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You Big, Gay Little House-Watcher

Guy on cell: There was Laura Ingalls and the mean one… What was her name?
Passerby: Nellie!

–Entrance, A Train

Overheard by: TRUE

  • Posted on April 26, 2008
  • Default, Guys, Names, On Cell, On the Subway, Questions, Strangers, TV
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