Midwestern Eavesdropping - 6/26/08

Pastor during a sermon at a wedding describing the word "eros" and, more particularly, its derivative word "erotic": "It's the kind of love you might have for pizza."
--Darien, IL, Lord of Life Lutheran church
Eavesdroppers: GMYH, Jesterio, The Loose-Lipped Lithuanian, AlyK

Guy at table during a wedding reception dinner playing mini candy bar game (aka Hershey Squirts), excitedly proclaims: "Krackel, thy name is redemption!"
--Naperville, IL, Lisle-Naperville Hilton
Eavesdropper: AlyK

A guy looks at a poster in a restaurant for a KISS cover band named KIST, playing in Richmond, Indiana the next weekend:
Guy: "Those guys were pretty big in the '70s. It's a shame that they are now playing small town fundraisers."
Restaurant owner: "Yeah, fame never lasts forever."
--Richmond, IN, Joe's Pizza
Eavesdropper: Wee Wee

An extremely fucked-up hippie yelling at a group of strangers: "Your friend just showed me kiddie porn on his phone. That's sick. I mean, really young kiddie porn."
--Manchester, TN, Bonnaroo Festival
Eavesdropper: IU Bo

One girl to another walking on residential sidewalk: "Were you there on organ donation day? That was a big day."
--Chicago, Sheffield & Montana
Eavesdropper: GMYH

Twentysomething special ed teacher: "Isn't every woman's crotch golden?"
--Chicago suburbs, birthday party
Eavesdropper: The Loose-Lipped Lithuanian

Full of shit guy in lower 20s dressed in blue Army uniform sings to himself on a crowded rush hour elevated train, then turns to woman he doesn't know:
Army guy: "Are you a nurse?"
Woman (confused as to why this guy is talking to her): "Huh? Yeah."
Army guy: "I guessed because you're wearing scrubs."
Woman: "Uh-huh."
Army guy: "I'm a prisoner of war. I don't have my POW ribbon yet, though."
[Woman doesn't say anything]
Army guy: "I delivered an Iraqi baby when I was over there. Best story of my life."
[Woman moves away. Army guy keeps singing to himself for several minutes standing in the middle of the train car before talking again, this time to no one in particular.]
Army guy: "Is there a reason no one in this country talks to each other?"
[Silence]
Army guy: "When I was in Iraq everyone talked to each other."
[Another guy sitting down next to Army guy gets up and heads toward the door. Army guy sits down in the open seat.]
Army guy: "But what do I know? I only have three purple hearts."
--Chicago, Brown line train
Eavesdropper: GMYH

Thanks to all who contributed. When you overhear something hilarious, send it to gmyhblog@yahoo.com, and it will appear in the next Midwestern Eavesdropping.