Monday, July 14, 2008

Overheard in Atascadero


So the "Overheard in San Luis Obispo" posts that I'll be sharing with you occasionally actually apply to the whole county. This most recent dialog comes from our recent visit to the Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero on their Ice Cream Zoofari night. Something about the taste of vanilla sundaes and sprinkles mixed with the scent of serval urine didn't quite work for me.

The setting for this quote is early evening. A Channel Island fox has just come out of his lair and is inquisitively looking at guests eating ice cream.

Woman: Why does that fox look all healthy and chubby?
(A family member begins, somehow, to answer this question by explaining that zoo animals are often well cared for.)
Woman: (Disdainfully) How much you want to bet that when they rescued it from somewhere it was skinny?

Editor's note: I know that the animal pictured with this post isn't a Channel Island fox. The photos of the fox didn't turn out well.

2 comments:

Sarah said...

Overheard in SLO:
woman 1: look, a shoe just sitting on the sidewalk

Woman 2: I think it's public art

laughter ensues.....

josh said...

i know i've neglected commenting on your blog, and in know you think it's because i'm busy moving. but you could be wrong. for instance, i could be stuck under a high-speed train. there i am, holding on for dear life, and all you can do is judge me. stop judging me, ryan.