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Female coworker #1: What did you do at the tailgate party?
Male coworker: I just started playing beanbags with some random people.
Female coworker #2: Hey, have you ever heard of a game called Redneck Horseshoes? It’s sort of like beanbags.
Male Coworker: No, I haven’t heard of it.
Female Coworker #2: Oh, it must just be a Missouri thing.
Female Coworker #1: That’s sounds more like a Missour-ah thing.
Female coworker #2: Missour-ah…where’s that?
Female coworker #1: You know. Everything that’s not St. Louis.
Female coworker #2: Is that a state, or a city or something?

West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois

Worker bee #1: Hey, did you notice Claire* doesn’t wear that green suit thing anymore?
Worker bee #2: No, I think she realized people were calling her Shrek.
Worker bee #1: [after a pause.] yeah… Yeah I can see that actually.

Civic Drive
Greensborough
Australia

Overheard by: it’s so true

Clueless bible-thumper chick: Everyone should have to see “Passion of the Christ” so they wouldn’t take our Lord’s name in vain anymore. And do you notice how it’s only God’s name that they use? You never hear anyone saying “Oh, Muhammad Ali this, or Muhammad Ali that”.

San Diego, California

Overheard by: Poor Jebus

Coworker #1: She doesn’t look like her name, does she?
Coworker #2: No… She doesn’t.
Coworker #1: Yeah, she’s a little hottie!

MGM Grand
Las Vegas, Nevada

Male peon: Hold on, let me see if I can figure out who that person is. [Puts caller on hold.] Hey, guys, who is Erica*?
Female peon: The girl who worked here all summer.
Male peon: Oh. [Picks up phone.] She went back to school.

Providence, Rhode Island

Overheard by: We work in a very small office…