When you're out, in a busy pub, or anywhere where it's quiet enough to hear other people's conversations as they pass, you're gonna hear the odd gem that deserves a wider airing.
Such an incident occurred last night.
I was waiting for a mate to return with drinks as a group of 3-4 lads wandered past, heavily in conversation. I wasn't eavesdropping but as they passed it was impossible not to hear them. In the few steps before they went past I picked up they were talking about chocolate bars from the past, and one of the protagonists issued this little comment:
"Yeah, my favourite used to be Marathon. I loved them"
Now, he didn't actually say "It's a shame they no longer exist" but his tone and general delivery heavily suggested that he rues the fact that he can longer get hold of a Marathon bar.
Is it just me who wanted to shout "Well buy a bloody Snickers then"? Chances are that seconds later he went on to discuss Snickers but that's the danger of talking as you pass people - the chance that they'll pick up on a small section of your debate, take it massively out of context and splash it all over the Internet for their own comedic ends. That's why I always stall when I'm passing strangers so they don't hear me say something libel and I end up in the big house. Possibly with Jim MacDonald. Stranger things have happened.
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