#wordonthestreet: what you’ve overheard in London

@timeoutlondon So I downed two shots of vodka out of a crisp packet, then one out of a pencil sharpener #wordonthestreet

— Leila (@Leila_Lahfa) November 17, 2012

@timeoutlondon #wordonthestreet “I’m always exaggerating. I exaggerate about a million times a day.”

— Steve Nelson (@MrSteveNelson) November 20, 2012

@timeoutlondon #wordonthestreet There’s no way you would have survived until season 3 of The Walking Dead

— Alan Kindell (@fookindell) November 13, 2012

“This planet is like a giant brothel” @timeoutlondon #wordonthestreet

— South London Lady (@SouthLDNLady) November 13, 2012

@timeoutlondon #wordonthestreet it’s like being in a toaster .. I feel really warm.

— Sarah Pipe (@sarah_pipe) October 26, 2012

@timeoutlondon I don’t want a day off, I want to stay on top of emails #wordonthestreet

— Vikki Ross (@VikkiRossWrites) October 23, 2012

@timeoutlondon #wordonthestreet ‘What is Christmas all about anyway?’

— Miles Graham (@milesgraham) November 6, 2012

@timeoutlondon#wordonthestreet”This is the lift I used to pickpocket in! I used to come out with about a score!”

— Ruth Biddlecombe (@RjbCdm) November 1, 2012

@timeoutlondon #wordonthestreet ‘but you know I don’t eat for 16 hours on a Tuesday!’

— Vanessa H Aimee C(@DrawnStars) October 23, 2012

@timeoutlondon @sarah_pipe “it’s a good job we know each other because I am kind of stuck to your face” #wordonthestreet

— Jennifer Wood (@Jenniferhwood) October 11, 2012

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