Thursday, June 29, 2006

Overhearing Things 

Overheard in the fruit and veg section of the supermarket yesterday:
Do you have eggplants? Am I blind?

Overheard in the Murray St Mall yesterday:
Yeah, but they don't do genitalia...

Yesterday I bought new bathers (yay!) and two singlet tops on sale. I realised that I've become the sort of person who reads in cafes and at bus stops / train stations too. How did I get this relaxed? Once upon a time, I couldn't help looking around and listening in, now it seems I don't have to try.
// posted by Deanne @ 23:08
Comments:
Classic! I would have been really biting my tongue to stop responding to the genitalia comment.. "and you shouldn't DO genitalia either!"
# posted by Blogger flexnib : Fri June 30, 07:04:00 am AWST
 
Heya Dee - I came across a pretty funny site the other day along similar lines - http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/

Pages and pages and pages full of the funny and odd things people say.

Personal highlight -

Mom: ...and you have to hold my hand before we go out into the street.
Little girl: Best fucking advice ever.

--106th & Broadway

(excuse the language)
# posted by Blogger Col : Fri June 30, 08:24:00 am AWST
 
Hi CW,

The man doing the talking was striding along with work mates and carrying something cylindrical. The conversation sounded work related, as if it went something like Business Y might be good for the X project? - Yeah, but they don't do genitalia... Scientists? Artists? Testosterone central at Bobby Dazzlers and the Moon & Sixpence that day after the union rallies, so maybe they were discussin magazines and forgot they'd crossed William St into the shopping mall? :-) Who knows, but I didn't have time to even catch the guy's eye and laugh. Maybe next time I'll say something!

Heya Col,

Hope all's well in sunny Canberra. I blogged Overheard in New York last year, after reading about it at One Dog Said to the Other (yeah, I had to search to find out). I hadn't visited in ages, so thanks for giving me a way to waste my afternoon! My favourite from today:

They Have It, But They Call It Schmeer

Girl #1: I can't believe that CVS didn't have paint! How about Bagel Art? That place should have paint.
Girl #2: That says Bagel Mart.
Girl #1: No, it doesn't!
Girl #2: Move a little to your left.
Girl #1: Bagel...Mart. Oh. So then what does it have?

--Gigi's Pizzeria, Whitestone
via Overheard in New York, Jun 20, 2006

LOL, yes, I think I like this one cos it could so easily be me wanting paint from Bagel Art.

Have a good one!
# posted by Blogger Deanne : Fri June 30, 04:13:00 pm AWST
 
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