So, I spend a lot of time in coffee shops attempting to do homework. (How very English major of me, right?) Notice I said ATTEMPTING to do homework. As a procrastinator, I often go out of my way to find some excuse to postpone working on assignments that need to get done.
When I start looking for things to distract myself, one of the first things I notice are the conversations that people are having. It amazes me what people will talk about in coffee shops or just anywhere that they can be easily overheard. I am sure that I have interesting conversations with my friends (in fact, I know I do), and that any person who may overhear these conversations is either greatly entertained or perplexed at the things we talk about. Nonetheless, I have decided that the great bits of conversation that I overhear need to be shared with others. So here is the first of (hopefully) a series of posts labeled "Coffee Shop Chatter".
Earlier today I was sitting in one of the coffee shops in town. At the table next to me, there were two girls who were talking loudly about a lot of different things. The part of the conversation that I overheard was this:
"I was in a wedding last summer, and the best man had one of the best speeches ever. I mean, he made the groom go out on the dance floor and sing Backstreet Boys."
I will admit that I didn't hear the conversation leading up to this bit, but I did hear the part afterward, which was about the maid of honor from the same wedding. My question is, what made this best man speech the best? At no point did this girl say WHY the speech was amazing, or what the best man even said! The only thing she said about the speech was that it involved the groom singing a song by the Backstreet Boys. Though I do think that is not a normal part of a best man speech, I can't help but point out a couple of things:
1) Even though the singing might have been cool, if this is the part that made the speech one of the best, I have to say I am a little disappointed. The best man didn't even sing the song, so how does this make the speech great? Technically the groom was saying his own speech, which happened to be orchestrated by the best man and written by the Backstreet Boys.
2) If the Backstreet Boys song is not what made this speech one of the best, then what made it the best? Why would you mention this amazing speech and then not even say what made it so amazing? Why bring up this topic at all?
Unfortunately, I do not have the answers to these questions.
When I start looking for things to distract myself, one of the first things I notice are the conversations that people are having. It amazes me what people will talk about in coffee shops or just anywhere that they can be easily overheard. I am sure that I have interesting conversations with my friends (in fact, I know I do), and that any person who may overhear these conversations is either greatly entertained or perplexed at the things we talk about. Nonetheless, I have decided that the great bits of conversation that I overhear need to be shared with others. So here is the first of (hopefully) a series of posts labeled "Coffee Shop Chatter".
Earlier today I was sitting in one of the coffee shops in town. At the table next to me, there were two girls who were talking loudly about a lot of different things. The part of the conversation that I overheard was this:
"I was in a wedding last summer, and the best man had one of the best speeches ever. I mean, he made the groom go out on the dance floor and sing Backstreet Boys."
I will admit that I didn't hear the conversation leading up to this bit, but I did hear the part afterward, which was about the maid of honor from the same wedding. My question is, what made this best man speech the best? At no point did this girl say WHY the speech was amazing, or what the best man even said! The only thing she said about the speech was that it involved the groom singing a song by the Backstreet Boys. Though I do think that is not a normal part of a best man speech, I can't help but point out a couple of things:
1) Even though the singing might have been cool, if this is the part that made the speech one of the best, I have to say I am a little disappointed. The best man didn't even sing the song, so how does this make the speech great? Technically the groom was saying his own speech, which happened to be orchestrated by the best man and written by the Backstreet Boys.
2) If the Backstreet Boys song is not what made this speech one of the best, then what made it the best? Why would you mention this amazing speech and then not even say what made it so amazing? Why bring up this topic at all?
Unfortunately, I do not have the answers to these questions.
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