Overheard Conversation

[mrs_overall]

Yesterday I was in the bank in a queue. I was standing behind two women and my ears pricked up when they mentioned the name of someone I know slightly who has just died. He was a ne'er do well and the women went through his shortcomings as a useless father, someone who has never worked in his life, the amount of time he spent in the pub, the amount of time he spent in the bookies and his habit of using his wife as an occasional punchbag. They then moved on to the subject of death and funerals in general and one of the women came out with the comment "I can't be doing with people who speak ill of the dead."
Priceless!

[sandyRoe]

If that wasn't speaking ill what would his vices have been? Human sacrifice of goths by the light of the moon ?

[mrs_overall]

lol

[Svejk]

I can just imagine you 'hovering', turning your hearing aid up to 11, mrsOverheard. ;-)

[mrs_overall]

Morning Sweaty xx
The batteries went yesterday but luckily I had my ear trumpet in my bag

[gness]

You took the balaclava off this time, MrsO.....only I remember......☻

[mrs_overall]

Gness....shhhhhhhh!

(I also remembered this time not to write the demand note on the back of my gas bill)

[Old_Geezer]

If you can't speak ill of the dead, who can you safely speak ill of ?

[vulcan42]

svejk, or as I read once in a newspaper, the eavesdropper was hoovering in the background.

[mrs_overall]

vulcan, that must have been difficult for the eavesdropper. Those Dysons are so very noisy

[gness]

It was unintentional I assure you.......but I may just have added bank robber to stamp fraudster......

I know a safe house.....☺

[vulcan42]

So true mrs o, I believe the person was quite meile mouthed about it.

[mrs_overall]

Vulcan, did they have a child with them...a Junior?

I'll get my coat.....

[aelmpvw]

must be a pub in whitby called 'the bank' ...

[mrs_overall]

Thanks gness. I am very good at cracking a safe in a house.
Oops....add burglar to the list

Mornng ael. How did you know? x

[vulcan42]

Henry, I believe...

[mrs_overall]

Vullcan, are we talking a load of bosch?

[Hopkirk]

Was that in The Grauniad, Vulcan?

[janbee]

Mrs O, maybe they weren't speaking ill of him. Maybe they were actually listing his good points !!

[mrs_overall]

lol @ janbee

[vulcan42]

I believe it was hopkirk.
With apologies to mrs o and deviating even further and while she is getting her coat, here's the best example of this I ever saw .
The newspaper was relating the story of a robbery and wrote, the defective in the local police force was joined by members of Scotland yard. The following week, by way of an apology they wrote, the detective is, of course, a member of the local police farce.
Again my opologies mrs o, I will now make a clean getaway.