The following quotes are bits of conversation overheard at random times, like when walking down the street and hearing just a little bit in passing.
[in a bitter tone] "They just load them up with sugar."
Man to woman walking down Main Street in Disneyland
"That guy's either picking up trash on the ground or radioactive material."
Guy on parking lot shuttle outside Disneyland
"Well, that's what I like about our people."
Woman to man outside a State building, downtown Sacramento
"...needs a t-shirt that says, 'Ol cripple lady'..."
Woman exiting Toys-R-Us
Two people in line at Price Club food court:
"We got a lighter for Larry."
Voice #1
"How big?"
Voice #2
Unseen motion by Voice #1
"Daaaang."
Voice #2
"It's a boy if anyone's going to sit on my face."
Guy in his 20s at Leatherbys
"I can't think outside of the box because I don't know what's outside the box."
Woman at a conference
in San Jose
At a conference in San Jose:
"I wish you could come. Well, I guess you could, but I prefer if you
didn't"
Woman
"I better not."
Man
"If you have a specific way you want me to dress then tell me."
Man in a group of three on break at a conference
in San Jose
At Embassy Suites:
"I'll be back."
Woman
"Where are you going?"
Man
"Bathroom."
Woman
"Alright, don't die on me."
Man
"Doing this will help me out. I wish I could say I was doing this as
a favor."
Black male to asian female, walking in Downtown
Sacramento
"We went to the liquor store and she said she didn't want no liquor."
Man at Carl's Jr., Downtown Sacramento
At Chick-Fil-A:
"Overtime what?"
Man #1
"Overtime whore."
Man #2
"Overtime whore?"
Man #1
"Overtime whore. I don't know how else to phrase it."
Man #2
"Archie, steer that thing with your tongue."
Reno Aces PA guy to Aces mascot
"And he's like, 'No.' And I'm like, 'Okay.'"
Woman on cell phone, Downtown Sacramento
"...Tuesday I'm going to the dermatologist."
"Let's split a salad."
"OK"
Two ladies, Downtown Sacramento
"I'll get a beer and a pack of smokes out of it."
Guy at Lite Rail station referring to his
bag of aluminum cans
"And if you fall, you fall to your death." -
Woman in a group of people at Sunrise Mall
"There ain't nothin' but questions in those eyes." -
Older black man on phone, downtown lite
rail station
"Last dive, I slammed my dick on the water." -
Some kid at swim champs
"America used to be owned by another country."
Woman to child after July 4th fireworks,
walking along American River levee
"Is that a skin? Oh, hell no. That's a cute little animal."
Woman at Ikea
"I got problems."
"Me, too! I lost an entire freaking appellate brief one time."
Two women on Capitol Mall, downtown
"Now I got it stacked up like Tetris."
Guy walking downtown with his lady friend
pushing a stroller
Waiting at Lite Rail station:
"...go in and tell him you saw his homie Marcus."
White dude
"What's your name?"
Black dude
"Marcus."
White dude
"My brother in law - he in and out all the time. All he do is drink."
One guy to another at Lite Rail station
At Disneyland between a father and young daughter:
"I want to go on the Haunted Mansion."
Girl
"Would you find Jesus on the Haunted Mansion?"
Father
"Jesus is in my heart."
Girl
"Why would Jesus want to go on the Haunted Mansion?
Father
"And you think I have a hard time going to the bathroom...poor Wanda."
Slightly older woman on phone at Lite Rail
station
"All you do is sit at your desk all day and answer the teleprompter."
Guy on cell phone
"It'd be easier if you just urinated on them."
Guy at bus stop yelling across the street
to a meter maid marking tires with yellow chalk
"I see nothing improper here."
One lady to another while walking in downtown
L.A.
"'I don't need no drinks' means you need drinks. Two negatives."
Couple coming out of Taco Bell, each carrying
a large drink
Young couple inside Target:
"Do you want anything else at Target?"
Young woman
"Did you want to get a shovel?"
Young man
"...that's how big my stretchmarks are..."
Woman at Gottschalks
"...you just let your dog crap all over the place..."
One youth to another in downtown Sacramento