Overheard outside the ROM during last night's bomb scare. A small group of friends is standing on the corner of Bloor and University, facing the museum. Guy: You know, if they could figure out a way to destroy just the crystal and leave the rest of the museum intact, I think I'd be okay with this......

Overheard by tyrannosaurus_rek in the ticketholders line for the opening night of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. A young man and woman are discussing what they’ll do after the screening of Mulberry Street. Her: We’re not After Party people, so stop pretending we are.

You know all those flashy LED lights on the CN Tower? Apparently they’re going to get flashier by this Thursday. U of T is set to approve the plan to build a $53 million Centre for High Performance Sport just west of Varsity Stadium on Bloor Street. Maybe their football team could start training to [...]

Overheard this afternoon on the bus. The TTC driver, while in traffic, is in conversation with a fellow driver. An accident has occurred outside of Downsview station. Driver: Did you see that? The car was almost ripped in half! He must have had a heart attack… Fellow Driver: Maybe he was on his cell phone. [...]

Overheard in the Parkdale LCBO on Brock Street. A young man is talking to an employee. Young man, sheepishly: “Excuse me, sir, but I can’t seem to locate the malt liquor…” Employee: “Aw, da 40′s? We ain’t got none.”

Overheard on the subway between Chester and Pape. A homeless man is asking people for money and a mother and her teenage son are conversing. Man: “Spare change for a homeless man, would you help a homeless man? The hostels are closed and I haven’t eaten in three days. Would you help a homeless man, [...]

Overheard on the eastbound Queen streetcar at Shaw St. A young couple is talking loudly about how worldly they are when the car stops in front of the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. Him: (Pointing at the big blue sculpture outside) What’s that? Her: That’s an “art.” One stop later. Driver: (to another passenger) Excuse [...]

Overheard by reader Adam in a store at Bathurst and St. Clair. A kid has apparently just soiled his trousers. He has relied on empirical evidence for his mother to figure this out. Mom: Have you…Awww…Why didn’t you tell me? Kid: (Shrugs shoulders) It was too late. Mom: (Looks wistfully into the street): It’s never [...]

We here in the Ist-A-Verse know that we’re sensational, but it’s very rare that we get a chance to be sensationalistic. This week, we’ve decided to have ourselves a little fun and try our hand at tacky tabloid headlines, using nothing more than our favorite posts from this week. Torontoist Special Report: Rosie to Trump: [...]

Overheard by reader Elena H. on the westbound Queen streetcar just before River St., at around 6pm, on January 22nd. Having told his mother that her bangs were too poofy and tried to fix them, a little boy, around six or seven, changes the topic… Little boy: The TTC is faster than a race car, [...]

Overheard at the intersection of Bloor and Spadina last night where two women were talking, walking east. Woman A: So I said, “that’s not an ass, it’s an elbow!” Woman B: Tee Hee! May we all have the strength to know one from the other.

Overheard in the lobby halfway through the second act of Wicked, the “spellbinding musical” at the Canon Theatre. An usher approaches a couple exiting with their coats. Usher: Is everything alright? Man: Yes. We just couldn’t be in there anymore. Usher: Was there a problem? Woman: There’s just too much singing.