Dumb coworker: That's where I learned to speak Mexican.
Confused coworker: Huh?
Dumb coworker: When I was ordering a Dos Equis at the bar.
Owings Mills, Maryland
Overheard by: perturbed coworker
Dumb coworker: That's where I learned to speak Mexican.
Confused coworker: Huh?
Dumb coworker: When I was ordering a Dos Equis at the bar.
Owings Mills, Maryland
Overheard by: perturbed coworker
Loan assistant, after hanging up the phone with loan officer: Well, he's not the sharpest light bulb in the drawer, is he?
Mount Vernon, Kentucky
Boss in special activities division: The short answer is: it's classified.
Bearded man: What's the long answer?
Boss: The long answer is: it's classified, and I don't like you.
CIA Headquarters
Langley, Virginia
Overheard by: John Alejandro King
College admissions rep: I might sound like an idiot, but I look good.
Syracuse, New York
Office peon to big boss lady: Oh, move! You're taking up the whole hallway!
Big boss lady: I beg your pardon?
Office peon: Did I say that out loud? You know how people usually say that when they're joking? I'm not joking… I really didn't mean to say it.
Big boss lady: Perhaps you should follow me to my office.
Office peon: Yes… probably.
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: better at (not) talking
Cube dweller: This joint thing is confusing me. What's a joint?
La Jolla, California
Hotel guest: Do you have any forks?
Girl at front desk: Yeah, how many would you like?
Hotel guest: Two. But they're forks, right? Not sporks? You know what sporks are, right?
Girl at front desk: Yes, they're hybrid spoon/fork things.
Hotel guest: Yeah… Reminds me of when I was in prison.
Hawthorne, California
Overheard by: …what?
Clueless IT guy setting up new computer: Jeff, there's something wrong with your new computer. I can't get a CD to fit in the drive.
Jeff: Maybe it's because you have the computer upside down.
Rochester, New York
Jewish middle-aged woman, after looking for something in her purse for a long time: It's like putting a donkey in a living room… You know, if you're a rabbi.
Bookstore
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Blonde: Imagine if children were like plants. There'd be loads more children!
St Albans
England
Overheard by: Sooz
