In the interests of gathering content for blog posts, and in no way to be attributed to any nosiness or busybodying behaviour whatsoever, I have mainly been eavesdropping on other people’s conversations today. Really enlightening. It’s often impossible to determine whether an isolated statement is a philosophical gem, or completely banal.  Assuming the former, however, I seem to have been exposed to a cornucopia of wisdom this morning. Whilst my radiographer has been exposed to nothing more exciting than my left breast.

A quick snapshot of overheard conversations is as follows:

Mother (to small child on scooter): “just keep putting your foot down and picking it up again.”

Boy (to friend): “I’ve hidden it so you can’t find it, but if you want I’ll tell you where it is.” 

Elderly man (to anyone willing to listen): “looks like rain to me. The seagulls aren’t stupid.”

Woman (to small dog): “want a bit? Go on, have a bit” (to be clear, because this one possibly isn’t self explanatory, the woman was offering her dog a vape).

All of this during a 10 minute stroll home following my first radiotherapy appointment. So I’m quite delighted by the discovery that I might be exposed, along with the radiation obviously, to this sort of eclectic taster of other people’s lives every morning for the next four weeks. Main tip for successful eavesdropping: wear headphones but turn the music off. Lulls people into a false sense of security. I guess I’ll soon discover which of this morning’s characters have routines that make them a regular feature. I really hope the vaping woman and her dog are two of them.