
-- On the 33
Asian woman: "I'm reading In Cold Blood. You know how most books say the same thing? This one's really different."
Her friend: "You know, that In Cold Blood movie's coming out soon."
Asian woman: "What?"
Her friend: "Yup. They made a movie of it. In Cold Blood. It's gonna be out soon."
-- From Eve/At the Powell stationI
