News.
Quite nice IMO
than 500 people responded to the post, including Catherine Marshā, who wrote: āMy eyes a watering and Iām not entirely sure why.ā
My train trips are also very inspiring. I think I will write some letters to some of the people on my commute, spelling out what I think of them.
Maybe sheās Italian.
Hey! Iām a chopping onions here!
Take it to the evening thread.
Nobody ever speaks to me on public transport. Ever. Think it is because I am really big, quite miserable looking and probably quite intimidating.
Itās great.
I donāt need to write letters. Iām already too vocal with people on my commute.
Only a tenuous link here, because this was eavesdropping in a supermarket rather than on a train, but I was doing my shopping yesterday and this mum behind me said to her little boy something like āand now weāve got to go and get some dog food.ā, to which the kid replied, with relish āyes, otherwise the dog will DIE!ā
Marketing and comms director at a charity? Mentioning the charity in the letter? I am suspicious.
I would be very off put by someone writing my conversation down
Big Brother state
I always thought it was EASE dropping. I think I learnt that it was eavesdropping on this website.
Still call it easedropping. Or i like to sing THATāS AN EASY DROPPING much like I sing SHEāS AN EASY PEELER SHEāLL HAVE A HOLD ON YOU BELIEVE ME
or i say āthose droppings are far too easy for meā because I like to easdrop on people A LOT but I like a challenge
(sorry colin iām following you around this thread)
Itād have been funny if when she was halfway through writing her note the conversation suddenly turned massively racist without warning.
Well frankly this is some made-up shit
Origin
early 17th century: back-formation from eavesdropper (late Middle English) āa person who listens from under the eavesā, from the obsolete noun eavesdrop āthe ground on to which water drips from the eavesā, probably from Old Norse upsardropi, from ups āeavesā + dropi āa dropā.
So I guess you can write what you like really.
upsardropi
100% some Norwegians taking the piss.
I like all the parts of the story that donāt involve her, basically. I like it when people get along.
Sometimes, if Iām feeling brave, I deliberately make a little more eye contact throughout the day, just so I can get a little small talk.