Anti-War Protesters Rally In Federal Plaza
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Hipster girl on Damen and Division: Hey. What are you guys doing? ...Wait, are you still tripping?+++
Perfectly round, plump little woman on El, all clad in various tones of red, answers her cellphone: "Hello, this is Cherry..."
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Fashionable, rich woman with two dogs: Stop bothering people!
Panhandler: I should put a leash around your neck, you spoiled brat.
Man, Chicagoist never gets tired of eavesdropping—er, overhearing stuff. People! They're hilarious! Anyway, it seems like everytime we hang out, we wind up swapping tidbits of silly stuff we've overheard, so we figured it was time to share that with you, our dear readers.
Cubemate 1: Six Feet Under—the ending was so crazy! And they didn't show the scenes for next week.Cubemate 2: Maybe the previews got cut off on TiVo. That happens to me sometimes.
Cubemate 1: No, I was watching it live, in real time.
Cubemate 2: Live TV is for losers!
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Trixie One, on the Southport El platform: You KNOW that's what what every guy wants.
Trixie Two: Well, I'm not letting him.
Trixie One: Me neither! I'm waiting until I'm at least married!
Trixie Two: Shee-ya! You have to stay some kind of a virgin!
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Chipotle employee: What kind of salsa? Mild, medium or hot?
Surly guy, not sarcastically: Uh, what's spicier? Mild or medium?
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Metal guy in the stairwell at Bottom Lounge after a Mastodon show:
Dude, this is the kind of night that changes your soul.
So here's where you come in. Every Thursday, we're going to run an Overheard section, but we're but one website: we need your help.
E-mail us all the wacky crap you hear when your iPod's battery is dead, and we'll post it all fancy like. Don't worry, we won't post your name (unless you ask us to). Send your eavesdropped bits of glory to overheard at chicagoist dot com. And watch your mouth; you never know who's listening.
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maybe try something more origional? there are already tons of those sites out there
maybe try something more original? there are already tons of those sites out there
Ouch. I remember a time when Chicagoist could be witty/funny without belittling their neighbors. If you want to write a blog about Chicago culture, at least pretend to be one of us common folks, mr. anonymous "Chicagoist Overheard" writer.
Those stupid ads for books that keep sending me to another page without even clicking on them is making me stop visiting Chicagoist!
/Overhear THAT!
I hear the Blog saying that we have run out of things to post about! :)
Damn. A lot of grumpy people on here today...
I third. A made-up anecdote about "trixies" debating anal and a trite reference to iPods ... yeech. This is almost as lame as that love letter to Vince Vaughn.
moon - we're working on a bug with the blogads right now.
ouch - re: mr. anonymous - we're posting this as Chicagoist Overheard because we're collectively pooling together things we've overheard and also including anything you've overheard - email overheard at chicagoist dot com. It's a group effort, not just one person.
as ridiculous and cringe-inducing as the love letter to vince vaughn was (seriously, i hope you guys are embarrassed) i like overheard. the NYC overheard page is one of my favorite sites on the net. no reason we should have one as well.
come on lighten up. i thought "the overheards" were funny... and a nice concept to involve some of the readers. The love letter to vince vaughn was (IMO) a very witty little way to spice up the story about vince being the new cusack and working in Chicago so much as of late...
Asshole: I stand by my unbridled adoration of Vince Vaughn.
i actually think this is a great idea, and a reason for me to actually *use* that tiny notepad i bought years ago in an effort to try and REMEMBER to write this kind of shit down!
these first entries are actually kind of tame... hopefully reader submissions will spice this up a bit. ;)
Overheard at chicagoist.com
Middle-aged lady to her dining companion: "I hope you don't think that I'm hitting on you . . . because I'm not."
Overheard at Capital Grille during lunch
Get past the blogads snafu (which are for a movie and a wine, Moon. Reading comprehension: it's a good thing, even for an annoying blogad) Maybe you should try scrolling down the page more often to see if we've tapped that "nothing else to write about" well dry.
Moon - get Firefox and the Adblock extension. You'll love it!
actually - to shed more like on the blogads bug - it's a firefox issue and has been reported like crazy to them.. hopefully they'll fix it soon. we've tried to implement a work around to solve the problem. hope it works because i loves me some firefox!
Why Y'all picking on moon, he is adding content to your site! A more apropriate way to handle the situation would be possibly, "Thank you for your input moon, please keep posting your thoughts."
Looks like the BlogAds thing is fixed now.
moon is a loyal reader/commenter. we like that!
See, Rachelle knows what its all about! I'll buy what she's sellin'
Mea culpa to Moon, if he'll accept it. It just seems that in my brief time writing here that some folks who post comments just post to bitch.
Still, they're reading. chiagoist Prime,a s always, looks at the big picture.
awwwwww...puddin'!
you need a hanky chuck? i've got a box of kleenex i'm not using.
this is the internet. its primary function is allowing people to bitch about things.
How I would handle the post above me. Thank you, asshole, for your input, keep posting your thoughts! Chuck, this is just me though...
SA: That's funny. I thought its primary function was the mass distribution of porn. I think we can all agree that naked people are WAAAY more important than complaining.
more importantly, it enables people to bitch about all the porn they watch. don't miss the forest for the trees here, erin.
Drop them drawers, Chicagoist
"more importantly, it enables people to bitch about all the porn they watch.
HA! You know those people are out there, SA.
is this a family publication? everyone always calls me SA...
Drop Them Drawers, some asshole
Getting away from porn for a moment, I like the whole overheard thing. Although, it'll mean I'll actually have to pay attention on the train.
Ok, back to porn.
I am a huge fan of chicagoist. I go here to keep informed and have a nice chuckle amidst my flourescent lighting and no window 9-6. I love this idea, it's not like the whole site is turning into this....it's nice to have something, light and fun to read throughout the day. Keep it up.
Lame, lame, lame. I hope you'll reconsider this.
I think this site's been x-tra funny lately, but it might just be all the swearing, which is amusing, or not.
Keep up the work which is goodful.
Chicago, I can't hear you! I've been eagerly awaiting this week's installment of Chicagoist Overheard, but it's nowhere to be found. I hope Chicagoist didn't change its mind about this segment. It's silly and a little bad, yes, but what's wrong with that?