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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)
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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
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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
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
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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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