Overhearing the Unwashed Masses

As a deaf person, "overhearing" conversations is something that's not as possible as it is for the average hearing person. As an aspiring writer of sorts, that can be a drawback: I know a lot of writers get their inspirations from things they hear just as much as they do from their reading, their own lives, the lives of others, and so on.

When I'm out with my mother or my sister, sometimes I end up privy to things said at other tables; both ladies have a knack for hearing what's being said elsewhere in the restaurant or around them, even when it's fairly noisy. It's interesting to sort of "peek" into other people's lives.

Well, there's a website/"blog" where the denizens of the Big Apple can leave snippets of overheard fragments from the lives of the people around them. After reading several entries, I am amazed at the intelligence quotient of the citizens of this nation, or at least of the five boroughs. I really do wonder if O. Henry was alive today, what he'd make of Overheard in New York. Do check it out-- it's hilarious and will leave y0u chuckling!

Hat Tip to DefBef for the link!