Monday, January 04, 2010

Overheard in Scriptum, 3 the Turl, Oxford

Skinny boy with emo hair and white calf high boots walks in. He is shorter than I am and addresses the shopkeeper.

(excitedly) 'ey mate..mate,, mate! this shop is really fit, is it yours.'

Shopkeeper 'thank you, but its not mine, just minding it for a friend'

Emohead: 'this stuff is like really cool. (looks at a box set of calligraphy pen with small ink bottle, quill and a little 2 inch violin wood ornmaent) 'ooo is this thing for real?' (attempts to strum a string of the violin ornament with his pinky finger) '' 'ey mate... mate, is this thing for real? does it play like tunes an stuff?'

Shopkeeper smiles. 'No its just an ornament'

Emohead ambles over to the stuffed badger standing right behind the shop door. 'OOooo mate what's wrong with this bear?'

Shopkeeper 'no its a badger.'

Emohead 'Its a scary to thing to have, doesnt it scare you...What do you think its last thoughts were before it was frozen?'

Random girl who may or may not have been with Emohead in shop says assertively. 'It's not frozen. It's called being stuffed.'

Shopkeeper 'I don't like it, its just that the owner of the shop is big on taxidermy.'

Emohead: 'What do you think its last thoughts were before it froze?'

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