Keep track of interesting quotes from conversations that I overhear...not eavesdrop on!

so my teacher is talking about the senator prostitute scandel and he says, “those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.”
“unless you are trapped inside.”
brad lauchart screams from the back of the room.

was walking down the hallway today and this kid comes up to his friend and says:
“DUDE!”
“What?!”
“Oh nevermind, I already told you.”
“What?”
“You, know. My mommy got a puppy.”
I thought it was funny that a high student would’ve said that to his friend. :D

My mom hasn’t been feeling that well this past week, which sucks for more than just the obvious reasons. It’s March Break and we had elaborate plans of what to do during the week…so much for cafe lunches and window shopping! So we’re sitting in the waiting room of a nearby clinic (her doctor was too busy…lousy system!) and I’m trying to amuse myself with the lack of reading material while watching hyper children shuffle and whine as they too wait to be seen by a doctor. I’m going to go ahead and assume that like me they’re not exactly psyched to be there, although my crying about it would no doubt summon some glares. As we’re sitting there a young girl, about 7 years old, two slightly older “brothers” and a mom walk in. The mom recognizes a young man who is on his way out. They stop to make small talk about still taking Karate lessons, soccer practice and the like, before the man says he’d better get going but that it was nice to see them all, to which they smiled and returned to comment. As the heavy clinic door closed behind the man, the young girl, with a ‘why-am-the-only-one-out-of-the-know’ tone asked, “Ok, so tell me, who is that guy?” Writing it out now the quote seems less funny and kind of dry, but in the moment, my mom and I chuckled to ourselves and repeated it a few times on our way home. Somehow she made the experience a little lighter and a whole lot more fun.

i was eating dinner and i was next to this group of friends that had obviously come back from skiing. they were laughing and having fun when one guy says something like well whats your viewpoint. the other guy stands up and says, “HEY HEY, we have one rule guys. No talk of politics, money, or marriage at the table.”
it was sort of sweet.

my friend heard this not me but its a start…
she had two exchange students in her spanish class and our friend kyle was talking to the german girl linda for a while. when he went back to his seat next to this italian boy, the boy says, “WHAT WERE YOU TALKING TO THE GERMAN ABOUT?!”
something i thought was funny. haha doesn’t sound so much on paper. or screen.

Two young girls, about 6-7, read the exhibition signs on the wall and looked at some of the images associated with them…at one point one of them points at a photo and says, “Ewww, that’s so yucky!” Gosh, kids are funny!

...and I can’t remember them all now!...one was about Pinocchio…or about some guy who lies so much that he has a nose like Pinocchio _{I overheard this while some obviously crazy guy talked to himself as I shopped the other day…and no, he did not have one of those cell phone “Bluetooth” things in his ear, I checked.} I should get into the habit of writing them down as soon as I hear them.

...probably about 1 year ago, so I don’t remember the exact date…

I was grocery shopping in a relatively poor neighborhood in a NoFrills grocery store that I enjoy going to – They have pretty good produce – Anyway, I saw a middle aged woman who was somewhat heavyset pushing her cart as she shopped. She was responding to a little girl, who I am assuming was her young daughter, who sat quietly in the front section of the cart. I didn’t hear the whole conversation so all I caught was the mom answering back to something the child had just said. With a harsh, almost cruel tone, the mother responded, “Have you ever been to the beach?”, to which the child quietly said no, “Then how would you know?”, the mom threw back. I was a little shocked and I could see the sadness in that little girls eyes as she looked down at her hands. I felt like crying. I’ve been to the beach many times…ones on other continents even…and this little girl had never had that experience…I wonder if the mom had either. Things like that help me realize just how friggin’ lucky I am. I hope that one day that little girl can sink her toes into the warm, wet sand…and I hope she brings her mom along for the experience.

As my friend Lisa and I quickly walked down Queen St. in search of a particular ‘checkpoint’ during our participation in a scavenger hunt/Amazing Race style game within Toronto, we overheard a young guy, probably in his late 20’s, as he and his friend rode by on their bikes, “I screwed up. I should’ve asked her out.” That’s all we heard of the conversation as he and his buddy rode off, but Lisa and I couldn’t help but look at each other and smile at how sweet his comment was. It reminded me of the time that I screwed up. Why didn’t I ask him out?