General Idiocy

Guy watching tv in break room: They have TVs in Bangkok? Isn't that in, like, China?

Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canadia

Teacher: Does anyone know what Sputnik was?
Student: That’s, like, a dog, right?

High school
Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Kong

Girl reporter: So he said, ‘I hope you people fall into acid!’ Who wishes that?
Guy reporter: Wow, intense.
Girl reporter: Yeah. But the logistics — who fills the baby pool with acid?
Guy reporter: The terminator fell into acid in T2.
Girl reporter: The Riddler… No, the Joker fell into acid.
Guy reporter: He lived though.
Girl reporter: And tried to kill Batman. So, see? People falling into acid works out badly for the rest of us.

500 West Jefferson Street
Monroe, North Carolina

Teacher: Okay, so now that you know the basic rules of the computer lab, I have to ask you one more question… Do any of you ever check out the NMBLA website? [Silence.] Well I do, frequently. I want to know who the enemy is. Also, I like to look at the new Russian brides on Fridays.

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Cupcake1

Assistant: I went to the grocery store this past weekend. Do you know my kids drank five two-liters of Pepsi since then? Three and a half kids drank five bottles of Pepsi.
Sales guy: What’d you do with the other half a kid? … That must have been awful!

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Supervisor #1: Did one of you guys grab my obituary off the printer?
Employee: You’re dead?
Supervisor #2: Let’s go see if she has anything good on her desk.

19th Street and Douglas Street
Iowa

Overheard by: Lloyd

New admin asst: Where can I find this address?
Office manager: I usually just google the company name and get it from their website.
New admin asst: You what?
Office manager: I look it up on google.
New admin asst: What's google?

Santa Anita Arcadia, California

Woman on phone: 4, 5, 3, P as in Peter, T as in Tom, Q as in…Cuba.

3350 Tillamook Street
Portland, Oregon

Overheard by: Carrie Cole

Male coworker: I heard you failed your test.
Female coworker: I didn't really fail. I just got like a really, really low score.

Houston, Texas

Accounting Clerk on phone: I’m sorry, she no longer works here. Could I take a message?

3850 Three Mile Lane
McMinnville, Oregon