Eavesdropping ...

Overheard in Figo's in Crouch End

An Englishman who'd traveled to the States, trying to hit on two American students:

"So, what brought you to London?"

"Boredom."

Then Smitty was engaged in conversation by a Scotsman who wore not just tinfoil on his head, as Smitty does, but also a lead helmet ...