OVERHEARD IN DUBLIN

Girl: ‘giz a kiss.’ bloke: ‘let me swally me phlegm first.’ ― two aul dears queuing for the no. 27 bus. just caught the end of the conversation: old dear #1: ‘sure whoaya tellin. de kids dees days is terrible bold.’ old dear #2: ‘and ye know it’s not de parents i blame, it’s the mudders an fadders.’ ― country girl gets on no. 16 bus and asks driver how much is the fare. driver replies, ‘where are you going?’ country girl says, ‘to get my hair done!’ ― while visiting the mater hospital, hearing an old man complaining about the current conditions in hospital and being kept in a unisex environment: old man (to his daughter): ‘i’m 92 years old and here i am being left on a bed in a corridor with all these other patients, and to make it worst it’s bisexual!’ ― heard a girl answer her phone in the waiting room of holles street maternity hospital: ‘well, tell me, am i an auntie or an uncle?’ ― d4 girl at lansdowne road for the all blacks match. just as the all blacks begin the haka, one girl says, ‘oh, my god, are they doing a dance?’