Overheard conversations
Here’s two short conversations I overheard recently that I thought were pretty funny. They might not be able to compete with the ones on Overheard in New York (warning: site contains uncensored conversations) but this is Rochester, not New York City.
I walking around the Lilac Festival (it’s a festival we have here in Rochester) and there was a man with his kids. There’s all these booths with stuff for sale and food and the like, you know, festival stuff. His daughter starts complaining that she wants to eat something. The man says:
Did you know you can survive two weeks without food? Did you know that? A person can go two weeks without food.
This is day one.
The other conversation that I heard happened today. This young man is talking to another man. I should note that, unlike the previous conversation, there was no hint of sarcasm in his voice. He said:
Stiches are a waste of money. I’ve never gotten stiches. Tape works just as good. I mean, as long as stuff’s not falling out. I gashed my hand open once and just taped it up.
I missed most of the rest of what he said, but he was talking for another minute or so. I overheard the “stuff’s not falling out” line again. The man he was talking to seemed to be agreeing with him. Then I heard the last thing he said before moving on to another topic, apparently in reference to something the other man said.
Yeah, duct tape does the trick too, if you don’t have Band-Aids.
Actually, now that I think about it, it wouldn’t be that funny if the man just doesn’t have health care and can’t afford to get stiches. But it seemed that he just didn’t see the point in it. Unless stuff’s falling out, that is.