Overheard
Overheard
On Unbiased TeachingAt the courthouse, waiting for election results:
High School Teacher: My goal at the end of the school year is to have those kids walk out the door, not knowing I'm a Republican.
My Friend: Wow! Isn't that amazing? And that many years of teaching high school?
Me (interjecting): So the goal is for them not to know you're a Republican, but to get them to walk out the door and vote Republican. Right?
High School Teacher: ....well, yes. Yes, that's it!
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We Have WormsIt's hot, I'm tired, the kids have sunburns, and the dog has an eye infection. Is this why stupid signage has pushed me over the edge? [more]
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Overheard: Tales of Old Wives DressesWhile strolling around downtown, I stopped in Rainbow's End, a funky downtown boutique, and overheard a couple of friends discussing women that wear a certain type of dress.
After trying on a flowing white summer dress, a girl called in her friends to get their thoughts.
Girl in dress: I look like an old housewife.
Friend 1: It is kinda fritzy.
Girl in dress: I feel like I should be cooking or something. (Laughs)
Friend 2: In that dress? Who would do that?
Girl in dress: I don't know, old housewives.
Friend 1: (Laughs) No one would cook in that! Not even back in the day. Well, maybe I guess, if you wore a little apron over it or something,
Girl in dress: Yeah exactly. An apron that says "I love being a housewife and cooking for my husband and five children."
Friend 1: I don't think that would fit on an apron.
Girl in dress: Well that's what the apron would have to say if it was worn with this dress.
Friend 2: So that's a no then?
Girl in dress: I don't know, do you think it looks ok?
(Friends look at each other)
Girl in dress: No it's too frocky. Let's look for one less frocky. I need to look my age.
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Overheard: New Uses for Old DreadlocksTwo thirtyish guys are having a smoke outside a Missoula motel....
[GUY1]: Yeah, well, we both had gnarly dreads when we's 18 and showed up in Missoula.
[GUY2]: What the f__k were we thinking?!
[GUY1]: F__king hippies!
[GUY2]: Yeah...good times!
[GUY1]: Still good times....
[GUY2]: You know I still got my dreads. I cut off little chunks and tie flies with 'em.
[GUY1]: No sh_t. I suppose you don't have to get too fancy. Put a good chunk of dread on a line and I bet you could catch pike.
[GUY2]: Hell, you could put a beer can on a line and catch a pike.
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Overheard: Playtime in MissoulaOn the Higgins Street Bridge overlooking the kayak wave, two women have stopped to watch a pair of boaters play in the sun:
“This is just amazing. Its days like this I feel like a first grader again and all I want to do is go to recess.”
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Overheard: Bikewalkbus bluesOverheard on the University of Montana oval, a bike walk bus week volunteer offering raffle tickets to a passing cyclist on a creaking, run-down ten speed: “Have you gotten a raffle ticket yet? You could win a bike- one that you can actually pedal!” [more]
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Overheard: Addicted to HealthThe sun is shining on the patio seating at the Good Food Store in Missoula, Thursday afternoon. A couple sat with their dogs beneath their feet.
Woman: I could eat here every day.
Man: You practically do, you’re here all the time.
Woman: I know! Its like healthy crack, I can’t stop!
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OverheardOverhead in the local pub in Bozeman, on a normal Wednesday night:
Gentleman from Phoenix- "Have you experienced much gentrification here in Bozeman?"
"Uncomfortable and befuddled silence from onlookers."
Gentlemen from Phoenix- "It was great for me to be able to move into a run-down neighborhood when home prices were low, in conjunction with others doing the same. We transformed the neighborhood into a great place to live, and really increased the value of homes there."
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Overheard and Oversaw
The Monk and MadonnaI am at Office Depot buying my umpteenth printer cartridge of the week. There is a Thai Buddhist monk in orange robes buying a digital camera at the cash register. Madonna's "Material Girl" is playing on the store's sound system.
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Overheard: Rural Hippies UniteOverheard at lunchtime in downtown Missoula:
Scruffy, bearded college student to friend: "Did you just call me a rural hippie?"
Friend: "Yeah, as opposed to an urban hippie."
Scruffy: "What does that mean, I wear a rainbow cowboy hat?"
Friend: "Nah, that would be Brokeback Mountain, I think."
