Conversations

"My sister won't eat salad with me, she refuses to, because she says I stab the lettuce too hard and it bugs her."

We laugh and she mimes stabbing at an angle, little jabs.

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Overheard at the Roadhouse:

"I just want to show Abby the picture of the bachelor auction they have every year."

"They all have the clap," I don't say.  I take a giant bite of my lasagna instead.  They do, though.  The feds gave this town money to treat everyone for it for free because everyone sleeps with everyone in this tiny town and a bunch of them got it.

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Someone playing shuffleboard says, "So close!"

Someone else says, "So close and yet so far."

A woman laughs insincerely. 

What is that from?  Why do people always say it?