Guy intern: So what do you think about girl on girl?
Girl intern #1: I think a tongue is a tongue.
Guy intern: Hmmm? Okay–whatever floats your boat! (to girl intern #2) So what do you think about girl on girl?
Girl intern #2: I think my boat needs to be floating before a tongue is a tongue.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: angie c
Building super: Never ride the warlock's steed.
Vancouver
Canadia
Indian coworker: I'm not a racist, it's just a culture thing.
New Jersey
Overheard by: Lainey
Frantic manager, unpacking after move: We have to get all the computers set up asap. Where are all the e-mails going to land?!
Manhattan, New York
Boss, returning from magazine photo shoot: I'm a star!
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: soon to be leaving this
Writer: I'm really bummed that my boss is leaving, and I think everyone in the group is going to quit.
Engineer: I can't think of anyone else from downstairs who is leaving. But there have been a lot of defects.
Writer: That, and defections.
Engineer: What's the difference?
Alpharetta, Georgia
Girl #1, walking into the office: Boys! Sheesh!
Girl #2: What's going on?
Girl #1: The guys are all out there looking at the hole.
Girl #2: What hole?
Girl #1: The guy came to dig up the bushes by the driveway.
Girl #2: Oh, yeah? I didn't even notice they were gone when I pulled in…
Girl #1: They just did it.
Girl #2: In the half-hour I've been here?
Girl #1: They had a big machine that just yanked them up.
Girl #2, moving to front door and looking for hole: Oh, yeah? Hmm…
Charlotte, North Carolina
Grocery store clerk: What is this?
Customer: It's a cucumber.
Troy, Michigan
Overheard by: The Natural EMP
Newspaper reporter interviewing designer about home design: So this might sound like a silly question, but are mirrors made of glass?
Tampa, Florida
Target employee: We need a mop.
Cashier #1: They need a what?
Cashier #2: A mop. Hello-o! Mop! M-o-p-p.
Long Island, New York
Overheard by: had to hold back from poking her in eye with mop.
