Woman Talks to Friend, And Amazingly Does Not Reveal Details to Anyone

Wednesday June 20, 2007 12:10 PM
By Alex Culpepper/Correspondent

Dayton, Ohio (AP)— For many women like Miss Clarabelle Crabapple and her associates, it is a common practice to quickly reveal to another person the details from any conversation that she may overhear or be party to. In fact, she claims, “I just have to tell someone everything that I hear from someone else or I’ll just die!” Any statement from any conversation surely will be repeated again to a friend or acquaintance.

But at 8:00 P.M. Tuesday night, Constance Bicklebaum, 32, actually heard many details about what one person said about another person and then kept many of those details to herself. That’s right, some of the information from the conversation was not repeated to anyone else!

When pressed on the subject, Ms. Bicklebaum said, “I really, didn’t think it was worth repeating. I mean, do we need to tell everyone what we hear from a conversation?”

Miss Crabapple, of course, feels differently, “So like, I tell everyone all the details from all my conversations. I can’t help it—it’s like, it just like comes out. I need to like tell everyone what I hear. I need to.”

For many in this city, Constance is somewhat of a curiosity if not a genuine celebrity. She reveals that she has received many letters of support and feels that people have been generally understanding. She admits that at times, late at night, she does feel like revealing the information that she heard, but said that, “It’s really not a big deal. I can’t just walk around as though what I have to say is so important.”