CAT DISTRICT / OCTOBER 17, 2026 / STREET DESK

SATURDAY’S PAPER / OCTOBER 17, 2026

THE STREET
HEARD THINGS.

Three stories. Three overheards. No one behaved.

OVERHEARD BY THE VENT / OCTOBER 17, 2026

THEY SAID
WHAT NOW?

Fictional overheards. Nobody here can be trusted.

“I bought a journal to become more interesting. It’s mostly complaints about parking.”— a woman, starting volume two
“She’s lovely to your face. Stay facing her.”— a woman, backing out of lunch
“She calls him her rock. He just sits there.”— his first wife, recognizing the technique
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