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
Entries Tagged as 'bits and bobs'
popular history
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: bits and bobs · life in england
watching the english
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments
“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
Tags: bits and bobs
open your eyes dear
January 26th, 2010 · No Comments
“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
Tags: bits and bobs
i don’t envy you
January 21st, 2010 · No Comments
“i’ll learn to speak chinese before i learn to speak woman”
overheard: The Wellington, London
context: one twenty something guy to a girl
Tags: bits and bobs
yet another very good question
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments
five year old: “daaaaad….”
father: “yes choppy?”
five year old: “you know when you’re head grows, does your brain get bigger by magic?”
overheard: Rickmansworth, London
context: five year old to his father
Tags: bits and bobs
you are so right!
January 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment
“you must be very careful when you cuddle an octopus, or it might keep you”
location: Rickmansworth, London
context: a five year old’s insight whilst watching a wildlife programme on the BBC
Tags: bits and bobs
historical friction
January 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment
“if he´s english, he´s a fucking pirate – he may think i forgot what HE did to MY boat in the 18th century, but i didn´t!”
overheard: Madrid, Spain
context: a spanish guy discussing his feelings toward the english
Tags: bits and bobs
more importantly
December 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment
girl: “do u think there is life on other planets?”
guy: “probably”
girl: “do u think they have shops?”
overheard: Oxford Circus, London
context: a couple walking and talking whilst doing their christmas shopping
Tags: bits and bobs
i think we all know what else it could be
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments
“i’m eating beef-flavored chicken that tastes like pork. chinese food is a mystery to me”
Location: Needham, Massachusetts
Context: one friend to the other at a chinese restaurant
Tags: bits and bobs
get me back to SW
November 30th, 2009 · No Comments
“i’m not a chav, get me out of here!”
overheard: Kanaloa, London, UK
context: two bankers exclaimed with urgency upon arriving at a club and realising it wasn’t quite their scene
Tags: bits and bobs
it’s complicated …
November 24th, 2009 · No Comments
“it aint official til its on facebook”
overherad: Toronto, Canada
context: one guy declared to a group of his twenty something friends whilst gossiping about a new couple
Tags: bits and bobs
whatever
November 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment
“just because i’ve had his balls in my mouth doesn’t mean i know how to spell his name!”
overheard: Geneva, Switzerland
context: girl to her friend when asked to spell a guy’s name for an invitation to a party
Tags: bits and bobs
what does that mean?!
November 19th, 2009 · No Comments
elderly lady #1: ”god, it’s not great this weather, is it?”
elderly lady #2: “well, it’s better than nothing”
overheard: Hull, UK
context: two elderly women on the bus
Tags: bits and bobs
easy there debbie downer …
November 17th, 2009 · No Comments
“cheers, to broken hopes i guess … oh, here, i bought you some posh chocolate by the way”
overheard: Shepard’s Market, London
context: a guy on a first date after divulging a little too much info re: how his father had gambled away his family’s money
Tags: bits and bobs
those who don’t have … discuss
November 13th, 2009 · No Comments
“ramavich, or whatever he’s called – now he has a liner that’s to die for!”
overheard: Holland Park, London
context: a posh elderly couple discussing roman abramovich’s yacht in the park
Tags: bits and bobs · gossip
oh dear
November 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment
“i hate my heart – i’m switching it off and going back to the darkside”
overheard: London, UK
context: a girl to her friend on the tube
Tags: bits and bobs
yo mamma
November 9th, 2009 · No Comments
friend #1 “that’s a low blow”
friend #2 “your mom gave me a low blow”
friend #1″that’s because she’s in a wheelchair you asshole!”
overheard: Santa Rosa, California
context: joke that went slightly pear shaped
Tags: bits and bobs
you’re a woman, your first language is cryptic
November 6th, 2009 · No Comments
“you speak in deliberate riddles, intended to elicit the correct response – i have have been vaccinated against this – i am immune!”
overheard: London, UK
context: guy to girl in response to a typically elusive woman-like statement
Tags: bits and bobs
makes perfect sense …
November 5th, 2009 · No Comments
“pigeons are stupid because they poop on the ground and people have to clean it up and my teachers have to help clean it up so we are all alone in the classroom – good lord! – that did not really happen, i made it up”
overheard: New York, New York
context: a five year old to [...]
Tags: bits and bobs
whatever floats your boat
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
“he told me loads of stuff about his ex and it proper freaked me out, i mean, it was proper freaky”
overheard: Gatwick Airport, London
context: two pret a manger employees talking whilst changing the bin liners
Tags: bits and bobs