Like Alan Cumming

Customer: You really should read The Man in the High Castle. it's a great book, one of Philip K. Dick's best.
Barista: I'll have to read it. I'm a big Dick fan.

Burlington, Vermont

Overheard by: Isotope Feeney

Posted on February 9, 2011
Advice, Body Parts, Customers, Pop culture, Sexuality, Vermont, Words

Probably Good for Your Pecker, Then

Copywriter #1: Hey, Margaret Atwood's coming out with her own brand of coffee.
Copywriter #2: That'll be the weirdest coffee ever!
Copywriter #3: It'll taste like… Birds!

Ontario
Canadia

Posted on September 22, 2010
Animals, Canadia, Compare and contrast, Coworkers, Meals and Snacks, Pop culture, Sensory Experiences, Weirdness

Oh, Don't Even Get Me Started on Her Poodle.

Program manager, about difficult client: I had to bring extra staff because I couldn't count on her to be there. Did you know she has a chihuahua named Anna Nicole? She snuck it into the hotel.
Marketing manager: Oh. My. God. (pause) At least she didn't name it Paris Hilton.

North Carolina

Posted on July 19, 2010
Animals, Bosses, Names, North Carolina, Pop culture

Um, She's 74

Male coworker, engrossed in conversation: Let's google Julie Andrews's boobs!

Government Office
Washington, DC

Posted on April 5, 2010
Body Parts, Coworkers, Government, Internet, Pop culture, Washington DC

Does That Come with a Pay Increase?

Disney peon #1, discussing Jonas Brothers project: “You've just been Jo-Bro'd” sounds so obscene.
Disney peon #2: Yeah, and the tag line is, “packed with more Jonas than you've ever seen.”
(ten minutes later)
Disney peon #3, walking up: I feel like my brain is running out my ears.
Disney peons #1 & #2: You've just been Jo-Bro'd!

Burbank, California

Posted on March 8, 2010
Body Parts, California, Coworkers, Feelings, Pop culture, Words

You've Got Spinach Between Your Teeth

Boss, returning from magazine photo shoot: I'm a star!

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: soon to be leaving this

Posted on January 18, 2010
Bosses, General Idiocy, Massachusetts, Pop culture

And the National Enquirer Has Never Led Me Astray Before

Construction guy #1: I can't wait to go see Criss Angel this weekend.
Construction guy #2: He's a freak… He's a mind freak.
Construction guy #1: Yeah. You know why he can do the stuff he does, right? He's part demon.
Construction guy #2: Really?
Construction guy #1: That's what I heard.

Manhattan, New York