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Overheard In L.A.: Steady Diet Of Shakes
Just prepping my meals for the day, you know how it goes. (Photo by margouillat photo via Shutterstock)
This week's edition of Overheard in L.A. features features people on very-L.A. diets, Oscar pundits, and Powerball hopefuls.
Overheard Of The Week
"I'm just really not hungry, I've been on shakes for a week."
via @JessicaDruck in Silver Lake
Don't Keep Your Family Waiting
"Atticus, put on your shoes! We're going for scones."
via @ganzagwenie in the family locker room at the Hollywood YMCA
Revealing This Is A HIPAA Violation
"So my vagina treatment came in the mail today."
via @Thucydiplease
So It's Also A Comedy Or Musical?
"Carol is like The Martian but with lesbians but in the New York in the 50s"
via @justingiritlian
What Happened To Jenny Craig?
"I'm actually on an online macrobiotic nutritional diet."
via @DougRiggs in Venice
That's What I Told My Mom, Too
"It doesn't make you high. It just lets you communicate with the spirit world."
via @Mike_Magrath
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The Jackpot Cover The Cost Of Any Mistakes
"I spent all my birth control money on Powerball tickets."
via @NickLentz
Keepin' It Real
"Real talk: is the kale salad great or just OK?"
via @NicoleKlepper
Priorities
"Can you help your children before you start helping prostitutes and homeless people from El Salvador?"
via @gabberswift at Coral Tree Cafe
Knowledge Is Power
"Are you educated on the kind of weed you want to smoke today?"
via @undeux
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.: Can You Vape In Malls?
Overheard In L.A.: Forget It, Jake. It's Hollywood
Overheard In L.A.: The Filter Will Take Out The Smog
Overheard in L.A.: I Just Wish The Nachos Were Gluten Free And Vegan
Overheard In L.A.: The New Downtown Whole Foods Is Literally Heaven
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