Science

Senior professor: So, Vladimir*, when will this project be finished?
PhD student: Time is a… dynamic thing!

University of Leuven
Belgium

Accountant: I'm anti math.
Intern: Aren't you an accountant?

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Overheard by: Meg

Service rep: The program was running, and it sends about one e-mail a second.
Customer: Okay, I think it was going for about five minutes, so it sent 800 e-mails.
Service rep: Um… Not really… No.

Ontario
Canadia

Clerk #1 to clerk #2: He really did believe that when Noah built the ark, that dinosaurs didn't get saved because they were late.

Divorce Court
Miami, Florida

Overheard by: Harry

Radiologist, dictating: The patient is an 80-year-old woman with a history of constipation. The films of the patient's abdomen are non-diagnostic, because there is a child in the way. Repeat films should be obtained to determine if the child is actually in the patient's abdomen or lying on the image plate behind her.

Lakeville, Massachusetts

Nearby cubicle dweller: I can't believe my nephew only got a 10% on the science test! So if there were a hundred questions, it means he only got one right!

Freehold, New Jersey

Overheard by: Rob

IT guy #1, absorbed in reading data printout: Hmmm… Aha! 12, 13, 14.
IT guy #2, passing by: Hey, you can count to 14! That's great!
IT guy #3: And he can do it without taking his shoes off!

Toronto
Canadia

Client: I think we'll need to push this to Q4 or Q5.

Seattle, Washington

Newspaper reporter interviewing designer about home design: So this might sound like a silly question, but are mirrors made of glass?

Tampa, Florida

Employee #1: It's 5 O'clock somewhere!
Employee #2: It's 5 O'clock at my desk. What do you think this water in my bottle here is?

Glendale, California