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Estimated publication date: This could literally be any date...
I think about this anytime I catch an out-of-context snippet of conversation. It usually happens when I am walking in one direction past a pair (or group, or even one person on a phone) going in the other direction.
The concept for this book would resemble the 'Overheard in...' idea. It might even go 'full ripoff' - overheard in wherever-I-happen-to-be at the moment. There are so many of these websites and books already out there that I think I would spend half my time on this project just making sure I was not committing outright plagiarism.
Despite my concern, though, I think I would plow forward with this. I just enjoy hearing ridiculous snippets of conversation too much to let this idea rest. Some of my more recent winners:
"If you are African, you know how to drum." (NYC, April 2017)
"I can't function on eight hours of sleep." (Brookline, April 2017)
"I smoke a pack a month and I'm like a fucking smoker?!?" (Boston Common, June 2017)
