Taste of Vanilla

2012-02-05T01:08:00.000Z

Sunday Morning - "God's Sake", on the tube

A woman under pressure: Can you please stop talking, can you please...

2011-11-25T19:08:00.001Z

Cannes, Friday week

Guy on iPhone: I don't want to loose you again

2011-09-23T17:55:00.001Z

Wednesday Virgin Train, Manchester-London

Man in suit on phone: I'm the executive director of operations

2011-06-18T07:39:00.002Z

Friday night on the Piccadilly Line:

Two guys, one describing to the other: Rub it all inside the meat. Massage it all in... so it's sticking

2011-05-27T19:54:00.004Z

Friday night on the Victoria Line:

Boy on tube: This one was as big as a grapefruit.

2011-04-26T21:02:00.001Z

Tuesday afternoon, Selfridges:

Guy on i: I only knew you for a time

2011-04-02T19:02:00.002Z

Friday night at Din.ner

Table chat: Mine is a dignified and sober authority

2011-03-23T22:11:00.002Z

Saturday afternoon at Le Nemours:

Tourist #1: Which way to the Palais Royal Gardens, s'il vous plait?

2011-02-27T18:20:00.002Z

Saturday night at the National:

Male 1 to male 2: We were almost there....

2011-02-11T17:24:00.001Z

Friday night on the 29 bus:

Man #1: It's been a remarkable 18 days.

2011-01-28T23:23:00.004Z

Sunday afternoon, at Sadlers Wells:

Etienne, on iPhone4: But, though, I'm certain I've fallen in love...

2011-01-20T23:33:00.003Z

Thursday night, Piccadilly Line:

# Guy on phone: He's just 10 years old. 10 years old.

2011-01-14T21:52:00.002Z

Kings Cross/St Pancras, Friday night:

Guy to guy: I'll show you something to make you change your mind.

2010-12-28T10:58:00.002Z

Geneva Airport arrivals, Christmas Eve:

Ski Guy to Ski Buddy: You'll need some really thick socks...

2010-12-17T10:38:00.002Z

London City Airport, Thursday morning:

Guy on mobile: It's really cold up north. You would feel the benefit from some real fur...

2010-12-04T07:48:00.000Z

At Dame Elton's charity WAD lunch:

Discussion between two gentlemen: Think before your drive - and wrap up warm. Don't even get behind the wheel without a blanket.

2010-11-18T00:24:00.002Z

On the (packed) train to Moorgate, Tuesday:

Girl in red coat to boyfriend: I really want to touch your arse...

2010-11-05T22:17:00.002Z

Friday night on the Underground (Piccadilly Line from Finsbury Park):

Guy to guy chat: I love that move with the hitcher. I think it's called the Hitcher. Or the Hitchhiker.

2010-10-31T21:09:00.003Z

On the 341 bus to Ikea:

Woman on phone: I hate Hallowe'en.

2010-10-24T09:07:00.002Z

Thursday Night, at RADA:

A man: The night for me is not romantic...

2010-10-15T20:05:00.001Z

Tate Modern, Friday afternoon:

Guy on iPhone: I've got a lot going on today

2010-10-10T23:02:00.003Z

Sunday (Afternoon) In The Park:

George: It's such a lovely feeling...

2010-10-03T15:58:00.001Z

Friday night, on the street

Some guy: My mother tells me... I should go and get a real job

2010-09-26T17:01:00.001Z

Overseen SMS text, Sunday afternoon:

...I have no problem with anal...

2010-09-15T22:23:00.003Z

At Shoreditch House, Wednesday pm.

Guy at the bar, whisky glass in hand: FCUK the Pope.

2010-09-11T07:26:00.002Z

Saturday morning on the bus:

...: Quite frankly, you can't hide dirty underwear anymore

2010-08-30T21:23:00.003Z

Sunday on flight BA1309 to Heathrow:

Guy to his male companion: There's no way they'll have to wait until Christmas.

