Overheard in Notts: January 2026

Thursday 29 January 2026
reading time: min, words

In this month's Overheard in Notts, we can't see the food for the cheese... 

Overheard

"You could not see the food for the cheese"

 

“Never mind your Ooh la la, just get your feet off the table.”

 

"She turned up at a beer festival, didn't have a drink, BOOMF GONE! because she knew how much grief she'd get from everyone."

 

"I like charity shops because they satisfy my hunter-gatherer urge."

 

“Do you want to poke at the hot coals? Might make you feel better?”

 

Man dressed as a Christmas tree in the pub: "I got stitched up. They said it was fancy dress."

 

“That’s like saying you don’t fart, but you really do.”

“…I do fart. But I don’t touch.”

 

"She's ALWAYS at the chiropodist..."

 

"They had life size sumo wrestlers"

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