Eavesdropped at the dentist *shudder* actually but there's no poetic licence in that title. Oldish lady: "During the war my mum worked in the broom factory in Nunhead. She went home to lunch and the cat brought in a sparrow. 'Oooh no!', she said, 'That's bad luck.' She got back late from lunch and was sacked!" What tantalising snippets have you overheard?