2010-08-19T22:43:00.003Z

Aux Trois Garcons Restaurant, Shoreditch:

Lady at a neighbouring table: Well, what would I know? I'm only your mother.

2010-08-12T18:15:00.001Z

On the train, Moorgate:

Guy on phone: He's a monster. But I don't mind.

2010-08-07T08:31:00.003Z

Friday night, on the train at Finsbury Park:

Youth#1: It's remarkably popular in a country like China

2010-07-31T09:32:00.002Z

On the 29 Bus from Camden 2am Saturday morning:

Keebab eating guy to stranger: It's nice to have a challenge

2010-07-15T08:05:00.001Z

On the no. 29 bus:

Guy to friend: Soon it's going to rain...

2010-06-27T22:26:00.002Z

It's now almost 40 years later...

2010-06-15T20:11:00.003Z

On the radio (someone else's, on the bus), 5.47pm:

You are Gold (gold).

2010-06-03T23:13:00.001Z

Wednesday on the train:

Well, blow me.

2010-05-22T11:24:00.001Z

Wednesday on the train

Guy on phone: Yeah, he really gets on my tits.

2010-05-02T07:32:00.001Z

Saturday morning, at the bus stop:

#Girl on phone:I was rescued by a knock on the door. Three men asking if I could come.

2010-04-20T21:14:00.001Z

Tuesday lunchtime, Berkeley Square W1:

Guy on mobile: People seemed to like the view.

2010-04-14T02:23:00.002Z

At 3.24am:

Reporter: I'm outside a nightspot in Cairo, popular with homosexual men

2010-04-02T08:16:00.002Z

Good Friday at London City Airport:

Girl#1: I hope you're happy, I hope you're happy now.

2010-03-18T22:21:00.002Z

Wednesday night, at OXO Tower Restaurant:

Man#1: They're not rich and they're not poor either.
Man#2: Huh?

2010-02-18T22:43:00.002Z

On the 141 from Green Lanes, Thursday night:

Man on bus (upper deck): She's alive. She's alive!

2010-02-10T21:55:00.004Z

Saturday night at the Young Vic:

German guy: For many years in London we had wonderful parties - on a Sunday.

2010-01-31T17:31:00.002Z

76 Bus to Moorgate, Friday evening

Girl on mobile: I don't like a man with too many muscles.

2010-01-29T22:33:00.001Z

Friday lunchtime, at the Gaucho Grill:

It's hard to think straight when you're hungry

2010-01-15T09:59:00.002Z

Friday morning at T5 Heathrow:

Man on phone: Anger, and frustration...

2010-01-09T08:29:00.004Z

Friday at the Coq d'Argent

City suited guy: Fcuk! That means I've missed the ballot for Wimbledon this year.

2010-01-02T13:38:00.002Z

Saturday morning, in the queue buying the paper:

Man to shopkeeper: ...but is it two thousand and ten or twenty-ten?

2009-12-31T15:18:00.001Z

On the 141 bus, Old St to home, New Year's Eve 2009

Girl on phone (not an iPhone): Yeah, all my friends are going to a house party, but I don't want to go to the party of some girl who got off with my boyfriend...

2009-12-29T06:59:00.003Z

Christmas Eve, at the baker shop:

And fit aboot the double shortbread? You'll be haein' it see'n as it's the weekend?

2009-12-22T05:28:00.003Z

On the Tube, Monday morning before Christmas:

Ginger's very good for you this time of year.

2009-12-19T14:38:00.003Z

Saturday morning, 4.23am, online:

I don't want to be known as a gay rugby player. I am a rugby player first and foremost. I am a man.

2009-12-09T07:51:00.000Z

Misheard on Saturday night in Shoreditch:

There's a crack in every pavement, underneath there is a bitch

2009-12-07T18:35:00.002Z

Heathrow Airport, T5 - Wednesday last week:

I like to sew the seeds of love...

2009-11-22T19:13:00.002Z

Wednesday evening, Carlton International Cannes:

In the Celebrities Bar: Qui a gagne?

