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Newbie: Did you know Matt Goldberg used to be a singer?
Employee: Who?
Newbie: Mark Goldberg?
Employee: You mean Mark Wahlberg?
Newbie: Yeah! That’s it!

5100 Spectrum Way
Mississauga, Ontario
Canadia

Guy on speakerphone: If I were you, and one day I will…

Homer & Helmcken
Vancouver
Canadia

Overheard by: cube dweller

Ad guy, discussing viability of a “dildo flask”: That way you have a business end and a party end.
Ad gal: Both ends are the party end on a hoo-ha flask!

Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, Arizona

Overheard by: Jeff

Office grunt: Tony*, you're retarded–of course you're going to be poor!

Wall Street
New York City, New York

Coworker #1: So after my cat died, we buried it in the backyard.
Coworker #2: How sad. At least you gave her a proper burial.
Coworker #1: A year later my husband dug it up and pieced the skeleton together. It's on our mantle.

Riverhead, New York

Woman #1 in line at cafeteria: That one girl never gives out the big portions. She must be cheap.
Woman #2: I know, eh? She seems slow, too. Do you think she’s retarded?
Woman #1: Yeah, Down’s-lite.

Front Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: nothingsacred

[sick worker comes to work]Boss: Shouldn’t you be at home eating Ginger Ale and Saltines?
Sick worker: Yeah, probably.
Boss: Everything’s better with Ginger Ale and Saltines.

Seagram’s Building
New York City, New York

Drone on phone: Oh yeah, my friend had that disease, he died… I’m sure you won’t die, though.

Storke Road
Santa Barbara, California

Overheard by: angelina

Nerd #1: The Edge only knows how to play three notes.
Nerd #2: Shaddup! I was totally gonna marry him when I was 15.
Nerd #1: Really? Isn't he much too short?
Nerd #2: Yeah. Those Irish dudes are rather short.
Nerd #3: It's the diet of potatoes. Stunts their growth.
Nerd #4: I thought they were leprechauns!
Nerd #2: I think they are! But that doesn't matter; I'd still marry The Edge if given the opportunity.

Canberra
Australia

Overheard by: Paper pusher

Coworker: Gloria* is actually the name of the person’s phone we’re replacing.

727 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, New York