Things Overheard: Gossip

Missy's "Gossip Folks"

Someone once told me that everything worth knowing was learned in Kindergarten. My personal spin on this philosophy is: everything worth knowing can be learned by watching Saturday morning cartoons. Its true. I heard this bit of wisdom on a cartoon this past Saturday: 

"Gossip is nothing but personal opinion stated as truth" 

As simple as this statement is and as unique as the presentation (I was watching a cartoon about celebrities who are secretly dinosaurs) it really made me feel better about a current situation and reminded me of one of my father's admonitions: 

"The people who care don't matter, and the people who matter won't care"

And when I think about it... all the people who are talking about me are the people who know me the least anyway. So why should I care what they think?

Other random things I actually overhead in the streets: 

"I haven't been grocery shopping in so long. I only have one egg, some spoiled milk and no napkins." 

(Where: the beauty salon)

"Porn stars usually drive Audi's" 

(Where: while on a lunch date, or something like that lol)

"How did I cheat?....Why are you pouring bleach on my clothes?" 

(Where: at home, someone in my complex was having a fight early Sunday morning)