Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Overheard............

1) " Do you want to hear a revelation God gave me this morning? " ~An older gentleman to members of his congregation at Old Country Buffet

2) "Fake is the new real." ~ My cousin reading a T-shirt at Wet Seal

3) "Broof." ~My dog expressing her displeasure at the neighbors group of little cousins who are helping them move by kicking down their fence & lighting fire-crackers.

 4) "I like those little guys……. they only have one eye." ~A person in the theater, referring to "minions".

5) "Whelp, see you later." ~An old guy getting up from a group table at Martin's.

 6) "$100 to shave his beard!" ~A guy in the crowd to a head shaver @ a Benefit.

7) "This kind is best for diabetes, because it's dark." ~A cashier referring to a chocolate bar for sale at her counter to an older man in a trucker cap.

8) "Do you see that they left 2 hush`puppies on their plate? (admonishingly) Those were good." ~A large man in jean-shorts to a less large woman in a colorful sweater at Golden Corral. (I tried one, they weren't that good.)

9) "You come here now…. Here, this is for you." ~Said an older Black Woman to a Black Male Waiter in his 30's.

10) "Did you find everything alright? " ~A cashier to a customer, for the gizzillianth time.

2 comments:

  1. Is fake the new real? Seems like it... love these phrase!

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  2. "Whelp, see you later." I like the written expression of this verbal exchange. It makes for a very real character when included in a script. These are the moments we seldom think of when writing a character. It is so true to life.

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