Dec 30, 2011

overheard over the holiday

(or four opening lines, in search of a story)

"Of course, you've heard the story of the New Orleans Fern Society, haven't you?"
(John's friend to a rapt audience)



"Oh, you should have just seen her corpse. Who ever did it did a beautiful job.
(My mother to me, over Christmas dinner.)


"His mother was a world champion bridge player. She played with Omar Sharif...and Eva Peron."
(John over pizza last night)

"Oh no indeed. Weave is the devil's horsetail.  I do not believe in all that."
(woman in Dollar Tree to friend)


6 comments:

mrpeenee said...

O dear. I probably have friends who belong to the N.O. Fern Society. I wonder what the scandalous origins are.

govtdrone said...

"Weave is the devil's horsetail." Love that so much...would make a great title for a song or poem or something.

Margaret said...

Plants, weaves and corpses.

The 3 most popular N.O. topics of polite conversation.

savannah said...

sometimes, sugar, i KNOW we made a mistake of epic proportion choosing savannah over NOLA!
thanks for the birthday wishes and happy new year, sugarplum! xoxoxoxoxo

MJ said...

Hold on a minute...

Isn't there a type of fern called horsetail?

This might all tie together.

*continues looking for clues*

wv: ficus

tamayn said...

Sometimes there really is nothing better than being among friends, family, and sometimes even more amusing to overhear!

Bonne Année!