The Eatsdropper wants a smarge
It must be summer, cuz there's been a huge harvest of Eatsdroppings lately. Serve them forth at eatsdropper-at-seantimberlake-dot-com.
Woman #1: "Oh, look at those blueberries! I love blueberries right now!"
Woman #2: "Well, sure blueberries taste good, but you eat them for the anti-oxidants more than anything."
Woman #1: "Right."
- Eatsdropped by Jeanne at Marin Farmers Market
Customer, pointing to sunflowers: "What do people usually do with these?"
Vendor: "Put them in a vase."
- Eatsdropped by Jen and Cookiecrumb at the Marin Farmers Market
Customer, at Frog Hollow Farms stand:
"This is that place where they make these Peach Pies with, like ... you know ... peaches."
- Eatsdropped by David at Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
One woman to another: "Hey, I'm going to get some coffee while we wait. Do you want anything?"
Second woman: "Sure! Can you get me a small coffee, but in a large cup? I like a lot of milk in my coffee."
First woman: "Oh, you want a smarge!"
Second woman: "Huh?"
First woman: "A smarge! A small in a large cup! Get it? (shrugs) Well. That's what we call it where I come from."
Girl: "We could go to the Fortune Cookie Factory."
Guy: "Can we see the fortune writers?"
Girl: "I'm pretty sure those are imported."
Guy: "They outsource the fortune-writing?"
Girl: "Well, if they don't, then there's no reason for why the fortunes don't make any sense."
- Eatsdropped by Eric on an outbound 1 California bus.
Exasperated man, to woman: “Do you want to spend our LAST day in Seattle in a BAKERY?”
- Eatsdropped by Matthew on 15th Ave East, Seattle (reproduced with permission)
Man, standing by apples: "What kind?"
His wife, across the aisle: "Oh, just pick something. (pause) Just not green, yellow, or red."
- Eatsdropped by Anita at Tower Market
My friend Matthew: "All dogs' paws smell like Fritos."
- Eatsdropped by yours truly at my house.