Animals

Cube dweller #1: So then “groom,” like the horse kind.
Cube dweller #2: Uh, okay, or like the husband.
Cube dweller #3: Or the thing you clean your kitchen with.
Cube dweller #2: Yeah, that's a “broom.”

Washington, DC

Overheard by: emc

Proofreader, warily: Your “Cat Peed on my Banjo” song sounds suspiciously like “Dueling Banjos”!

Washington, DC

Guy #1: Do you remember GizmoDuck?
Guy #2: Yeah! He was like the Iron Man of the duck world.

Nashville, Tennessee

Overheard by: Clair

HR supervisor on phone: He called me the other day all worried because she was running out of food. I told him: she has all those animals and she likes to wring their necks…

Fontana, California

Overheard by: Aeirlys

CEO: Guys, guys–no monkeys, we're calling the White House.

New York City, New York

Coworker to another: How was your weekend?
Another: Not good, we lost another pet. The rabbit was murdered by a sheep.

New Zealand

Overheard by: George

Admin: You need a haircut.
Service guy: I need to go club some baby seals.

Irvine, California

Overheard by: i just answer the phone…

Cashier #1: Tony was in here buying cigarettes, too.
Cashier #2: Oh, really? Tony smokes?
Cashier #3: Yeah… like a fish!

Westport Plaza Creve
Couer, Missouri

Office peon #1: Last night I had a dream about being attacked by a donkey.
Office peon #2: Oh, I know what your mean: zebras are my Freddy Krueger.
Office peon #1: I know, right? Because they don't even sound like regular fucking horses.
Office peon #2: And they're camouflaged like lightning!

Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: Best Nature Documentary EVER!

Coworker on phone: No, no, they want to build a better mousetrap. We want to take the mousetrap, dismantle it, and build an aircraft carrier. It's completely different.

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Melissa