Boss (giving papers to peon) Would you please fax these for me ASAP?
Peon (taking papers) Sure thing.
Peon (faxes, brings back papers) Here you go.
Boss: I thought I told you to fax these!
San Diego, California
Boss (giving papers to peon) Would you please fax these for me ASAP?
Peon (taking papers) Sure thing.
Peon (faxes, brings back papers) Here you go.
Boss: I thought I told you to fax these!
San Diego, California
Tester: I’m reading this book that will teach you all the Italian you’ll ever need to visit Canada!
1555 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia
Co-worker: There were so many Jews in the concentration camps. Why didn’t some of them join together and try and fight the Nazis?
195 Turbot Street
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia
9 to 5-er: I’ve smelled burnt human, and it doesn’t smell like chicken.
Austin, Texas
Employee: Thanks for calling iTransact, can I help you?
Customer: Yes, I’d like to cancel my account, please.
Employee: No problem, sir. Can I have your name, please?
Customer: Yes, it’s ‘Frank.’ That’s ‘F’ as in ‘Frank,’ R-A-N-K.
Farmington, Utah
Postdoc: No, my landlord won’t allow two people living in the apartment.
Grad student: But it’s just your wife living with you.
Postdoc: Right.
Grad student: But wives don’t count as people!
Carl Icahn Laboratory
Princeton, New Jersey
Manager: What does the word “nugatory” mean?
Employee: I don’t know but it sounds important.
Manager: I’ll see if I can slip it into my next talk to staff, they won’t know the difference.
North Terrace
Adelaide, South Australia
Cubemate to another: You know, I am thinking and typing at the same time…
Jersey City, New Jersey
Coworker: What’s the deal with these lot loans?
Manager: Your mom’s a lot loan.
San Ramon, California
Overheard by: cracking up
Co-worker #1: You mean Napoleon Dynamite?
Co-worker #2: No, Napoleon Bonaparte.
Co-worker #1: Was he that explorer guy?
Co-worker #2: No, he was a French general…if you’ve ever heard the phrase “Napoleon complex” that’s where it comes from, because he was a short guy who thought he was the shit…
Co-worker #1: Oh…I’ve never heard of him.
Co-worker #2: How’s that IU education working out for you?
3699 West Lathrop
South Bend, Indiana