2009-11-08T10:27:00.001Z

At City airport, Friday:

Woman to Man: I was careful every single time

2009-11-03T21:14:00.001Z

At the British Museum, Sunday afternoon:

Man: I never felt I'd escape being sucked all the way down

2009-11-01T14:19:00.002Z

Sunday morning, on public transport in London:

Man in blue uniform, unhelpfully: These are just the rules and regulations

2009-10-25T16:44:00.002Z

Sunday in the Marais:

Guy 1: J'aimerais réaliser un fantasme auquel je pense de plus en plus : faire l'amour dans un lieu publique

Guy 2: Mmm. Moi aussi.

2009-10-14T20:46:00.002Z

On the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral

Lad to Dad: It's ever so itchy...

2009-09-27T21:13:00.003Z

At Heathrow T5, Saturday morning:

Guy 1: Where there's truth there will be lies

2009-09-18T19:01:00.003Z

Outside Burlington Arcade, Friday lunchtime:

I think reason plays no part

2009-09-15T22:42:00.004Z

AirFrance flight 5171

There's a real skill and technique to it

2009-08-28T22:43:00.002Z

Friday on the Eurostar:

You're the main attraction, right?

2009-08-27T20:20:00.002Z

Tuesday at the bus stop, Old St roundabout:

I've done it so many times before.

2009-08-20T07:14:00.002Z

Thursday night, Times Square:

But do you think it's good for the environment?

2009-08-08T16:19:00.002Z

Thursday night at Little Oranges, Brick Lane:

I wish to be a patron.

2009-07-31T21:30:00.004Z

Wednesday night at the NPG:

What happened to my brother?

2009-07-19T12:29:00.004Z

At Shoreditch Park prom, on Friday night in the rain:

Sometimes, I don't even know why I bother...

2009-06-22T17:40:00.004Z

On the tube to Moorgate (a snatch of clear conversation caught between the carriage rattling):

Fella to his mate: "......he's loose. Really loose..."

2009-06-20T07:30:00.002Z

Friday night, 21 bus from Monument:

Text 1 (to Greg): Darling. Hi. I'm sorry. will call you when home
Text 2 (to Greg): Je t'aime

2009-06-06T10:21:00.003Z

On the 76 bus from Moorgate to Dalston Friday night:

A group of sixth-form kid-clubbers board: Yay! We're going to a marvellous party.

2009-05-27T21:45:00.004Z

Wednesday at Tower 42*:

Person 1: You think Messi can take Ronaldo?
Person 2: Did you see him in those shorts?
Person 3: Ronaldo has such a small dick.

*Barcelona 2-MU 0

2009-05-22T06:40:00.003Z

Thursday night at Eurostar, St. Pancras:

Englishman : I hear that it may be a hot summer.
Englishlady: Mmm. We may need to get some sort of air conditioning-plenty of water.

2009-05-17T17:26:00.002Z

At Maze, Saturday lunchtime:

Guy 1: Mmm, that is good
Guy 2: Like an expensive Gaucho don't you think?
Guy 1: I'd quite like a Gaucho; the cowboy, not the steak.

2009-05-14T07:24:00.003Z

Tuesday on Central line, Chancery Lane to Bond St:

Girl to friend: It was really small. Really small.
Friend gives girl knowing look...

2009-05-09T15:12:00.003Z

On the 76 bus from Kingsland Road to Old St, Friday night:

Raver girl, on mobile: I don't want to get too wasted tonight. I'm saving that for tomorrow.

2009-05-03T08:09:00.002Z

Saturday night at the Barbican:

Old man to old lady: Doesn't it feel like summer yet [sic]

2009-04-25T10:54:00.004Z

At the Diner, Friday night:

Hoxton indie boy in tight red T: This is so not life at all

2009-04-12T00:25:00.002Z

Saturday night at Pizza Express:

Mother: Don't you know I'll be there?
Amanda: Whenever you need me? Jesus, plastic sounding Jackson shit mother.

