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Overheard in L.A.: Shit Screenwriters Say
This week's edition of Overheard in L.A. features bits of overheard conversation from the West Hollywood Target, the Farmers Market and coffee shops.
Overheard of the Week
Screenwriter to partner: "Now, if the dildo were TWO feet long..."
At a cafe via @paulthenshirley
Tell Me More
"Maybe there's just a shot of her sitting there bored."
At a cafe via @shanecoburn
Plot Twists
Reality show producer: "And that's when she comes face to face with the Pomeranian!"
At a post production house via @a_simmons
Stoner Couplets
"Then they said, 'Did you just eat three? Cuz they're practically pure THC.'"
At The Standard in Hollywood via @standardhwood
It's Pure Poetry
"Well, have you ever seen Robert Frost in a Speedo? It would blow your mind."
At work via @charles_jensen
Vintage Body Parts
"I have old-school nipples."
At dinner via @Meg_Doyle
Making It Big
"But I'm not going to be a stripper, I'm going to be a waitress."
In Hollywood via @dogwelder
How We Get By
"I'll suck a dick if I have to."
Through a car window in Hollywood via @andrewislong
That Old Holywood Charm
"Is that Kristin Stewart?"
At the Hollywood icon painting at Wilcox and Hollywood via @LLcoolWood
Juvenile Debate
Well-dressed mother: "You don't get the point."
Well-dressed child: "No, I get it."
At the Hollywood Farmers Market via @PatrickSONeil
How We're Meeting That Special Someone
"I made out with him once -- it wasn't a date or anything. More like an accident."
In Brentwood via @avflox
The Worst
"Billionaire guy just wouldn't stop talking! I was like, OMG, I know you're rich but geez, your words ain't gold-plated."
At the WeHo Target via @losangelista
2012 Etiquette Part I
Some girl: "Would it be rude of me to ask him to change his profile picture?"
At LMU via anonymous
2012 Etiquette Part II
"I just want a boy to like me enough to @ tag me on Facebook."
At a party via @drewpsie
How The Westside Rations Affection
"I just hugged you in the middle of the intersection for nothing."
In Beverly Hills via @laurajrichter
Wedge Issues
"You can become a lesbian, even a democrat -- but if you become a pacifist, I'm cutting things off."
On campus via @EmilyThelander
Why We Love Cinefamily
"Do you think people ever put Kool-Aid in bong water?"
In the Cinefamily office via @cinefamily
How We're Swimming
"You get out through the waves like Tarzan but you swim like Jane."
At an ocean swim via @Tower_26
In The City That
Never
Sleeps
"Last call for alcohol!"
"THAT'S BULLSHIT!!"
In downtown via @SarahBmakeup
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.: Shit People Say At Auditions
Overheard in L.A.: Our Rule For Dating Porn Stars
Overheard in L.A.: Our Obnoxious New Business Plans
Overheard in L.A.: How We're Spicing Up Our Love Lives
Overheard in L.A.: How We're Ending Our Relationships
And more!