Overheard on the street, from a fighting couple:
Man: "I guess you picked the wrong night to not be in New Jersey."
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Um, Mom? Can't You See I'm Talking to Hudson and Sterling?
Overheard: in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
"Dashiell, say goodbye to Porter!"
"Dashiell, say goodbye to Porter!"
Can Health Care Reform Fix This?
Overheard: At the doctor's office
By: Lisa Bonchek Adams
Woman in front of me at blood draw is asked for her doctor's name.
By: Lisa Bonchek Adams
Woman in front of me at blood draw is asked for her doctor's name.
"Smith," she says.
Tech: "First name?"
Woman: "Doctor."
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Maybe It's Time for "Disney on Ice," Then
Overheard at: Disney's Animal Kingdom
By: Matt Mendelsohn
"I don't wannnnnnna go to Africa. It's tooooooo hot there."
By: Matt Mendelsohn
"I don't wannnnnnna go to Africa. It's tooooooo hot there."
Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee...
Overheard: At Penn Station pizza place 9:15 p.m.
By: Bruce Fretts
Woman: I work in licensing with Muhammad Ali, which is pretty cool. He's kind of a badass.
Man: Well, not anymore...
Woman: Yeah, the Parkinson's doesn't really work with the brand.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Like, OMG! Zach! He's, Like, TOTALLY CRAZY!
Overheard: On the 12:34 a.m. NJ Transit Train from Penn Station to Dover
By: Bruce Fretts
Seton Hall sorority girl: "Guess who crashed our formal last night? Zach. I was like, 'Who are you here with?' and he was like, 'Nobody.'"
By: Bruce Fretts
Seton Hall sorority girl: "Guess who crashed our formal last night? Zach. I was like, 'Who are you here with?' and he was like, 'Nobody.'"
Friday, April 23, 2010
Well, That Typically Depends on the Occasion
Overheard at: Old Navy
By: Lisa Bonchek Adams (Ringing our ceremonial bell for our first repeat contributor!
"Do you want to buy the ones that fit or the ones that don't?"
By: Lisa Bonchek Adams (Ringing our ceremonial bell for our first repeat contributor!
"Do you want to buy the ones that fit or the ones that don't?"
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Pssst! Mom! Santa's a Fake, Too
Earth Day, part II
Overheard: In coffee shop line, during thunderstorm. (Again with the coffee shops!)
By: Marilyn Pollack Naron
Mom to little boy: "Mother Nature is crying on Earth Day."
Boy: "I think it's just raining."
Overheard: In coffee shop line, during thunderstorm. (Again with the coffee shops!)
By: Marilyn Pollack Naron
Mom to little boy: "Mother Nature is crying on Earth Day."
Boy: "I think it's just raining."
Doh! And I Forgot to Send a Card!
Overheard: In Starbucks (I'm sensing a theme here, btw.)
By: Jodi Sternoff Cohen
4 year old boy: "Mommy, tomorrow's a big holiday. It's Earth Day."
By: Jodi Sternoff Cohen
4 year old boy: "Mommy, tomorrow's a big holiday. It's Earth Day."
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
She Was Afraid to Turn Around
Overheard: on the bus today.
By: Katie Anderson
The man behind me said, "Ahh, nothing like sending a good naked tweet."
By: Katie Anderson
The man behind me said, "Ahh, nothing like sending a good naked tweet."
Hard to Say Who's Qualified to Make a Ruling Here
Overheard at: Starbucks last Sunday
By: Lisa Bonchek Adams
One old man to another old man: "Do I look like a sugar daddy?"
(BTW, three postings since we started last night and two of them are conversations between old men? What gives here?)
And You're One to Talk?
Overheard: On the Avenue in Hampden, Baltimore city.
Tank-top clad full-on hon, shrieking: "Oh yeah?! Well that's why you can't KEEP A MAN!"
Tank-top clad full-on hon, shrieking: "Oh yeah?! Well that's why you can't KEEP A MAN!"
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Our very first official entry
Overheard at: The library
By: Jana Chapman Gates
"She was the best bartender ever."
By: Jana Chapman Gates
Two elderly men, sitting side-by-side in overstuffed chairs:
"She was the best bartender ever."
"And then what happened?"
"She just dropped dead."
Introducing...
Ten years ago I had what I thought was a great idea: a book of overheard conversation. Just funny snippets of things overheard on planes and in elevators and bars and from passersby on the street. I pictured it as one of those little stocking stuffer gift books, the kind you find in the front of the bookstore, next to those compilations of inspirational quotes about sisters and cats. I remember telling my husband about it on one of our first dates. You know, to show him how cool I was and all.
My agent at the time was meh, at best. So I promptly forgot all about it. Married the husband. Had two kids and all that.
But leave it to Twitter, right?
This weekend Paul Campanella posted two gems he overheard in Concourse D of the Atlanta airport: "I love me some damn babies," and "My parents' house in New Jersey is 56,000 sq feet."
And then today, Judy Clement Wall chimed in with something she'd overheard: "My life is the bastard child of Groundhog Day and Kafka."
In journalism, we like to say that three things make a trend. So this, my friends, is a trend. And, because it's 2010, what else does one do, but start a blog?
So welcome to "Overheard..." You can share any gems you hear with me at ioverheardit@gmail.com. And tell me where you heard it and, if you like, your name and website.
Can't wait to hear what you've heard.
My agent at the time was meh, at best. So I promptly forgot all about it. Married the husband. Had two kids and all that.
But leave it to Twitter, right?
This weekend Paul Campanella posted two gems he overheard in Concourse D of the Atlanta airport: "I love me some damn babies," and "My parents' house in New Jersey is 56,000 sq feet."
And then today, Judy Clement Wall chimed in with something she'd overheard: "My life is the bastard child of Groundhog Day and Kafka."
In journalism, we like to say that three things make a trend. So this, my friends, is a trend. And, because it's 2010, what else does one do, but start a blog?
So welcome to "Overheard..." You can share any gems you hear with me at ioverheardit@gmail.com. And tell me where you heard it and, if you like, your name and website.
Can't wait to hear what you've heard.
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