Overheard sentence fragments

johnny_ultimate

You know the ones - walking by some pedestrians you hear a couple of syllables (possibly misheard) of their ongoing conversation. For example, today I heard two fellows chatting about a friend of theirs who "...fell off a quarry last night...." What was the context of said quote? No idea, but intriguing. Accidental? Criminal activity? And where the hell is there a quarry near Bray main street?

Any other amusing / thrilling / interesting soundbites any of you nosy people have heard from conversations not intended for your ears?

Pompey Magnus

You probably misheard. Instead of one of the guys saying "...fell off a quarry last night...." he was probably saying how he was "full of curry last night".

dee8839

Well whenever my group of friends is discussing someone or something that we don't want a certain individual to hear, we have a panic phrase in case that person comes over suddenly. If they start to walk in your direction and you are mid-sentence, simply finish with the words "eleven pairs of shoes and only two feet!!!" and the entire group laugh.

Confusing as hell and covers just about any conversation!

Careful, maybe "fell off a quarry" is Bray code for stop listening in!! :P

Ourlad

Maybe he was off his trolley last night?

johnny_ultimate

It may have had something to do with a lorry either, but I may have selectively heard the more amusing quote.

HouseHippo

"And you'll never guess what i got caught in me zip"

phasers

"So he's walking to the shops, and suddenly this HUGE..."

ejmaztec

I only ever hear "wanker" when I walk past someone.

r3nu4l

ejmaztec wrote: »

I only ever hear "wanker" when I walk past someone.

Personal abuse is usually banned on AH but I guess as it's against yourself it's self-abuse, right?

Magpie!

Heard on a bus yesterday "I'm not going to say I don't like her, coz i don't know her very well, but she's a bitch"

1_in_1,000,000

"........covered in piss" Gerry St Clare from phoeinix nights

ejmaztec

r3nu4l wrote: »

Personal abuse is usually banned on AH but I guess as it's against yourself it's self-abuse, right?

Titter titter

I remember on one episode of "The Fast Show" when the bloke who always coughs repeatedly and ruins the 'takes' had one of his friends with him who was always sneezing.

Anyway, right as it starts, the two of them are shown talking, but you can't hear what they're saying and the title of the fake show that he presents is emblazoned across the screen in big white letters while soft, lilting music is playing.

Just as the music ends, the 2 turn to the camera and......ah f*ck it, it might be on youtube.......

*searches*

.....bingo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y6NJPQoO-c

Danbo!

We used to do this in work (petrol station) to entertain ourselves. We'd spurt random lines of a story just as a customer came in, a sentence or two that would last as long as it took them to walk from the door to the counter.

Best one i can remember "......so I was standing there, naked, with her false leg in one hand and her boyfriend was about to....." and then you'd look towards the customer and shut up.

You'd always see the nosey aul wans after mass hesitate approaching the counter, or stick around after the transaction in the hope they'd catch more of the story.

C0SM0

Out with me mate havin afew beers recently. He told me when he was at the bar he overheard two old boys chattin about a Ga match so he tuned out, only to hear one of them say "Jaysus i've a horn would bate a donkey out of the back field," he nearly pissed himself..

BurnsCarpenter

...so you put your c.ock between your ankles...

randylonghorn

Was sitting having a coffee and reading the paper in a cafe one morning a few months ago when a fragment of conversation came floating in my ear from three ~ 20 year old women near me:

" ... I wouldn't mind it looking like a banana, but it wouldn't even peel properly!!"

Cue hysterical giggles, quick looks around the room, and a general lowering of voices thereafter ...

Now, assuming they were talking about what I think they were talking about ... poor bloke!!!

Or can anyone suggest an alternative explanation?