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Docherty Talent Agency, Downtown. A CoolDude™ actor is casually bragging to other auditioners about living in Los Angeles: Actor: Yeah, it’s tough living out there, man. You gotta be a real...
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Bus Stop, Forbes / Bigelow, Oakland: A 20-something Asian girl with a cello case taller than she is strapped to her back approaches the driver of a stopped bus: Cello Girl: Does this bus go to Heinz...
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Eddie’s Cafe, Litchfield Towers, Pitt Campus. Two College Guys are waiting in the check-out line: Guy #1: What are those birds that fucking talk? Guy #2: Parrots? Guy #1: No, that’s what my teacher...
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6th Floor Animation Lab, Art Institute: Male Art Student: I need my blue pencil. I draw better with my blue pencil. It’s sexy. — Overheard by Rotzi
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Petco, Waterworks. A man is retrieving his newly engraved pet ID tag from the machine: Seven-Year-Old Boy: Ooh, look, they have a Spongebob tag! Mother: Oh, you didn’t get Spongebob! You should have...
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Carnegie Library, East Liberty. An old man with shoe-polish-black hair is standing at a copier and crooning. Old Man: [stops singing] Oops, can’t sing, it’s a library. [Sings a little more] I bet you...
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Office, South Side: Mindless Receptionist: Then what happened? Soul-Sucking Intern: I woke up and there was something in my mouth. — Overheard by Sah Side Struggle
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The Holiday, Forbes Ave., Oakland: Bartender: Last call, motherfuckers! NOW DANCE! [Madonna's "Ray of Light" starts to play.] Chorus of Drunk LGBT People: FUCK YEAH! [Warbling sing-a-long ensues.]
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Crowded Shuttle from the Gulf Tower to the Boardwalk Parking Lot in the Strip: 30-Something Woman #1: Yeah, so my sister set me up with this guy, and we’ve been dating for awhile, and he’s totally...
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Southside Works, South Side. Thursday night. Five teenagers in costumes stand together, following the sneak preview of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Boy in Cape: Dumbledore is so punk...
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