But I've never overheard a conversation quite like the one I accidentally encountered last Tuesday, when I met a source for lunch at BLT Steak, a downtown Washington steakhouse frequented by the capital's expense-account set.
I mean, I do enjoy eavesdropping, but I've never overheard a stranger even mention me in passing.
And have you never overheard two women competing for the last parking space outside Sainsbury's?
Apparently, she was out in the Meatpacking District for some sort of fancily exclusive book club, and a source overheard overheard SJP say that she had never "tried tequila and wanted to try it for the first time".
The alliance with Russia had never been stronger between our two nations, until President Trump overheard an insulting joke by Vladimir Putin.
Many agree with Peter Tapsell, a lawmaker who was overheard telling Mr. Cameron in 2011 that he had never known a prime minister more adept at getting out of scrapes, before adding that he had never known one who got into so many in the first place.
I overheard one kid saying to a friend that he "had never seen so many white people at Brixton Splash before".
During the two intermissions of a recent performance of "Our Town" at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, I overheard a number of older patrons remark that they had never before seen it.
Though Smith has a considerable cult following as a singer-songwriter, Schultz had never even heard of him until five years ago, when he happened to overhear his daughter playing his song "Waltz #2" and he was struck by its "ineffable perfection".
Stottlemyre said he had never had a pitcher throw a complete game in spring training, and, overhearing this, Cone assured Stottlemyre he could finish the game, if need be.
