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The old ones are the best..

  Waiting for a riverboat at Bankside Pier.
Woman to staff member: "Do you know how long the next boat to Waterloo Pier will be?"
Staff member: "Yeah, about 82 foot."
   
 
Overheard by Claire O, Bankside Pier, South Bank
posted Monday, 10th August 2009
 
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Pigs might fly

  was in the pub last night when I heard a bloke ask his girlfriend what Bestival was, she replied in very posh voice, 'I'm not entirely sure, but I think it's a festival with animals'
   
 
Overheard by Malcome powder, Pub in Hammersmith
posted Sunday, 09th August 2009
 
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Who doesn't know what a Mobile Phone is?

  Man in open phone booth shouting into phone: "It's called Mobile Phone! You take it out of house with you and walk with it. You don't have to put money in box!"
   
 
Overheard by Carole, 9th July corner of Therapia Lane/Mitcham Road, Croydo
posted Thursday, 06th August 2009
 
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Sex advice

  On the P13 towards Peckham, a brother and sister are sitting in front of me. The brother looks about 6/7 and the girl is in her teens.

Brother: "How do I know when i'm ready to have sex?"
(sister looks at him half amused, half shocked.)
Sister: "What?"
(brother points at sex advice poster)
Brother: "It says I should ask someone!"
   
 
Overheard by Freya, P13 bus towards peckham
posted Monday, 03rd August 2009
 
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These are the future masterminds of our country.

  Two teenage girls on a bus sitting in front of me. They are discussing the smoothie carton that one of them is holding.

Girl 1: "It's probably only like, 5% juice or something."
Girl 2: ".... So what would the 95% be made up out of?"
Girl 1: "Er, probably e-numbers or something."
Girl 2: "..... Is that maths?"
Girl 1: "Nicole, you can't seriously be that blonde..."
Girl 2: .....
Girl 1: "E-numbers! Chemicals!"
Girl 2: "Oh, science."
   
 
Overheard by Chloe, 37 bus in Herne Hill
posted Monday, 03rd August 2009
 
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Green faff

  Mother talking to her two grown up children over dinner at Pizza Express.

Mother: "Have you seen that film...oh what's it called...the erm...the minge???"

Children: Long pause...

Mother: Innocently "Oh, I mean the Grinch"
   
 
Overheard by Claire, Pizza Express Clapham
posted Monday, 03rd August 2009
 
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You can't get more Goth than that!

  Guy tells a girl:
"I'm so goth I cry black."
   
 
Overheard by Timo, on a night bus in Camden Town
posted Tuesday, 28th July 2009
 
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...Braintree was the time he broke my wrist

  30-something Essex woman: "We went out one evening and I woke up the next morning not remembering anything with a black eye... that was a turning point for me"
30-something Essex man: "Was that in Braintree?"
30-something Essex woman: "No, Chelmsford"
   
 
Overheard by Surely it should have been the end?, Central Line
posted Friday, 24th July 2009
 
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Cold Showers

  Black man chatting up PYT

"...you know what, cold showers is a wonderful thing"
   
 
Overheard by Tam, a pub in Liverpool Street
posted Monday, 20th July 2009
 
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What came first..............?

  A customer had just ordered the chicken special from the menu and then calls the waiter over.

Customer to waiter: "Is there any egg in the chicken special because I have an allergy".

Waiter: "Well, if you don't include the chicken, which was an egg originally, no".
   
 
Overheard by easysteve, My Bar
posted Wednesday, 01st July 2009
 
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