Quotes Overheard

I went to a Tea Room in the international district of Japan to get some work done. They have free wireless and a purchase of a drink gets you time in their comfy chair. Usually its very quiet (well the last time I went was around a year ago), but today there were a group of old Japanese gentleman who gathered to drink tea and they chatted away for a couple of hours. Here are some of the things I overheard

• "He passed away too, everyone is dying"

• "Who was the president before Bush, the one whose wife is a senator? I am gonna live forever, but I'll be dumb. The lipitor medicine makes me forget everything"

• "Parking is free, that makes a lot of difference you know"

• "Your so healthy to do this. (Taking tours to Japan) I lot of people get older and they can't do all this. You mean take a long plane flight? Yeah. This is what I call my last hurrah"

• "Some people use the computers for their tickets. That’s not good, I go to a travel agency"

• "My body health can't hack it. What's your problem? Heart? That’s no problem, I signed up a famous doctor. Cardiologist from Portland. No Problem. You got something wrong, he'll give you medicine. We have two pharmacists and one nurse. I take 4 kinds of pills I am not that healthy. But I don't worry because we have a Dr. on board"

• "I like to see earnest money, so I know the guy is really sold on it. If there interested their gonna put down money, $100 deposit"

• "How many milligrams are you taking? I was taking 40 and they jumped me to 80, that is a 100% jump"

• "I have trouble talking because I forget things. Join the club"

• "Everybody's got problems remembering things. Its funny about the mind. We can remember something about our childhood 40-50 years ago, but not something yesterday. I wonder why"