Plus, I've already had my cootie shot, so...

Nor-ender: Man, I'm from the North End, screw the 10 second rule. We had the 8 minute rule. If nobody kicks it, you get to eat it.

-overheard on the bus

But it smells so much like the Ex!

Gansta Kid#1: Dude! We're on the pivot point
Gansta Kid #2: Does it spin? Is it gonna spin all around when we turn?
Gansta Kid #3: This ain't no Gravitron!

-overheard on the #60 "Accordion" bus

That's where we keep the VHS

Repairman: Why is it so hot down here?

Employee: Well, there is that portal to hell...

-overheard at blockbusters on broadway

I call it Confusion Corner.

Dan the Driver: Coming now to Crazy Corner. CRAZY Corner. Also known as Pembina Osborne and Corydon. Crazy Corner. (through the intercom) CRAZY CORNER, in case anyone's sleeping. Crazy driver at Crazy Corner.

-overheard on the #60

The street that's fun to say. Try it yourself.

Dan the Driver: Now approaching Byng Place. BYNG. My favourite street: Byng. BINGGG!

-overheard on the #60

If you drop an anvil on someone in real life it will kill them.

Enthusiastic Teen: [singing] Hello my sweetheart, hello my darling, hello my ragtime gaaal!

...

I used to watch that Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, and that frog would come on and sing, and I was like, what the hell? That doesn't happen in real life!

-overheard on the #29


PS. Did you enjoy our little April Fool's prank?

Closed

Weirdos of Winnipeg has been shut down by the city. Apparently we are contributing to a negative perception of Winnipeg--we've been contacted by city lawyers and asked to take the site down. Sorry.

Not really.

Only, not actually.

I wasn't worried. NOW I am...

A guy is walking down the street with some helium balloons. Another guy, out for a smoke stands behind him. Then out of nowhere:

Smokey: Don't worry, I'm not going to pop your balloons.
Balloony: ... okay.

-overheard in west broadway

Friday Blog Recommendations

Breakfast Connoisseurs does a weekly breakfast review, and features a top 5 and bottom 5 breakfasts in Winnipeg. Sweet!

If only we could get people to show up for work...

The Bong Factory



-snapped by blaine

Jumping Jacks?

(Cold couple with coats rounds the corner in a darkened alley)

Scary-looking Cold Couple: Hey, let's jump those people and jack their coats!

Cold Couple with Coats: ...

SLCC: Just kidding! Hahahaha!

CCC: forced laugh

SLCC: My coat is nicer anyway.


-overheard in west broadway

All the months? Even Smarch?

Woman puts deskpad calendar on the counter.

Woman: Is this just the one sheet?
Coworker: Uh, no, there are more sheets underneath.
Woman: Well if they're all January, then what good is that?
Coworker: It has all of the months.
Woman: I don't know. How can you tell?
Me: BECAUSE IT'S A CALENDAR.

-overheard at staples

shout out to overheard in winnipeg's livejournal

Look to Your Left

As you may have noticed, we don't always post as regularly as we wish we could.

But we've noticed that many of you keep turning up, even when we haven't posted anything new in awhile. We thank you, and we hope to do better for you in future. To that end, though, we're curious. What do you, our loyal readers, wish we would do?

There's a poll in the sidebar you can contribute to, or you can leave a comment.

We do, of course, retain the right to do whatever we feel like, regardless of your desires, but we are genuinely curious, and we do genuinely want to make you happy, so we promise to take your opinions into consideration. Thanks.

Thanks for making me feel better about ignoring the poor.

Scruffy Panhandler: Hey, spare some change?
Shaggy Non-Panhandler: Sorry, man, I don't have any on me.
Scruffy: (happy, friendly and cheerful) Don't worry about it! I never do.

-overheard in osborne village