Overheard in Notts

Thursday 06 October 2016
reading time: min, words
“I went to punch him in the balls and bust my knuckle”
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“Go on, I dare you to buy an aubergine.”

"That's the best flavour and I ain't even joking. Get meh!?”

"Nah you'll be alright, it'll all be out your system by then."

Bloke: Ooh, these chillis are spicy.
Woman: What sort are they?
Bloke: I think they're called hally peenos.

"Mining bitcoins... is that like Candy Crush for posh people?"

“In my mocks I got all like As and Bs. But with all these extra lessons they're making me do, I dunno, I think they're making me more thick or something.”

“Maisie, some little boy just slapped my arse and ran away. Yeah, he's halfway down the street now.”

"He's really old, really old… he's nearly 21!"

Lad 1: Why's he called Fat Dave?
Lad 2: He sat on me mate's arm and it snapped in half. He's well fat.
Lad 1: Why's she called Mumbo?
Lad 2: She's me mate's mum and she's got B.O.

Lad 1: Yo, put in ‘Bugzy Malone - The Revival’.
Lad 2: Nah that songs dead fam.
Lad 1: You’re dead.
Lad 2: You're dead in bed fam.

Man 1: What's that?
Man 2: Birthmark, I've 'ad it ages.

“I don't understand what's the matter with people. Why do Hyson Green want to fight with St. Ann's? We should stick together. It should be Nottingham versus London or Birmingham”

“I went to punch him in the balls and bust my knuckle.”

“Don't expect Dawson's Creek. It does have people sexing and taking mushrooms and that.”

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