Sounds Reasonable...

Architect on phone talking to, I assume, another architect, trying to resolve a City permitting issue:

"I'm gonna have my expediter call your expediter and then they can call her expediter to resolve this whole thing. I don't know why we didn't do that to begin with. I don't know why they're so distrustful."

Shared Archicture Office off South Street

Overheard by Andrew on the Bus (@Work)

Talents Are God Given

Teenage black girl: "I tol' my daddy I was standing up for myself, but he said 'No, you just using your butt.' "

H&M on Chestnut Street

Overheard by I'll say

Hot Women Can Drive You Gay.

Big security guy staring at a lovely lady in spandex pants: "I wanna kiss the guy that invented spandex right now."

Guy in line: "haha. Nice."

Security guy: "Open mouth, tongue, I dont care. Look at that!" (referring to the spandex girl)

the Trocadero
Overheard by Scottie Onetime

That Would Have Been AWESOME!

Random girl: "It'd be funny if Harold Camping was right but for the wrong religion. 6 o'clock rolls around and we're all like, hey, where'd the Scientologists go?"

15th & Spring Garden
Overheard by Currrly

I Don't Recall That From CCD

A couple in their mid 20's with their dog in the store.

Guy: "Does she need this kind of food?" (holds up a certain canned brand)

Girl: "Um, no. That's for expectant momma dogs." (looks at dog) "And you are not to be a momma dog! No surprises from you!"

Guy: "Uh, babe? She's fixed remember? I don't think we have to worry about that."

Girl: "We don't know that! She could be the Virgin Mary of the dog world!"

Chain Pet Store

Overheard by Frogger

Hello, Child Services?

A mother of a 8 month old child: "I say fuck the kids."

In this crazy bitch's living room

Overheard by Chaz

Neither Do I. Let's Make Out.

(guy n girl arguing for a bit)

Guy: "UGH!! Why do you have to my antithesis on absolutely everything?"

Girl: "Oh look at you and your big vocab words. I don't even know what that means."

Guy: "See?!? Exactly!!"

Lucky Strike bowling

Overheard by Scottie Onetime

Narberth Is More Edgy Than I Remember

One white middle aged suburbanite to another: "Of course your wife wants the bigger one... with all the black guys she's had and all."

Cookout in Narberth

Overheard by Chaz

The Other White Meat

One guy commenting on a spectator of the Kentucky Derb: "He looks like an albino with an attitude."

Narberth

Overheard by Chaz

You Know It When You Feel It

Co-Worker: "What?! No! You can't get tested for Gout. You either have it, or you don't. That's it. What's there to test? Geeze!"

My Cube Farm

Overheard by WD40

They Take After Their Mother

Chase Utley: "Yeah - we have four dogs; two of them are adopted."

CSN Sports Interview

Overheard by RockstarScientist

They're Just Giving It Away

A bunch of late-20-something (early 30-something) women hanging on the stoop discussing financial matters, when one emphatically announces to her friend that she is crazy and doesn't understand the concept they've been discussing,

"No. No. No. You have to have overdraft protection, that's how you can pay your bills without money in your account, else they ain't gonna pay them."


corner of 15th and Christian

Overheard by Andrew on the Bus (walking past said locale)

We Are Truly Post-Racial

"i may be black but I'm multi-cultural, I make white rice for my kids every week!"

broad & girard

Overheard by Guzzo

What Is A Major Sign Of Low Self-Esteem?

Gay guy at dinner party(about potential new boyfriend): "I think he's a bit of a slut."

Dinner guest: "What makes you say that?"

Gay guy: "Because the first 3 times I slept with him, he gave me an STD."

South Philly

Overheard by Mad Mike

You Might Be Surprised What You Find In That Book

One of a group of 4 middle aged Jehovah's Witnesses witnessing:
"I'm learning to read now."

69th Street Station

Overheard by Shoo-Fly Ry

Truth. It's What's For Dinner.

New intern, discussing his college experience with a coworker:

Coworker: "Why did you choose Drexel?"

Intern: "I got a scholarship."

Coworker: "What was the scholarship for?"

Intern: "Money."

Old City

Overheard by acmestyled

Is Stone Temple Pilots Classic Rock?

walking out of the STP concert

Crowd: "USA! USA! USA! USA!"

(crowd stops)

50 something guy: "Yeah go Phillies!"

Tower Theater
Overheard by Scottie Onetime

Storms Have Become Self Aware

Girl: "channel 10 is calling for a chance of hail and a tornado warning for bucks county into north jersey."

(a minute or two later)

Girl: "now the storm is going up 95."

Guy: "That's smart of the storm. If it went up the turnpike, it would have to pay tolls."

work

Overheard by Scottie Onetime

Is That An Insult?

French girl - "What did you think about the show?

American - "They started late."

French girl: "Oh, that's the American in you."

PIFA show

Overheard by BetsyVonAwesome

Can't Trust Your Pharmacist Who Can You Trust?

Pharmacy Student: "I just don't understand why everything has to be acronyms. Ab25-g attaches to hp4 and that becomes 98MKP. Can't it just be like... giraffe eats leaf, leaf becomes poop?"

USciences

Overheard by Currrly