Santa Fe Eavesdropper
Feb. 01
by SFR "I fell on my head a lot as a child, so I have no sense of smell. So, to me, farts are just funny noises people make with their butts."
- Gentleman to clerks at Video Library
"…recycling water directly from sewer to tap…"
- Overheard from an environmental report on KUNM radio
"Our doctor must be running a little behind."
- Overheard in a local proctologist’s waiting room
Santa Fe Eavesdropper
Jan. 25
by SFR
"I would say that 2 inches never felt so good!"
- Overheard in the morning at Ski Santa Fe after a small storm
"This state's motto should be Stupid and Proud of It."
- Overheard at a dinner party
Santa Fe Eavesdropper
Jan. 18
by SFR
"My favorite Christmas lights are taillights; glad my house guests are gone."
- Overheard at La Choza
"You know, the one shaped like a stop sign, with four or five sides."
- Overheard at Regal Stadium 14, referring to a cheese grater
Santa Fe Eavesdropper
Jan. 11
by SFR
"So have you got any 100s?"
- Customer to a teller at Los Alamos National Bank on Galisteo Street
"You can tell the people who haven't been in trouble before. They look all scared."
- Overheard at the Santa Fe Judicial Court complex
"Do you know when their spring collection comes out?"
- Overheard at the Goodwill on Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe Eavesdropper
Jan. 04
by SFR"Oh, look, a raccoon. Those are natural, right? Like, from nature?"
- Overheard at Moon Rabbit Toys
First woman: "Don't you think Gandhi was, like, the sexiest vegetarian ever?"
Second woman (giggles): "Yeah, he died of starvation."
- Overheard in the Women’s Tub at Ten Thousand Waves
Santa Fe Eavesdropper
Dec. 21
by SFR"Times in Texas are so weird the blondes and Aggies are making Rick Perry jokes."
-Overheard at Sol Santa Fe Stage & Grill
"You've never heard of Anonymous? He's this guy, right, this hacker guy, and, like, have you heard of V For Vendetta? Well, it comes from there, like basically this dude named Guy Fucks or whatever, he blew up Parliament, right, but like so the government hushed it up, so we have the 5th of November, which is, like, this huge hacker day where next year on Nov. 5 we're going to blow up the White House. Why? Because we ARE the government. No lie, dude."
-Overheard at Second Street Brewery (Railyard)
Santa Fe Eavesdropper
Dec. 14
by SFRDocent at Museum of International Folk Art to a group of middle school students after explaining that Andean civilizations often mounted ceramic tiles on top of their houses:
Do any of you have something you put on your house?
Girl: A wreath.
Boy: A ristra.
Second boy: Satellite dish?
Santa Fe Eavesdropper
Dec. 07
by SFROverheard at a calendar store at Santa Fe Place:
Customer: "Do you have a Denver Broncos calendar?"
Clerk: "No, but we have a Dallas Cowboys one."
"I was brave. I saw Santa."
-Little girl speaking to a stranger at the DeVargas Center US Post Office
Santa Fe Eavesdropper
Nov. 23
by SFR"I can't do that. I just hired him. He has three kids."
-Woman on her cell phone at Flying Star Cafe
"Part of me wants to read it because it bugs you that much."
-Woman on the phone with her fiance
Santa Fe Eavesdropper
Nov. 09
by SFR "I want an empire. I'm going to build one, like Jay-Z."
-Girl in complete seriousness at Tribes Coffeehouse
"I can't wait to get my tattoo. I'm legal on Friday!"
-Busser at Flying Star Cafe
