Overheard In Sydney

Not in the East

2007-09-20T15:46:00.000+10:00

Girl #1: I just love the fashion right now
Girl #2: yeah, it’s like knocked-up schoolgirl chic

Overheard at Bondi Junction By Lexi W.

who's space?

2007-04-20T14:15:00.001+10:00

girl #1: Guess what? I was on myspace too much. Work blocked it.
girl #2: No myspace. That's the saddest thing I've heard all week.

Chatswood Office Building

You sure you weren't looking for Redfern?

2007-03-26T11:25:00.000+10:00

woman: we missed our stop you fkn dick'ed!
man: no we haven't!
woman: i can't believe this! i'm not talkin' to you!! bloody dick'ed!
man: there's no use arguing when we're not even at granville yet
women: not even at granville yet?! excuse me?! LOOK! there's CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES, there's the PUB, and here we are at Parramatta! PA-RRA-MA-TTA!!!

Westbound train, passing Harris Park (the station AFTER Granville) approaching Parramatta

in the ghetto

2007-03-26T11:23:00.000+10:00

girl #1: what are you guys doing this weekend?
girl #2: well right now its between goodbar where the shooting last week happened, or Space where our bags got stolen last time
girl #3: ....aaand coffee at Mars Hill it is!

Privelege Bar, Sydney

I wonder what was on his mind

2007-01-19T16:39:00.000+11:00

PM: So the connections is fine?
Tech: Looks good! Now I just have to get into Carol's so I can root her*
PM: Uh.. Okay.. Good luck with that
Tech: Thanks. I need it!

(should have been - Now I just have to go to Carol's to I can route her connection)

birthday wishlist

2007-01-12T12:38:00.000+11:00

guy: you guys should get her a vibrator for her birthday
girl #1: OR we could just find her a man...
girl #2: nah... I think buying a vibrator would be easier

Victoria Rd

it was a handicap game

2006-05-10T09:02:00.000+10:00

man#1 takes his turn in a chess match
man#2 (middle-aged asian man): Oh... I see what you're doing...
man#1: No, you don't! You do not see!
man#2: Oh, I see...
man#1: You do not see! Only I see! You cannot see what I am doing!
man#2: Hmm... I see...

Hyde Park chess set

(PS. man#2 ended up walking away from the match - obviously, he did not see)

reason #245 why you don't bitch in public

2006-04-27T16:40:00.000+10:00

Girl 1: Do i look like a librarian right now?
Girl 2: What do you mean?
Girl 1: Like the glasses and the bun and whatever?
Drunk Girl: Hey whats thats supposed to mean? I'm a librarian, and i don't dress like that...
Girl 1: Oh, I'm sorry, i didn't mean it like that.
Drunk Girl: No wuckers.
...
Girl 2: Are you really a librarian?
Drunk Girl: Yeah kinda, a library assistant is close enough right?

Overheard by Gina S.

politically INcorrect

2006-03-22T22:06:00.000+11:00

girl #1: what's wrong with her arm? ...oh is this the paraplegic games or something?
girl #2: nah, i think she's just retarded

watching Elite Althletics with a Disability, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games

it's a hard word

2006-03-02T14:55:00.000+11:00

girl1: ... and then turn right at SY-DEN-HAM road (Sydenham Rd)
girl2: haha! you pronounced it wrong!
girl1: I did? I did, didn't I? I said SYDNEY-HAM didn't I? Oh my gosh I said SYDNEY-HAM! ... I meant SY-DEN-HAM road
girl2: yep, that's still wrong

Guildford trainstation

(PS. It's pronounced SYD-NEM)

ouch!

2006-02-15T17:44:00.000+11:00

girl employee: argh! my phone cord thingie is tangled AGAIN! how come no one else's ever tangles? does yours?
guy employee: does my what?
girl employee: does your little thingie ever get tangled?
guy employee: *pause* you'll have to ask the missers about that

Bayer Building, North Sydney

visible panty STRING

2006-02-15T17:29:00.000+11:00

girl #1: uhh.. is someone gonna tell girlfriend over there her g-string is showing?
girl #2: how does she not know? i don't know about everyone else, but i feel breeze!
girl #1: i feel breeze!
girl #2: can't SHE feel breeze?
girl #1: she HAS to feel breeze!

Newtown RSL

the new religion - do you believe?

2006-02-14T12:00:00.000+11:00

manager#1: are you doing anything tonight?
manager#2: probably not
manager#1: gonna get your wife flowers at least?
manager#2: nope. we don't believe in valentine's day at our house

No. 1 Martin Pl Office Tower

he comes from a religious family.. of cows...

2006-02-12T17:10:00.000+11:00

girlfriend: when we visit your grandfather we're not sleeping in the same room!
boyfriend: why not?!
girlfriend: because he's a pasteur!

