Influenced by two of my favorite bloggers, Chris Bonney, of "What I Saw" fame, and Walt Taylor, eavesdropper extraordinaire from "Crackskull Bob," I dutifully noted conversations around me today.
Students said:
"I'm not a swiss cheese person."
"Well, I'm not a sourdough person, either."
"I know this goes out to the ground, but this is not the ground floor. It's upstairs."
"Our WalMart is so cool: it has the cutest little windmills on top of the roof."
"No; I didn't know the material: I just went 'eeny, meeny, miny, mo.'"
"Hello! You don't SING a candy-gram."
"I don't want to listen to that. Christmas isn't my thing."
"Duke--that's in Pennsylvania, right?"
"Conversation should touch everything, but concern itself with nothing." (--Oscar Wilde)
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(Joe sent me an email with photos of my pansies and violas, to reassure me that they're surviving without me. I couldn't help smile and think they looked like little peoples' faces.)
10 comments:
A cool Walmart...now that's something to think about!
Oh! And I love the video from yesterday.I even sang along!
I'm not exactly sure I understand what that WalMart had, to be honest, moreidle! Glad you liked the video.
What a funny idea! I"ll have to try that......and by the way, those pansies are beautiful (your watercolor) and they DO look like little faces. XO Claudia
Love those beautiful pansies!
Also like the comment about the ground floor being upstairs! My kinda gal—had to be a gal, just had to be!
Thanks! Claudia, I'm terrible--I always listen to snippets of conversations, but I don't usually write 'em down.
Laure, I cannot tell a lie--it was a gal. She was serious about it, too. I found myself looking up, thinking, well, if they go out the door up there, they're gonna' land pretty hard!
I love the painted pansies. I just opened an old book to have little pansies fall out I had forgotten I was pressing. A fun find.
I need to go look for the cute little windmills on our walmart!! lol I need to pay attention to others conversations..to funny!!
Oh, I wish I had written this blog entry! I've long treasured snippets of conversations and at one time thought it would be fun to write a whole book of what I heard as shoppers passed by the front door of my store. Pansies are a favorite.
Thanks, Cris and Jane.
Oh, Jane--with your wonderful sense of humor, I'm sure you could do some hilarious snippets of conversations. Go for it! Surely "the Manor" would be rife with opportunities!
Evn your lovely painting of them looks like little carrollers- wearing purple bonnets!
Thanks, Jeanette. I love that they bloom all winter here.
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