Overheard in Seattle: The Stuff that Makes Us Seattleites

Hidey ho, Seattle! There’s not a whole lot to say about the conversations that Seattlest readers were eavesdropping on this week, except to say that the usual common themes that emerge (e.g. see last week’s lackey Oscar commentary) were notably absent. In fact the one thread that did tie this week’s submissions together was more fundamental in nature than circumstantial. We think you’ll agree with us when we say that the following overheard tidbits are just part of what makes us Seattleites so…well, “Seattle.”

Five Soooo Seattle Characteristics, as told in Overheard quotes:

#1: No concept of the cold, but yet a firm understanding that anything below the 40s constitutes torture.

Brave Seattle soul tells his story of the winter of ‘11: "... And to think I had to brave the sub-zero temperatures! Ok, sub-zero Celsius. But still!"

#2: Hippies that keep you guessing.

Two hippies strolling by the market: "Doooooooood, you should have told me that box was going to be full of centipedes."

#3: Thugs that actually do their taxes.

Two rough fellows walking through Occidental Park, presumably pre-crime makin’.
Rough Feller 1: "What's up, where you beeeen?"
Rough Feller 2: "Just doin' my taxes. Oh, just found out my brother's in prison!"

#4: “Big” urban gardens swung around by their tenders with naïve pride.

Store cashier: “So you have a pretty sizable garden?”
Customer: “Yeah, like 3 feet square!”
Store cashier: “Nice!”

#5: Conferences featuring notables worthy of star treatment as an everyday, perfectly “normal” occurrence.

Emerald City Comicon worker: "Voltron, your coffee is ready!" (courtesy of Twitter)

Overhear a crazy conversation around town lately? Send what you heard, where you heard it and what was happening to overheard@seattlest.com

Please be brief. No one wants to read your great American novel.