For Your Amusement; Some Things I Overheard:

SNIPPET NUMBER 1.

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Scene begins in Kidderminster Town Centre. Alice is walking along singing - can't remember what - inside her head. Two other women are walking behind her. At a crossing, with everyone paused ready for the traffic to come to a stop, she hears a snippet of the conversation....

WOMAN 1: (balefully) ...so then he asked me to "drive over the roundabout".
WOMAN 2: (after doubtful pause) ...you DIDN'T actually go 'OVER' the roundabout...did you?
WOMAN 1: (indignant) well *I* didn't know! How could I know??
WOMAN 2: (stifles giggle) what happened after that?
WOMAN 1: well, he wasn't very pleased...

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SNIPPET NUMBER 2.

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Scene begins soon after SNIPPET NUMBER 1 as Alice pauses again at a different set of traffic lights in Kidderminster Town Centre. Two men pass by and part of their conversation becomes audible...

MAN 1:  ....Then she asked me if she looked fat.
MAN 2: (pauses. then, incredulous) Tell me you didn't say "YES"??
MAN 1: (sheepish) Well...
MAN 2: Oh, Bro; Never, EVER...
MAN 1: Well I KNOW NOW!

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And while I'm in the mood: SNIPPET NUMBER 3.

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Scene begins as Alice boards a bus (many moons ago). Two girls are waiting in line behind her as tickets are purchased, talking about their day at school...

GIRL 1: It's so unfair! THREE detentions in one week! And I have to scrape chewing gum off of all of the desks and stuff. Gross. I think Mr. Paddock's really horrible.
GIRL 2: (doubtful tone) well, to be fair, you DID set fire to the...
GIRL 1: (interrupts angrily) that was an ACCIDENT!
GIRL 2: well, yeah, but still...

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