July 28th, 2010
“no, because you haf to burn zee fat, ok? you have haf to burn zee fat first, then vee work on zee toning – first vee must get rid of all zee fat, ok?!”
overheard: Virgin Active Chelsea, London
context: a trainer to her rather plump client at a slightly mortifying volume

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Tags: bits and bobs · favourites
July 9th, 2010
“don’t worry about process, let’s just focus on alcohol”
overheard: on the Fulham rd., London, UK
context: two 20 somethings on what i suspect to be a first and last date

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Tags: bits and bobs · favourites · modern romance
June 14th, 2010
father: “i don’t come here as an act of charity, i come here for food and drink”
daughter: “dad, you’re embarrassing me, don’t be rude to the server!”
father: “i’ll have you know i’m impeccably polite to service people, i just dislike incompetence”
overheard: Sliemma, Malta
context: father’s response to daughter after being reprimanded for shouting at the server

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Tags: bits and bobs
May 14th, 2010
“you’re about to deliver me a shit sandwich, aren’t you?”
overheard: London, UK
context: an exec to her manager whilst receiving feedback on her work

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Tags: toils
May 13th, 2010
“oh i know, but anyways, it’s so middle class to have neighbors, I certainly don’t intend on having them forever”
overheard: Chelsea, London
context: a banker’s response to his friend’s story of being harassed by the man across the street

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March 16th, 2010
“some people say, “tidy desk, tidy mind.” I say, “fuck off, you patronising fuckpiece. piles of stuff are AWESOME.”
overheard: London, UK
context: one man’s feelings toward his ‘process’

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Tags: toils
February 25th, 2010
guy #1: “in the Britney/Christina whore-off, the Dirrty video was like Hiroshima”
guy#2: “so does that make Nagasaki the ‘Oooops i did it again’ of international conflict?”
overheard: Cambridge University, England
context: two gay guys walking through Newnham College (an all-girls college), wishing they lived there

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Tags: bits and bobs · life in england
February 24th, 2010
“of course, but you know charlotte, the money i make at JP Morgan is merely a drop in the ocean compared to the money my family has”
overheard: Tramp, London
context: a banker courting his evening’s prey

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Tags: life in england · modern romance
February 23rd, 2010
20 something guy #1: “so what do you want to do tonight?”
20 something guy #2: “i dunno, but i wanna do something dirty and i want to get laid”
overheard: Builders Arms, London
context: two twenty something guys discussing their intentions for saturday evening

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Tags: modern romance
February 22nd, 2010
father #1 : “my kids call me Um”
father #2: “how’s that?”
father #1: “Like, Um, i need some money”
overheard: Valletta, Malta
context: dinner party discussion on how kids talk to their parents

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Tags: life
February 20th, 2010
girl: “i’m liking the outfit today, looking good darling ”
guy: “does it look like i’ve just been on holiday? because that’s a look i do quite well”
overheard: king’s rd, london
context: one sloane ranger to the other whilst greeting with a double kiss

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Tags: toils
February 12th, 2010
englishman #1: “i think that’s what people do”
englishman #2: “what? talk about their emotions?”
overheard: brompton cemetary, london
context: two englishman walking and talking on a sunday afternoon

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Tags: life in england
February 10th, 2010
brazilian: “why don’t you come to Rio with us for carnival”
german: “i’d love to, but i have a girlfriend”
brazilian: “well, take her with you”
german: “why would anyone take a log to the woods?”
overheard: Madrid, Spain
context: German and a Brazilian at a coffee shop

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Tags: modern romance
February 8th, 2010
“don’t you fucking walk away from me you wanker!”
overheard: Picadilly Circus, London
context: a rather scary chav to her comparatively shrimpy boyfriend

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February 1st, 2010
“it’s because they don’t use cynicism as a tool for power – which is something the english do so well”
overheard: train from southampton to london
context: an english girl describing what she loves about Americans

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January 27th, 2010
“there is a broken train in front of us that can’t be moved … so we’ll be here for ages, probably, i think”
overheard: London Underground, London
context: train driver over the intercom to passengers on the district line
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Tags: life in england
January 26th, 2010
“ya, um, sorry – it’s just that i totally don’t believe in the whole ’save the environment’ thing”
overheard: London, UK
context: an office manager to staff in regards to printing less paper

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Tags: bits and bobs
January 25th, 2010
girl: “hi. um, i’m meghan”
guy: “meghan, i’m flattered but i’ve heard enough of your conversation with your friend to know that you’re an idiot”
overheard: Charlotte, North Carolina
context: guy to a girl in a bar after she woefully made an approach

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Tags: modern romance
January 22nd, 2010
girl 1: “and then i found out he was totally effing someone else!”
girl 2: “omigod, he was f*cking someone else?!”
girl 1: “oh no no, effing, you know, facebooking?!”
overheard: London, UK
context: two girls on the bus discussing their sorted social media affairs

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January 21st, 2010
“i’ll learn to speak chinese before i learn to speak woman”
overheard: The Wellington, London
context: one twenty something guy to a girl

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