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Overheard!
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:09 am
by Wyldewode
I've been wanting to start a thread to share with you the funny things I hear on a daily basis, and am finally getting around to starting it. Tell me all the funny things you hear!
Today's gem (and it was said to me):
"I want to hold it, I want to lick it, but I can't have it. Sometimes I just want to sniff it." 
The preceding statement was made to me by a friend, lamenting the fact she can no longer eat bread because of a medical condition.
What's the funniest thing (or strangest or oddest thing) you heard today?
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:20 am
by Auleliel
"I want to see someone get bit by a Gila monster at the Grand Canyon."
Said by one of my fourth grade students after a lesson about the Grand Canyon.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:22 am
by Wyldewode
Very nice!
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:26 am
by Auleliel
Wyldewode wrote:Very nice!
Well, that's not what I told him when he said it. Fourth graders are always a good source for odd quotes.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:22 pm
by thefirst
My niece:
Why don't people just tell the truth? They know if they tell a story they're gonna get a spanking.
I was explaining that the news stories were not always true
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:22 pm
by Wyldewode
Wouldn't it be nice if everyone did, thefirst!
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:27 pm
by MsMary
This thread makes me think of
Overheard in New York. Foamy reads it and is always sending me funny tidbits from it.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:30 pm
by Chrysalis
Good post! People do say the strangest things sometimes!
I've not heard anything note worthy today but I did see something - I think I may start up another thread for the things you see people do - some are truely unbelievable.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:39 pm
by Mortice Root
Here's one from my almost three year old. We were shopping when some older ladies who were other customers, started talking to him. After a brief conversation with him, they looked at me and said that he was a very nice boy. To which he replied:
"But sometimes I can be
very naughty." with this big, evil grin on his face. And of course, he's right.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:41 pm
by Wyldewode
At least he is honest, MR!
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:29 am
by Auleliel
My 11-yr-old sister was playing computer games earlier, and I overheard her say:
Frizzle my nizzle
Should I be worried about her?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:58 am
by matrixman
Auleliel, why would that worry you? I'm trying, and failing, to see what harm those words contain. Just honestly trying to understand where you're coming from.
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:42 am
by Holsety
Auleliel wrote:My 11-yr-old sister was playing computer games earlier, and I overheard her say:
Frizzle my nizzle
Should I be worried about her?
I would be very worried. "Fo'shizzle my nizzle" is a much better and cooler phrase, even if it isn't as applicable to owning someone in a video game. She should get up on her vernacular sometime.
In all seriousness, if it's competitive I wouldn't worry about taunting. I've seen far, far worse - frizzle mah nizzle is pretty lighthearted and silly.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:19 am
by Nav
I thought I'd check out the the Overheard in London page, it's not as funny as the New York one but this one made me laugh:
1st guy: "That's a really bad cold you've got are you taking anything for it".
2nd guy: "Yes, I've tried everything, Night Nurse, Day Nurse........".
Eavesdropper: "He even tried two paramedics and he still feels rough".
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:14 pm
by Sorus
Guy on the train this morning, on his phone trying to explain to some apparently very skeptical person why dusting their monitor wasn’t gonna improve the quality of their screen captures.