Category: overheard

Jan 29

“Sorry to burst your pig bladder!”

The best possible closer to an already interesting article at NPR on the surprising success of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s autobiography, published last year.

Jun 12

Overheard: 50 yr old female

“I loved to go to the tortilla factory.”

Apr 21

Overheard: 45 year old male

“You know my wife: ‘Y’all did it, and I’m gonna prove ya did it!’”

Feb 26

Overheard: 35 yr old female

“When my mom passes away then I’ll be the alpha.”

Feb 24

Overheard: 30 yr old female

“I’ve been banned from yoga, so my whole bottom half is bigger.”

Dec 29

Overheard: 9 yr old girl 4 days before Christmas

“Is it too late to be good?”

Dec 25

Quotable: 72 yr old male

“She paid her way through Bob Jones by makin’ moonshine.”

Dec 17

Overheard: 28 yr old mother of two girls

“Each one of you are grounded for just looking like an [redacted].”

Oct 14

Overheard: 60 yr old male

“When they cremate me I want to have a hat on.”

Jul 28

Overheard: 34 yr old mom

“…you try to put ’em in the car seat and they do this [go stiff] and we call that the board baby, and you just wanna karate chop ’em right in the middle–wa-CHA!”