Monday, March 14, 2011

Overheard Everywhere (Second Edition)

  • Shawna, if you want to win, you gotta just kick...


    Lifeguard and mother of shorty who was racing against high schoolers...



  • He never tells the story from the man's perspective...It was all right but I would wait until it comes out on DVD.

    A barbershop customer on Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls




  • She had a gansta job. She would clock in then go and do whatever shopping she had to do.

    Overheard in the barbershop



  • He's shrewd. He's shrewd. You gotta be gangsta to be president.

    Discussion about Obama overheard in barbershop




  • I can't do "xyz" because I got papers.



  • Had not heard that phrase about having papers since I was on jury duty several years ago until I overheard this customer in the barbershop talking about having papers.



  • I thought you were my husband. I saw a bald head...

    Woman to a man as she wandered around coat section at Macy's.



  • I feel like I've been drop kicked and that someone played dodge ball with my body.


    Receptionist who was suffering from a cold




  • Do you want Booty?


    Mother to her shorty in the organic aisle



  • There's fear when we walk down the hall together.

    Overheard at work



  • Ahhhhhh, God.

    An intense sigh from a woman walking down the hall at work.
  • 3 comments:

    1. I love the remark about "For Colored Girls." Was there some word in the title he didn't understand???

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    2. I liked the drop kick my body and play dodge ball with it comment:-) Very descriptive!

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    3. @gingersnapper,

      LOL. Maybe his disappointment has been building since "Diary of Mad Black Woman." ???



      @Laura I.,


      She was very descriptive and I completely sympathized with her -- especially after the dodge ball comment.

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