Office guy: I brought bars.
Office gal: Special K?
Office guy: No, they're not Special K because they don't have Special K in them. They have Rice Krispies. They are way better then Special K bars. Cause Special K is corn, and these are rice.
Office gal: I thought you would bring shrimp.
Office guy: Yeah, I said that.
Office gal: Yeah.
Office guy: And then I got the look of the death from Kay. So I brought these instead.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overheard by: What kind of pot luck is this?
Faculty director, holding out banana: Would you like a banana?
Female program coordinator: Uh, no thanks, I'm all set.
Faculty director, holding out flowers: Well, maybe you'd like these instead!
Female program coordinator: Oh! That's so nice of you! Aw, you're off my bad list.
Faculty director: Wow, and I thought I would get off with just the banana!
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Allison
Man #1, discussing peanut usage in Asia: Peanuts are not native to Asia! The peanut was invented by George Washington Carver!
Man #2: That is completely false! You cannot invent a peanut, you can only discover it, and that happened way before George Washington Carver…he invented peanut butter.
Man #1: Listen, I am not a man of pride, but I know this much: George Washington Carver was a good man and he invented the peanut by using cross-breeding! This is what I have been told my whole life!!
Man #3: I'm googling that business right now. (uses BlackBerry) Wow, that man was obsessed with peanuts!
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Someone clearly struck a cord with this topic
Intern, after eating free coffee cake: This tastes like grandma.
Sacramento, California
Chubby cube-dweller to fit cube-dweller: I'm seriously considering buying a bag of Cadbury Eggs.
Portland, Maine
Overheard by: LiquidChicken
Plump coworker: Hey, what kind did you get?
Slender blonde coworker: I got some sort of nougat. What did you get?
Plump coworker: I got a fudgy!
Slender blonde coworker: What?
Overland Park, Kansas
Overheard by: huh?
Manager on phone with kids: You two need to work out this SpaghettiO's issue on your own. I'm in a meeting!
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: CubeRat
Office drone to older coworker: I will beat you up and steal your meat, pop.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stylist: I am having bun issues. I called my bun guy and he said I didn't give him enough notice.
Culver City, California
Overheard by: LaLa Land
Boss on phone, eating cashews: Excuse me, I had a handful of nuts in my hand and put them in my mouth.
Lady on the other end: That's okay.
Boss, with mouth full of cashews: No, it's not, I apologize pitifully.
Louisville, Kentucky
Overheard by: He wasn't sorry
