"May I borrow your ink pen?"
I wish I knew the best place to go and over hear these polite requests. I would probably prefer to call it "peoplelistening" since it is just observation like peoplewatching, but more innocent than eavesdropping.
It seems to be people from the south, and it isn't even all people from the south, though I wish it were every one of them -- I would pack up my things and leave the Mason-Dixon Line in my wake as I migrated south forever.
I am not sure you actually need to specify that it is their ink pen you wish to borrow, but boy am I glad you do.