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9AM I Guess I Did Mean to Sound Racist

White coworker: Hey, I don't mean to sound racist or anything, but are you Haitian?
Black coworker: Yeah, I am... But why is that racist?
White coworker: Because Haitians are dirty.

Outside Palms restaurant
Okinawa
Japan


Posted 2007-02-23 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

2PM My Career Is in Your Tiny Hands

Navy commander to his three-year old who's locked herself in the connecting bathroom again: Susie*, open this door at once! I command you!

Visiting officer's quarters, Tachikawa Air Force base
Tokyo
Japan


Posted 2007-01-31 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

4PM So, Similar to Washing Down a Whole Bottle of Tylenol With a Fifth of Jack Daniels

IT nerd #1: Well, it's kinda like when you are on shrooms.
IT nerd #2: Um...
IT nerd #1: Okay, well, same thing as LSD.
IT nerd #2: I have never tried that either.
IT nerd #1: Peyote?
IT nerd #2: No...
IT nerd #1: Mescaline?
IT nerd #2: I have never tried illegal drugs.
IT nerd #1: Okay, well, it's kinda like quickly drinking 8 or 9 bottles of NyQuil.
IT nerd #2: Oooohhh, okay. That I've done. Now I understand.

Elevator
2-3-14 Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo, Japan


Overheard by: Brian Milvid


Posted 2006-08-18 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

9AM Okay, People, You Are to Cease Using the Austin Powers Films in Management Training

Underling: Is that what you need?
Boss: I was asking for a shark with laser beams, and I got a manatee with flashlights? Thanks.

Kadena Air Base
Okinawa, Japan


Overheard by: R U Shittin' Me


Posted 2006-07-28 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

12AM We Don't Have to Be Polite Because We Won

Japanese engineer: So how is Detroit?
American engineer: Well, Detroit is what Chicago would look like if a nuclear bomb blew up there.
Japanese engineer: Nuclear bomb?
American engineer: Yeah, you know, like what a city would look like after you dropped a nuclear bomb on it. Kinda like that.

300 Takatsuka
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Japan


Posted 2005-07-27 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook