# Overheard on the subway

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-the-subway/354123>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 25, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-the-subway/354123 "2006-04-25T12:03:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-the-subway/354123/1 "2006-04-25T12:03:00Z")

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One tries not to eavesdrop on other people while standing on a crowded subway, but sometimes one can’t help it.

This morning I got on a train next to two otherwise respectable-looking ladies. Clearly they were in the middle of a conversation.

One of them said to the other, “I don’t know why anyone would even be interested in our beat-up old hos, but you never know what somebody will want.”

_Oh. My. Goodness. Did she just say that?_ I thought.

Her companion nodded sympathetically. “Somebody stole our lawnmower,” she said. “Came right up in our yard and took it.”

Well, shame on me for thinking… 😉

Sailboat

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**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-the-subway/354123/2 "2006-04-25T12:04:52Z")

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Hey, you never know.

There is always that one guy with the farm tool fetish.

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**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-the-subway/354123/3 "2006-04-25T18:58:33Z")

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You ever visit [overheardinnewyork.com](http://overheardinnewyork.com)? It’s basically a collection of a bunch of these. I’m not even from NYC (though, on second thought, I’m not certain you are either, **Sailboat** ), and I find the site highly amusing. All the fun of eavesdropping with none of the shame!

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**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-on-the-subway/354123/4 "2006-04-25T19:03:01Z")

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[QUOTE=Team of Scientists]  
You ever visit [overheardinnewyork.com](http://overheardinnewyork.com)? It’s basically a collection of a bunch of these. I’m not even from NYC (though, on second thought, I’m not certain you are either, **Sailboat** ), and I find the site highly amusing. All the fun of eavesdropping with none of the shame!  
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I second that. It’s a very funny site.