Third grader: Hey, for our project do we gotta write about a black person?
Teacher: No, you don’t have to write about a black person.
Third grader: My mom wants me to write about George Clinton.
Teacher: Do you mean Bill Clinton?
Third grader: Nah, I meant Thomas Jefferson.
Teacher: Oh, he’s okay.
7th Street & Sansom Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Teacher Noga
Co-Worker #1: Did you happen to grab my printouts, Jason? [long pause] Did you see anything here??
Co-Worker #2: No.
Co-Worker #1: Is this yours? No? It says, “Jason Horowitz.”
Co-Worker #2: My name’s not Jason. It’s Tom*.
Co-Worker #1: Why haven’t you ever corrected me?
Co-Worker #2, shrugging: You just always called me Jason.
3814 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: juliloquy
Guy in cubicle: Those kids put me on cyberspace. I was at this party doing shots with the kids until three in the morning. They took my picture and put it up on the internet. Now there's some Japanese people laughing at me. Why the hell would I join a social networking site? I don't need that. I hate people.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
IT intern: Hey, I read your article. I liked it.
Reporter: Um… Which one?
IT intern: Ummm, I don’t know. I was in the bathroom.
101 North 2nd Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Andréa Cecil
Security guard: I don't remember you ever not being pregnant.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: ZB
Co-worker #1: After work I need to go to…to…that place where you take your mail to?
Co-worker #2: The post office?
Co-worker #1: No…The ups store.
Co-worker #2: You mean the UPS store.
Co-worker #1: I think so.
1225 State Street
Erie, Pennsylvania
Coworker viewing a Myspace page: Jeff Buckley’s online! He’s dead, how is he doing this?
Frances Avenue
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Boss to underling: Who was President after Lincoln?
Underling: Wasn't Carter after Lincoln?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: About a 100 years after
Coworker on cell: You've spent twenty minutes telling me how hammered you've been for the last eight days, and now you're drinking Bourbon in my bed, something I've never done…
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Engineer: Let me guess, are you going to put on your “MBA Hat”?
Supervisor: How about I put my “Foot Hat” in your “Butt Hat”?
500 North Gulph Road
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
