Hey Pandas, What Strange Things Have You Overheard?

Have you been out in public (restaurants, waiting in line, etc.) and suddenly overheard a comment made by someone nearby... and really wanted to know what the hell they were talking about?

I was in a store the other day and there were two people in front of me buying a broom and duct tape. The woman said to the man, "I think one might be alive but the other was definitely gone." My husband assured me they were talking about maybe a litter of kittens or something... but I'm not at all sure!

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I'm not sure if this counts as being, "overheard," but it was definitely not meant to be announced. My family of six was sitting in church. Harried and tired my teenagers were grumpy that they had to be at church in the early morning on a weekend. They were bickering with one another in that silent but loud enough that anyone could tell they were pissy kind of way. I was rolling my eyes a lot. They'd survive.
Anyway, there's a part in our church ceremony where everyone is supposed to be very quiet and reverent. No talking and no loud noise at all. In the midst of the semi-silence (there were a lot of young children present) a little girl in the pew just in front of us started to play peek-a-boo with us. Ducking behind her dad's head and then coming back out with a huge smile. It gave us all a chance to chill out and smile back.
However, we had no idea that the child would feel such a close bond with us after just a little game that she'd start sharing family secrets!
In a whisper shout that hopefully only reached our family's ears she announced, "My mommy and daddy take showers together"!
The chaos that ensued was something I'll never forget. One of my daughters emitted a snort-laugh, my son tried to cover his startled shout of laughter with a cough that was amazingly obvious and the parents scooped up their little tattle-tale and booked it out of the meeting so fast that I was surprised not to see the roadrunner's cloud of dust behind them.
All I could do was cross my legs and try not to pee my pants in public. (If your a mom of multiple children, you understand). My family silently shook with laughter for much too long. All in attendance then stared daggers at us as if we were the ones that were disturbing the peace. And I guess we were. But we surely didn't care. So. Very. Worth. It.
Needless to say, there was no more fighting or anger on the drive home. We were all amazingly entertained by the sweet little girl and her lovely innocence.
Even though we tried to reassure them that it wasn't a big deal, every time we saw the couple and their daughter after that, they acted as if we had caught them in the act or something. The little girl however, loved my kids and never missed a chance to loudly say hello... but only for a moment... before her mouth was covered and she was whisked far, far away.

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Hey Pandas, What Strange Things Have You Overheard?

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