tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46351148125092077282012-02-16T06:40:53.630-08:00Overheard in Detroit ...the lowdown on metro motownoverheardindetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547867723433987874noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635114812509207728.post-36517795232465476232007-07-05T11:31:00.000-07:002007-07-05T11:34:43.840-07:00Gotta draw the line somewhere<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Gardener's wife: </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">I didn't know that trimmin' trees and shit counted as landscaping.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gardener: </span>I just do what I'm told. I just do what I'm told.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gardener's wife: </span>Not all the time.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gardener: </span>Not when it comes to yer fuckin' bitchin'!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Suburbs<br />Overheard by a neighbor<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4635114812509207728-3651779523246547623?l=overheardindetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>overheardindetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547867723433987874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635114812509207728.post-22756702848397475682007-06-26T06:29:00.000-07:002007-06-26T06:33:35.266-07:00Quit playing with your food and listen to it<strong>Female diner to other female diner: </strong>Lasagna had to translate for <em>three hours!</em><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Little Tree Sushi Bar, Royal Oak</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Overheard by Pedestrian</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4635114812509207728-2275670284839747568?l=overheardindetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>overheardindetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547867723433987874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635114812509207728.post-75496988197321650152007-06-25T11:31:00.001-07:002007-06-25T14:08:20.524-07:00Apparently the People Mover is good for something<span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Thin angry teen:</strong> You need to find out where she is so you can fight her.<br /><br /><strong>Thick angry teen: </strong>Oh, I know where she is ... I KNOW where she is! She's at the Ren Center!<br />(to guy next to her:) Yo, what stop is this?<br /><br /><strong>Guy:</strong> Broadway.<br /><br /><strong>Thick angry teen: </strong>I'm gonna call her. Wait, is this her?<br />(into cellphone:) Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello?<br /><br /><em>train stops at Broadway, starts up, announcement of next stop is made</em><br /><br /><strong>Thick angry teen</strong> (to guy): Yo, what stop is next?<br /><br /><strong>Guy: </strong>Um, Grand Circus?<br /><br /><strong>Thick angry teen</strong> (into phone): Hello? Hello? Hello?<br /><br /><em>train stops at Grand Circus</em><br /><br /><strong>Thick angry teen</strong> (into phone): Hello?! Hello?! Hello?!<br /><br /><em>guy walks off train, angry teens continue to RenCen</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Detroit People Mover</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Overheard by Cz</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4635114812509207728-7549698819732165015?l=overheardindetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>overheardindetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547867723433987874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635114812509207728.post-38896567572738445132007-06-25T06:27:00.000-07:002007-06-25T14:07:44.134-07:00Validating blond jokes<span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Patton Oswalt:</strong> Where do you live?<br /><br /><strong>Blond bag of bones: </strong>Dearborn!<br /><br /><strong>Patton Oswalt: </strong>Where's that?<br /><br /><strong>Blond bag of bones: </strong>Downriver!<br /><br /><strong>Audience: </strong>No it's not!!!<br /><br /><strong>Patton Oswalt: </strong>Apparently Dearborn's <em>not </em>downriver?<br /><br /><strong>Blond bag of bones: </strong>I've lived here my whole life. I think I'd know.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">City Theatre, Detroit</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Overheard by DNN</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4635114812509207728-3889656757273844513?l=overheardindetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>overheardindetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547867723433987874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635114812509207728.post-87153131620588004722007-06-20T06:19:00.000-07:002007-06-25T14:06:58.088-07:00Holey shirt, Batman!<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Holey Shirt Guy from the 9th floor</span> (to girl stranger)<span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span> We're watching the game! We can see it from the apartment!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Girl:</span> Oh... cool.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friend of Holey Shirt Guy from the 9th floor:</span> And I made some delicious treats!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Holey Shirt Guy from the 9th floor:</span> I'm glad to see you haven't lost your touch!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Kales Building elevator<br />Overheard by Cz<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4635114812509207728-8715313162058800472?l=overheardindetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>overheardindetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547867723433987874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635114812509207728.post-38343837670016732452007-06-18T05:41:00.000-07:002007-06-25T14:06:03.829-07:00Name Dropping Gone Wrong<span style="font-size:85%;">Three alterna-dorks in the elevator ... stops to let two girls on.<br /><br /><strong>Skinny alterna-dork</strong> (after long silence): So, what's Rob Lowe been up to?<br /><br /><strong>Alterna-dork in blue:</strong> Well ... he's making some made for TV movies.<br /><br /><strong>Bearded alterna-dork: </strong>Yeah, he left West Wing because he wasn't making enough money.<br /><br />Doors open on the first floor and they get out. Girls collapse laughing.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Kales Building</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Overheard by Cz</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4635114812509207728-3834383767001673245?l=overheardindetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>overheardindetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547867723433987874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635114812509207728.post-59427845684988977892007-04-10T17:37:00.000-07:002007-04-10T17:41:59.850-07:00Got no game<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Date: </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Shouldn't we wait to cross?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dork trying to impress Date: </span>There's no <span style="font-style: italic;">jaaaay</span> walking in Michigan! You can't get a ticket for <span style="font-style: italic;">jaaaaaay</span> walking in Michigan! This ain't Chic<span style="font-style: italic;">aaaaaaah</span>-GO!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Passerby:</span> You're going to get a ticket for jaywalking.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dork trying to impress Date:</span> Charge it to the game ... charge it to the game...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">9 Mile and Woodward<br />Overheard by judgemental dick<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4635114812509207728-5942784568498897789?l=overheardindetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>overheardindetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547867723433987874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635114812509207728.post-23918394604795922292007-04-09T07:49:00.000-07:002007-04-09T16:00:13.749-07:00Kind of defeats the purpose<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Worker 1: </strong>Is today the 9th?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Worker 2: </strong>I don't know, but there's a calendar right next to you.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Worker 1:</strong> Yeah, I know, but I don't know the date.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Used bookstore</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Overheard by Frank Stain</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4635114812509207728-2391839460479592229?l=overheardindetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>overheardindetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547867723433987874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635114812509207728.post-18039092879841117952007-04-06T21:58:00.000-07:002007-04-09T09:36:15.972-07:00Keep it down, tubsy<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Coworker who didn't think anyone was listening: </span>I'd love to have liposuction. I mean, not have it, just the effects ... I'd like to do something -- I have nothing else to do.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">At work at a certain world-spanning corporation<br />Overheard by Perhaps Read A Book?<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4635114812509207728-1803909287984111795?l=overheardindetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>overheardindetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547867723433987874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635114812509207728.post-61200926543046121882007-04-06T20:39:00.000-07:002007-04-09T09:36:49.864-07:00Sadly, no...<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Zach Galifianakis:</span> You ain't got not <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">pancake mix</span>!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">St. Andrew's Hall<br />Overheard by Virgil Cane<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4635114812509207728-6120092654304612188?l=overheardindetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>overheardindetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547867723433987874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4635114812509207728.post-6589546470775897942007-04-06T16:57:00.000-07:002007-04-09T09:37:12.404-07:00She didn't ask!<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">surly male customer: </span>what do we have here?<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">girl at the counter: </span>it's our margherita pizza<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">surly male customer: </span>i hope there's no tequila in it! i haven't had a drop of hard liquor in four years. it killed too many of my buddies. they're six feet under, and i'm six feet above.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">girl at the counter: </span>...<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Trader Joe's, Woodward, Royal Oak<br />Overheard by Frugal Shopper<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4635114812509207728-658954647077589794?l=overheardindetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>overheardindetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547867723433987874noreply@blogger.com