Friday, September 04, 2009

Midwestern Eavesdropping - 9/4/09

Woman after concert, outside concert venue, with keys in hand, to friends: "Luckily you don't have to hear to drive, do you?"
--Chicago, Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont
Eavesdropper: GMYH

Quote in an article: "Why is it so hard to remain sexually active in a nursing home?"
--The Week magazine (8/14 issue)
Eavesdropper: Bonham

Two pregnant girls in car on way to Michigan for the weekend:
Pregnant girl 1: "Do you golf?"
Pregnant girl 2: "Yes."
Pregnant girl 1: "Oh, for some reason I thought you never had."
Pregnant girl 2: "Well, I guess I haven't ever actually golfed."
--somewhere on I-94 in Indiana
Eavesdropper: GMYH

Late twenties female to early thirties male: "You'll never be able to resist showing off your Zubaz, so I am not worried."
--Chicago, Wacker and Adams
Eavesdropper: Floppy Burrito

Girl: "What's that place on Beale Street with the frozen drinks?"
Guy: "I'm not sure."
Girl: "Well, wherever it was, I got shitfaced there on 151 shots, and then they convinced me to get a tattoo."
--in a car somewhere in southwest Michigan
Eavesdropper: GMYH

Girl: "Aren't the Dutch famous for their bread?"
Guy: "No, tulips and clogs."
Girl: "Oh. Maybe I'm thinking of Danishes."
--in a car somewhere in southwest Michigan
Eavesdropper: GMYH

Guy: "You gotta go to the Indy 500 to get a track loin."
Girl: "I've eaten plenty of Indiana loin."
--Stevensville, MI, Culver's
Eavesdropper: GMYH

And, as we do now and then on MWE, here are a couple pictures that are worthy of inclusion:
From the email sending the picture: "There is no way to go straight when the road T's. Maybe that is why the zoo is going out of business this summer."
--somewhere around Richmond, IN
Eavesdropper: Wee Wee

And the next picture, featuring an odd combination from Culver's:
--Stevensville, MI, Culver's
Eavesdropper: GMYH

Thanks, as always, to those who contributed. If you overhear something funny, email it to gmyhblog@yahoo.com, and it will be included in the next hair-raising edition of Midwestern Eavesdropping.

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