One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Overheard in L.A.: Drinko De Mayo Edition
Photo by sirimiri via the LAist Featured Photos pool
This week's edition of Overhead in L.A. includes overheard snippets of conversation about Cinco De Mayo, romance and colon hydrotherapy.
Overheard of the Week
"If you drink more cervezas you can see 2 supermoons!"
via @nikkiwall
You're Not From Around These Parts, Are Ya?
Tourists: "Is Cinco de Mayo the same day every year or is it just the first Saturday in May?"
Venice Boardwalk via @valerian253
The Truth
"There's no crying at Caña!"
via @LushAngeles
Wellness Check
Man on phone: "How's she doing? Oh, you know... snortin' what she can.
via @AnneMarieK
How We're Getting Out of Dates
"I told him I'm busy that night, but I'm actually free. My roommate and I are going to drink wine and write down our hopes and dreams."
Katie M. via Facebook
Some People Are Detail-Oriented
Man: "Yeah I've got the kiddie pool, now we just gotta fill it with grape jello, yeah it's gotta be grape."
via @AlexMooreComedy
Sponsored message
How We Earn Our Keep
"He paid him to pelt him with grapefruits in front of his Matisse."
In Venice via @avflox
Priorities
Person 1: "You weren't crying because she died?"
Person 2: "No, I was crying because I ate McDonald's."
via @anakincarver
As If!
Dude 1: "Ha where'd you go for that? JC Penny?"
Dude 2: "The fuck you talking about this is Nordstroms."
via @lizbohnsack
We're On to Them
"Oh they just did some Illuminati shit, did you see that eye of the horse?"
During a Rihanna video via @thawrite1
That's Gonna Leave a Mark
"I high-fived a cactus in our yard to end the night."
via @kaughtie
It's All Bile Under the Bridge Now
"I'm so close with my colon hydrotherapist. When she saw the bile flowing out, she just knew I was expelling my ex."
via @avflox
A Modern Love Story
Girl 1: "Then he bought me Chipotle."
Girl 2: "Awwwww."
via @mattzeus
Sponsored message
One-Upmanship
"I sat next to his agent."
"Oh yeah? Well, I sat next to his manager."
via @iannieyuan
It's Totally Healthy
"I need some one to stand on my kidneys."
Dispatch from a cubicle via @CHELSEAinLA
L.A. Story
"Basically it's come down to this: either I quit modeling and move back to Florida or I do this."
via @matthewstuart
Humble Brag
Is zero the smallest size you have the skirt in?
via @jenrobinson
Cute?
"Thats why I call her my bi-polar-bear."
At breakfast via @DJSIRMARCUS
Hopeless Romantic
"Sometimes a mother fucker just wants to take a pretty bitch that he can stand for more than 5 seconds on a vacation!"
At dinner via @CarterSwan
Definitely Shit Girls Say
Girl on cell phone: "I just feel like you haven't been completely honest with me."
via @NikkiNovak
Sponsored message
Only If They Hang With Fuck Yeah Hipster Ariel
"Can Seals be hipster?"
via @joebegos
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. at Coachella: "You're Not My Bro, Dude"
Overheard in L.A.: Because We're Too VIP for VIP
Overheard in L.A.: Entering the Honeybadger Phase of Our Careers
Overheard in L.A.: What We REFUSE to Wear
Overheard in L.A.: Gays of Our Lives
Overheard in L.A.: Things That Are Worse Than Bad Lighting
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
