I spend 10 hours a week in the library, scanning stuff for the professor who employs me. It doesn't take a whole lot of concentration, so I have to find ways of amusing myself when the things I'm scanning aren't sufficiently interesting.
And that's how I developed one of my new favorite pastimes: eaves dropping on the conversations around me. I have learned that any conversation is funny when taken out of context. Here are the ones I've liked well enough to jot down:
Guy: Wait, you were laughing at a funeral?
Girl: The lady sitting next to me was crying and snorting! It was so funny; I couldn't help it! She was like [SNORT]--[hahaha]--she was like [SNORT]--it was so funny!
Girl1: So he has, like, a thousand pairs of shoes.
Girl2: That'd be pretty cool: "Hm. Today I feel like wearing blue shoes."
Girl3: Yeah. But I just can't imagine spending that much money on spray paint.
Girl1: Some people, like, spit in my face.
Girl2: Really?
Girl1: Yeah.
Girl2: Because of him?
Girl1: Yeah. I just wanted to shout, "I'm not George Bush! I'm not George Bush!"
Girl to guy: Well, first of all, you have to be bored and good looking, so we could totally choose you!
British-sounding girl on cell phone: No, no, no: I'm even more allergic to Band-aids now than I used to be!
One guy to another: She said she did wanna date a punk rocker--but I'm like the pambiest punk rocker ever! I'm really just a wannabe....
But my all-time favorite is this one:
One guy to another: Oh, but dude, make sure you don't get too overzealous your first time 'cuz this one girl did, and she ended up throwing up all over the place--just way too much ice cream.
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LOL!!!!!!
Love it.
One of the best places to overhear other conversations is on public transportation. Seriously, the things I've hard on my Trax ride up to school . . .
You should start taking notes!
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Looks like the time is ripe for Overheard in Provo.
hahaha kyle this post was great! this is the exact reason why i don't study in the library, i eavesdrop too and then i never do my homework!
Yeah, I could never study there in the "No SH! Zone." Luckily, scanning doesn't require much concentration.
So, about 2 weeks ago I was walking down the hall on campus and overheard the following:
"Woah!"
"I know! For the first 12 years of his life he pees standing up and now he's a GIRL?"
I'm still aching to hear the context for that one...
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