Two imaginatively dressed young men in a busy supermarket. One had on a wig,
one had scarlet hair, tattoos and a chartreuse cardigan.
Wig: Do you want anything weird on your hot dog, like relish, or...?
Cardigan: I dunno, what are you gonna have on yours?
Wig: Well, I think I'm gonna go to the deli and get a weird sandwich,
instead. Maybe you should find us some drinks...
Cardigan: I kinda feel like getting something weird, like a weird soda,
whaddya say?
Wig: Yeah, yeah, ok. I'll meet you in the "strangle the cattle line*".
*Best guess at an unintelligible phrase.
Two women in a restaurant.
Woman #1: ...I dunno, the whole thing was really upsetting to me.
Woman #2: I can imagine.
Woman #1: Well, it's just that... she has this baby and now she doesn't
even want to take care of it like she's supposed to.
Woman #2: She's a bad mother.
Woman #1: She is! I just don't understand it. I *want* to spend all my
time with my baby and she's always trying to leave her's with
her mother.
Woman #2: Maybe she has to just get used to things.
Woman #1: I dunno, maybe.
A mother and her young son in a restaurant.
Son: (fishing around in the hot sauce bin, he pulls out a packet
of hot sauce)
Mom: That's hot, you know.
Son: It is?
Mom: Yes, see it says "Flaming Hot" on it.
Son: But it doesn't feel hot...
Mom: Well, it's hot on the inside, when you eat it.
Three young boys outside the ice cream shop. Two were sitting on the
steps, one was swing around on the railing. All were happily licking ice cream
cones.
Boy #1: (to Boy #3) ... He doesn't eat spaghetti.
Boy #2: (nod)
Boy #3: (to Boy #1) Why doesn't he eat spaghetti?
Boy #2: I don't like the sauce, it's tomato.
Boy #1: Do you eat ketchup?
Boy #2: (nod)
Boy #1: You know what's in ketchup, don't you? TOMATOES!
A man standing next to me at a pay phone outside a 7-11 convenience store.
While we were both using the phone, a woman's hand came around the corner, groping in
the man's pockets, trying to find something.
Woman's hand gropes in man's pocket.
Man wiggles around trying to get away while still on the phone.
Woman comes around the corner.
Woman: (British accent, gritting her teeth): Give me my car keys!
I am STILL your wife and you've destroyed [something I
couldn't make out] and I just want my car keys!"
Later, after I came out of the store, they were standing near the sidewalk having a fight, gesturing wildly and raising their voices -- hers: cultured British, pleading; his: angry and accusatory.
A young man and woman sitting near me in an Indian food restaurant. Both
people looked like they were of Indian descent, but neither had much of an accent.
The woman had her back to me and her voice was quieter, so it was hard to make
out what she was saying.
Man: Are you afraid of her?
Woman: (undistinguishable murmur)
Man: I'm not afraid of her. I will fight her.
If I have to, I will fight her.
A really fat guy and a less fat guy sitting near me in a restaurant. They
were talking about programming and online directories of some sort.
Fat guy: I know I'm not good enough at programming to get rich doing it.
Thinner guy: (laughing) I think most people don't get rich doing programming.
Fat guy: But I really just want to do it. I want to be good at it.
A woman and man standing behind me on the streetcorner. We were waiting for the "Walk" sign to light up:
Woman: (coaxing) I'm only mentioning it, because I think we should try
new things. You shouldn't be afraid of trying new things.
Man: (subdued) I'm not afraid of trying new things. That's not it at all...
Two men in a booth in a restaurant. One man was doing all the talking:
Man: "... in everything! It's in every photon, all through the ether..."