Boyfriend's apartment, Westmead

fob much

2006-02-09T00:25:00.000+11:00

Chinese New Year draw.

The female chinese host:
welcaame to da daw for da thainese new year.
firs prize is da ten thousen, secon prize is da treee thousen, two thousen dollar is da tird prize. congretuladen! mek sure you get your kooooopin in da daw over da nex foo weeks.

not even exaggerating!

Star City Casino

On the bus

2006-02-09T00:18:00.000+11:00

Unkept man and unkept woman squabbling, doing their best to tick each other off.

Unkept woman: I'll rape ya!
Unkept man: Yeh do it! Just make sure you turn around so i don't see your face!

Unkept woman falls asleep.

Unkept man: Wake up! It's time to get off!
Unkept woman: But this ain't our stop!
Unkept man: Yeh get off anyway!

Central to Maroubra

Project: Condom Packet

2006-02-09T00:11:00.000+11:00

Designer prints out the template of a condom packet.
Doesn't realise printer setting is 'fit to page'
Condom packet is the size of A4 paper.

Client: What's this? Negro condoms? Print it again to White man size.

how much does that one cost?

2006-02-08T15:08:00.000+11:00

girl #1: they really do have an asian fetish huh?
girl #2: but that's like saying some people have a black fetish or a white fetish or a latino fetish. its not really a "fetish" is it?
girl #1: well what about people with foot fetishes?
girl #2: but then how come liking eyes or hands isn't a fetish?
girl #1: i don't know.. but an asian fetish feels like a fetish
girl #2: oh coz of like.. mail order brides and stuff?

Newtown RSL

Being cultured comes at a price..

2006-02-08T15:00:00.000+11:00

Girl #1: I'm really scared right now! What are they doing? They're going to break into some sort of big orgy any second!
Girl #2: It looks like some sort of wierd sacrifice dance
Girl #3: Yeh.. like they're getting ready to sacrifice a lamb
Girl #2: Or a virgin
Girl #1: Can they stop?! They're giving me goosebumps! What are they doing! Stop!!

Newtown RSL

Lunchtime conversations can be really insightful..

2006-02-08T14:51:00.000+11:00

Boy: What are you listening to?
Girl: Relaxing music.. from the stress you give me
Boy: Like tweeting birds and windchimes? I find that relaxes me..
Girl: Um.. no.. but thanks for the insight to your soul.
Boy: I was just joking you know that right?? You didn't believe me did you?!

Australia Square Foodcourt

when in rome, do as the romans do

2006-02-08T09:15:00.000+11:00

girl on train: i usually do my arms (gestures to her hairless arms). but then i look at jane's and her hairy arms and think "man, if SHE can do it... I can too!"

Peak hour morning train

as if you'd date mr. ed

2006-02-06T12:06:00.000+11:00

girl1: so, is anything still going on with them then?
guy: no, definately not. that's a fact... straight from the horse's mouth
girl1: yeh... he kind of does look like a horse
girl2: you know that's an expression right?
girl1: (confused) oh, right......... yeh.

South Line Train, pulling up to Strathfield

it'd be just our luck...

2006-02-06T11:06:00.000+11:00

girl #1: we should go campervanning up the coast!
girl #2: yeah! but i reckon we'd die
girl #3: hahaha yeah probably
girl #2: nah i reckon we could
girl #1: we so could! we'd rent a campervan and --
girl #3: no, she reckons we could DIE
girl #1: oh what?! why would we die?
girl #3: you know us
girl #2: you haven't watched wolf creek have you?

One World Sport, Church St Parramatta

guy: fucking dvdworld. of all the good porn magazines out there we had to get dvdworld.

Bayer building elevator, North Sydney

Because we like what is ours..

2006-02-05T10:14:00.000+11:00

girl 1: Devious little bitch! Nah.. that shit ain't right..
girl 2: I reckon! Fuck that! I'm kissing him tonight. I don't give a shit..
girl 3: Heck.. I'm gonna kiss him too!
girl 1: So will I!!
girl 2: Yeh man.. for the sake of friendship!

cnr George and Lotus St

When's he going to kiss me already?!

2006-02-04T13:50:00.000+11:00

girl 1: i didn't see it coming at all!
girl 2: really? i did
girl 1: how?
girl 2: weren't you guys kissing at the club?
girl 1: yeh.. but even that i reckon i initiated it.. cos i was bored! like i was thinking.. don't grind up on me for 10 minutes and NOT kiss me..
girl 2: oh dear...

sydney boys don't grind

2006-02-04T13:42:00.000+11:00

bored girl: i've also felt this big old need to go clubbing.. red lion style.. haha that sounds so wierd.. i think its all the staying at home and hibernating.. but ive felt the need to go out.. and not just out to a bar.. out and dance and grind up to some guy i don't know.. but i can't do that here in sydney.. haha.. i just miss clubbing. hehehe okay im a retard!