2009-04-04T13:59:00.003Z

Friday night at NOBU:

Middle aged guy to his young Asian companion: I prefer a slice to a snip.
Young Asian guy to his middle aged companion: We* only have another 50 minutes.

*I might have misheard, it could have been you only have another 50 minutes....

2009-04-01T17:35:00.002Z

Tuesday night at the Northgate, N1:

Lady 1: They'll be moving around trying to avoid the troubles
Lady 2: I just don't want to give into that stuff.

2009-03-15T17:54:00.005Z

Friday 13th, in Tower 42:

Woman to a lover: Is it worth it? A new winter coat and shoes for the wife...
Lover to a wife: And a bicycle on the boy's birthday?

2009-03-11T20:37:00.003Z

Sunday on the Eurostar, Paris to London (23 mins out of Paris)

French Guy to English BF: All things he ever wished are left behind
English BF to French Guy: The talks he never had and grown-up places he never went...
French Guy to English BF: C'est tragique!

2009-02-28T19:22:00.002Z

Friday night, at the pub (Cheshire Cheese):

Guy 1: Ouch, I'm gonna be your bruise!
Guy 2: Fcuk off.

2009-02-27T09:08:00.000Z

Thursday night, St. JOHN Restaurant, Smithfield:

Katie: Feels like I've been outside myself for so long.
Scott: We'll miss you, Katie.

2009-02-24T20:57:00.002Z

Monday, at lunch in Gaucho Grill (Smithfield Market):

Man 1: We all get it in the end.
Man 2: Yes, we do.
Man 1: I rather like it in the end... Do you like the beef?

2009-02-22T18:10:00.005Z

Saturday night in Blush, Stoke Newington admiring a picture:

Girl 1: Isn't she the one with the wet pussy?
Girl 2: That's right it's Mrs Slocombe from Are You Being Served

2009-02-17T19:10:00.003Z

At the OXO Tower Restaurant, Saturday night:

Girl to Guy: I fancy the taste of something creamy...

2009-02-14T18:53:00.003Z

On the 73 from Angel to Essex Road, Saturday afternoon:

m8 to m8 on bus: You might as well take it, we think that you should.

2009-02-07T11:35:00.003Z

Saturday morning, at the cafe (sitting not too far from the toilet):

Guy to girl: What are you having? I'm having a number 2.
Girl to guy: Me too, I'm having a number 2.

2009-02-01T18:10:00.003Z

At the Barbican Pit theatre bar, Saturday night:

Guy on phone: It's made me extremely wary of big bulls...

2009-01-23T13:44:00.000Z

In the City, Friday:

Guy to girl: I'm so looking forward to going home tonight and having nothing on.
[both look at each other and giggle]

Guy to girl: What I mean is I'm so looking forward to going home tonight and not having anything planned - not going home tonight and being naked!

2009-01-18T00:10:00.002Z

On the train. Manor Park to Liverpool St:

Guy to daughter: Are you getting enough air?

2008-12-11T23:55:00.003Z

Thursday night in central London:

Guy 1: As if it was out of clear blue skies. But you know, I'm not ready to challenge him. Yet.

2008-12-09T23:10:00.000Z

Tuesday night on the 76 bus on Fleet Street:

Guy on phone: That's delta, charlie, delta.

2008-12-03T19:42:00.000Z

On the 341 bus to Angel, Sunday morning.

Man on bus to girl companion: But I'm never sure what I can take for it.

2008-12-01T00:18:00.000Z

On the Metropolitan line, saturday afternoon:

Girl on phone (to bf?): You don't care about that she'll forget about...it's easy with you!

2008-11-23T09:31:00.003Z

On the 341 bus Saturday night, on Essex Road:

Guy on phone: I'll have a shower and then phone my brother.

2008-11-18T15:31:00.000Z

At the football pitch Shoreditch Park, Sunday morning:

Guy 1: You'd be hard pressed to find that in a restaurant...