Entries Tagged as ‘Overheard’

August 15, 2008

For the love of Pancakes!

Overhead from three teenage boys (15-ish, maybe 16) while riding the Underground’s Central Line. (Feel free to supply your own British accents.)
“The pancakes in America are AMAZING! They’re so fluffy and round.”
“…and they give you so many! You can get STACKS of them. Big ones and they’re SO GOOD.”
“I would go back to America [...]

July 7, 2008

I Can’t Keep Them Straight Either…

Overheard from an adorable British school boy on a field trip to Hampton Court:

“Oh dear God! Look, It’s Captain Hook!”

Well, actually it’s William III, but I can see how you’d make that mistake…