The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Sunday, February 15, 2004  

OVERHEARD: CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA
A Tenant and His Landlord

Overheard recently in Center City Philadelphia, in the Washington West area, “overheard” in the sense that I was a party to the conversation:

She: “Whenna ya’ movin’ out?”

Me: “I don’t know, Mrs. ______. The lawsuits complicated my plans.”

She: “Da lawsuit was t’rown out.” [Ed.: Actually, the suit was withdrawn by her attorney, under pressure, before, with ample justification, the court itself might have dismissed it.]

Me: “Your lawsuit.”

She: “I know. Yeah. T’rown out.”

Me:Your lawsuit.”

She: “It’s ovuh.”

Me:Your lawsuit.”

She: “Whaddya tawkin’ about?”

Me:Your lawsuit.”

She: “What udderwun iz dere?”

Me: “Watch your mailbox.”

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