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Overheard In L.A.: 2 Full 4 Kale
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This week's edition of Overheard in L.A. starts with a presidential hopeful and ends with a Kardashian. Wine 'n' Emmys time!
Overheard of the Week
"If I looked like Ted Cruz, I'd just be punching myself in the face all day."
via @JayarJackson
It's a Percentage Scale
"You're so much smarter than him. Your IQ is like 100."
via @LaurenBans
Someone's Been Watching a Lot of Clueless
"Irregardless, I'll conversate with him shortly."
via @shep689
More Filling Than it Looks
"I'm so full. I wish we didn't get the kale."
via @affaanderson
Turn-Ons: Free Shipping
"I'm too old for Netflix and chill. I want Amazon Prime and Commitment."
via @xianthegreat
Nope
"It's seriously easy to find, just search for Worst Soccer Deaths."
via @sarahohmygod
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Going Hard With the Shake Weight
“I think I’m losing weight. I feel it in the wrists.”
via @ohdearbetty
Except How to Make Union Station Smell Delicious
"Don't ask the Wetzel Pretzel people, they don't know anything."
via @David_Zaleski
Modern Day "Romeo & Juilet"
"She's so Marina del Rey and he's so Venice."
via @gelsomino_123
Genetic Miraclez
"I don't wanna marry someone with tattoos because I don't want my baby to have tattoos."
via @NatalyNazik
Same
"I'd give up everything to be Vanna White."
via @JakeKaplow
A Bless-ed Life
"Oh, I'll be in Aruba for the Supermoon Lunar Eclipse."
via @sgmitch
Multiplying Bi-nomials
"That's like the time I wrote erotic fan fiction about 2 guys in my math class. That was Friday."
via @lesleytsina
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Life Goals
"I just want to be Pottery Barn rich."
via @laurenshippen
God Rarely Gives With Both Hands
"I like him as a penis but not as a man."
via @beenanda
Klassy
"She has the eloquence of a drunk Kardashian."
via @awesomebARTon
Our Overheard in L.A. feature relies on you to send us the strange conversations you overhear in this city. Send them our way at tips@laist.com. (In the e-mail, put "overheard" in the subject and tell us who said it, where they said it and any amusing context.)
Previously:
Overheard In L.A.: The World's Most Dangerous Boy Band
Overheard In L.A.: Obama Is Looking At Your Snapchats
Overheard In L.A.: Skeptical Of Meatballs Edition
Overheard In L.A.: Cupcakes Are A Part Of My Juice Cleanse
Overheard In L.A.: Tragedy Strikes Runyon Canyon
And more!
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