And another thing...
..whilst a student I once overheard 2 Basildon mums-to-be in ante-natal clinic discussing names.

Said chavette number 1 to chavette number 2 'well I was finkin', if iss a gel I'll cawl 'er Chlamidya(sp?) if I can find art 'ow to fackin' spell it'.
( Amorous Badger : One of our most popular models., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 15:14, Reply)

In a pub toilet I once heard...
...these 2 lads amble in and start to commence a drunken conversation, I didn't start listening in UNTIL I heard one of them offer the sentence 'I tell you mate, I swear my knob's getting smaller, it must all the speed - can you take a look for us?'
( Amorous Badger : One of our most popular models., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 15:12, Reply)

further to what soma9766 said
We don't think all or even most americans are loud stupid twats, we just only come into contact with tourists, only hear the loud ones and only remember the stupid ones. Human nature, fact of life etc.
( wingphil, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 15:04, Reply)

Drunken Ramblings...
I live in Nottingham, and there's a traffic island right near the old Raleigh bike factory. Anyway, one day I was on the bus, and at one stop this guy gets on, and he's obviously really drunk. He asks the driver "Can you take me to Time Island?" Not knowing what the guy was talking about, the driver asked again. "Time Island mate...It's near the thing...you know...Everyone else calls it Raleigh Island." He then tried to explain why he called it 'Time Island,' but unfortunately he was told to go and sit down. Just as it was getting interesting :(


Another Story (don't worry this ones short)- When my Grandma was at Stonehenge, she overheard some American tourists nearby. "Why did they build it so close to the road?" One asked.
(the_n00b, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 15:03, Reply)

overheard fast-food sex type anecdote
I don't know if Steve Cartwright reads B3ta, so he may post this story himself, but just in case he doesn't.....
When Steve was a student in Edinburgh he lived in a flatshare, 3 blokes, 1 girl. The girl flatmate was paying her way through college by working as an assistant manager at McDonalds. She was far from being the most popular resident of the flat, in fact she was generally unpopular round the college also.
One night the lads rolled in from an evenings drinking only to find the lady in question sitting in the kitchen having a cup of cofee with "a gentleman caller". It became obvious from his attire that he was a fellow McDonalds employee (the brown polyester uniform being something of a giveaway). After a few minutes had passed, she made her apologies and bid her flatmates goodnight, taking her visitor up to her room with her.
Now, I guess it's not really 'overhearing' in the classic sense if everyone else in the flat silently creeps down the doorway to listen at her door. But that's what they did, and in time their surveillance was rewarded by hearing the unmistakeable sounds of seduction emanating from behind the closed bedroom door.
After listening in the dark hallway, struggling to contain their sniggers for almost five minutes, Steve put his mouth to the key hole and uttered the following gem "McOooh! McAaahhh! McGod yeah!". Mass hysteria ensued and they returned to the kitchen to drunkenly discuss their triumph over and over and over again.
The postscript being that next morning, one of the other flatmates was making breakfast in the kitchen when she dared to show face, without missing a beat he quipped "did you enjoy your McFuck last night?".
It took her months to attempt socialising again.

Thanks Steve for a great story.
(The Pink Strat Copy, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 14:55, Reply)

Two Pilled Up Students On Our Night Bus
. . .were congratulating each other on handing in a set of keys they'd found in a club

the conversation proceeds along these lines until one pipes up with "lee, have you got my keys?"

after five minutes frantically searching their pockets it dawns on them (and the rest of the bus)that they've handed in their own keys to security, and they were cheered as they got off the bus to head back and retrieve them

bless!
(le renard, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 14:46, Reply)