Overheard

On my way home yesterday I passed a woman talking on her phone, and I heard her say, "My butt knows." I didn't hear any more, as badly as I wanted to. What was really interesting was her intonation: she didn't give a sassy, "My BUTT knows!" as in "Who knows? My BUTT knows!" Finger snap, audience applause. She said, "My butt KNOWS!" as in "Oh my god, my butt KNOWS! It knows about us, it knows about the diamonds, it knows everything! What the HELL are we going to do?"