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LadyGaGa Fri 31-Oct-25 11:53:55

Overheard in a supermarket ‘We’ll have this tuna, it’s dolphin friendly. You have to be careful because some tins of tuna are actually dolphin’

Babs03 Fri 31-Oct-25 11:49:41

Correcting - hearing aid

Babs03 Fri 31-Oct-25 11:49:16

I was behind two elderly women at the bus stop recently, well they were older than me anyway, one turned to the other and said ‘yes I like her I think she was in Quality Street’
To which the other replied ‘you mean coronation Street’
‘That’s what I said’ the first woman snapped ‘I do wish you would turn your heading Aid up’.
I had to bite my lip to stop myself laughing.

kircubbin2000 Fri 31-Oct-25 10:12:37

2 men at the next table arguing about prawns. One insisted he always ate them raw like in prawn cocktail and said they were only cooked in scampi.

vintage1950 Fri 31-Oct-25 10:03:17

This isn't a funny story, just something I overheard many years ago. A couple were walking ahead of me in the town centre. She says to him, 'You'll never guess what I've got to tell you!' He says to her, 'No! What is it?' And then they walked on, and I never did find out what it was.

Sadgrandma Fri 31-Oct-25 09:51:39

Luckygirl3

On a village bus. Two women sitting in front of me. "Have you seen the new doctor? Skinny as a rail. Needs a good meal. What must his wife be thinking of?"

I was the wife .........

Love that 🤣

Magenta8 Fri 31-Oct-25 09:16:37

My favourite overheard comment was "H'ed be alright if it weren't for his personality, he didn't smell and he was better looking."

Luckygirl3 Fri 31-Oct-25 09:07:25

On a village bus. Two women sitting in front of me. "Have you seen the new doctor? Skinny as a rail. Needs a good meal. What must his wife be thinking of?"

I was the wife .........

TheWeirdoAgain60 Fri 31-Oct-25 08:55:08

''he knows I can’t swim! HA HA HA!

Where I work, I was in the staff room on a break, and this couple are married and were talking about their 19-year-old daughter, who had apparently been taken ill with a migraine, so was in bed.

He said ''I went into her room to check on her, and you should have seen the mess, her room is a tip!''

She replied ''That's nothing compared to the mess she'd always leave in her nappies when she was a baby!''

I always ignore people's conversations, but this time I literally spat my tea out and creased up laughing!

Sadgrandma Fri 31-Oct-25 08:22:56

I was once in a large department store waiting to be served while the two young female assistants were talking between themselves. One said to the other ‘and he wanted to take me abseiling but he knows I can’t swim’!
What other funny things have GNs overheard?