5PM No, Black Women

Coworker: One of my high school teachers was fired for having inappropriate relationships with students... Apparently he had a thing for sisters.
New girl: Like nuns?

32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York


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4PM They Revoked His Geek Credentials That Same Day

Office worker: I can't get into MAS. My codes aren't working.
Tech, after trying to enter codes: What the fuck? Now the numbers aren't even coming up.
Office worker, five minutes later: Uh, dude, you're using my calculator.
Tech: Son of a bitch!

Illinois

Overheard by: G$


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3PM Like Mothballs, with a Hint of Vicks

Guy: I can't stand Red Bull. It tastes like old people.
Girl drinking Red Bull: You know what that tastes like?

Lucent Boulevard
Denver, Colorado


Overheard by: Red Bull Ben


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2PM That Was Meant to Be More of a Roar

Coworker #1: I'm like a shark. Rawr. Rawr.
Coworker #2: Sharks don't growl.

15 East 16th Street
New York, New York


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1PM The Terrible Twos, Huh?

Lady coworker, after hanging up: So, have you ever been called a 'piece of shit' by your daughter?

West 26th Street
New York, New York


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12PM No Peace, but a Sword for You, My Friend

Coworker on phone: Jesus told me if you come over to fuck you up.

100 Main Street
Cincinnati, Ohio


Overheard by: Jesus Freak


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11AM I'd Be a Lesbian, but I Can't Afford the Union Dues

Middle-aged lady to others in lunchroom: I don't know. For me, whenever there is male full-frontal nudity, the movie instantly becomes a comedy.

Ottawa, Ontario
Canadia


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10AM Geez, I'm Getting All Stressed Here

Over-zealous professor talking about tribal genital mutilation: ... So the viewers experienced more stress when they watched the people getting their genitals whacked off! They got whacked off!

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona


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9AM They Don't Tell Me What They're Storing, and I Don't Ask

Deputy: That guy told the judge that the crack they found up his ass wasn't his.

Police station
Indianapolis, Indiana


Overheard by: more information than anyone needed


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5PM You Want Mine? I'm Suddenly Not Hungry Anymore

Boss: I hate these burritos. The ingredients aren't mixed up at all. It's like a fetus they mangled into a tortilla.

North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana


Overheard by: Developer


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4PM And Type with the Other Hand

Female manager to male manager as screensaver turns on during presentation: You need to jiggle your thing.

New York, New York

Overheard by: i LOVE my job


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3PM Also Thinks Everyone from 'Idaho' Is a Slut

Coworker #1: I don't know, he was weird. And plus, I've never dated a guy from Indiana...
Coworker #2: Wait... He was Indian?

Birmingham, Alabama

Overheard by: Cubica


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2PM Hers and Her Husband's

Waitress #1: My sister is in the hospital because she just had her second liver transplant.
Waitress #2: Oh my god! Both of them?!
Waitress #1: Both of whats?
Waitress #2: Both of her livers?!
Waitress #1, turning to manager guy: Do you want to tell her, or should I?

McHenry, Illinois

Overheard by: Thank God I'm Me


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1PM All They're Good for Is Committing Bank Robberies

Woman: Be still, we have to wait for our turn.
Kid: Why are we here?
Woman: We're returning a package.
Kid: Why?
Woman: Because I don't want it.
Kid: What's in it?
Woman: I don't know. I think it's pantyhose.
Kid: You don't want the pantyhose?
Woman: No, I don't want the pantyhose.
Kid: Why?
Woman: Because pantyhose are evil.

Post office
Leander, Texas


Overheard by: Faedorah


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12PM And What about the Lady Who Told Me It Would Be 2,880 Minutes?

CSR: Yes, if you do your payment online it can take two business days to post.
Customer: The other person told me 48 hours! Which one is it? I'm always given different information!

411 Smithfield Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


Overheard by: mrswackado


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11AM Would You Like Some Candy?

IT guy: Pretty much everyone who works here is either a computer geek or a pedophile.
HR lady walking by: Hey, I'm not a computer geek.

Richmond Hill
Ontario
Canadia


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10AM Tissues Would've Been the Logical Commodity

Customer service manager on personal call: You went to somebody's funeral and sold purses?!

Chamblee, Georgia

Overheard by: achooAlison


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9AM Tinted Chromosomes

Coworker #1: You've got really pretty eyes.
Coworker #2: Thanks.
Coworker #1: It's like you've got, um... What is it...?
Coworker #3: Downs Syndrome?
Coworker #1: Contact lenses.

Kmart
Adelaide
South Australia


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5PM So I Took Some Video to Corroborate My Assertions

Coworker: Sometimes it amazes me just how much poop comes out of my body.

80 Broadway
Somerville, Massachusetts


Overheard by: Orlando Furioso


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4PM But It Feels So Right

Girl recording office voicemail: If you know the person you are wishing to enter... Shit, that's not right.

Jubilee Road
Muncy, Pennsylvania


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3PM But That Doughnut Looked So Good!

Nurse walks out to designated smoking area as her pager goes off.

Nurse, shaking her head in disgust: 'Emergency!' Of course. Why these people gotta be goin' into diabetic shock when I wanna go outside? [Sits down to smoke cigarette.]

1031 SW Fleming Court
Topeka, Kansas


Overheard by: Jonna


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2PM Two Dollars at Hooters Is Like a Hundred Bucks at the Cheetah Club

Creative designer to secretary: I only have two dollars to go to Hooters tonight. Do you know where the petty cash is hidden so that I can borrow some money?

Ardice Avenue
Eustis, Florida


Overheard by: serena


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1PM I Liked It Better When We Were Doing the Whole Cat's in the Cradle Thing

Middle-aged dad: Frankie Laine died.
20-ish son: Who the fuck is Frankie Laine?
Middle-aged dad: He was a great singer. He sang the theme from Blazing Saddles.
20-ish son: That was 40 fucking years ago. What did he die of, irrelevancy?
Middle-aged dad: You're too young to appreciate anything.
20-ish son: I fucking hate it when you say that.

Blockbuster
Oceanside, California


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12PM Um, Fire-Retardant, Bullet-Proof Paper Bags

Angry old engineer: Goddammit! This company couldn't engineer its way out of a paper bag with a fucking uzi and a blowtorch! What the fuck is it that we do around here?!

5634 University Avenue
Denver, Colorado


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11AM What I Can See Is Beige

Man: What color is your interior?
Lady: Excuse me?
Man: Uh, uh... Uh... of your car.
Lady: Ohhh.

Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia


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10AM Just Put It on the Table and Back Away

Englishman: Can I have a tablespoon, please?
Puzzled waitress: Is that a spoon?

University and 30th Street
San Diego, California


Overheard by: Zombie


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9AM I Hear a Lot of Things

Woman: I heard that if a pregnant woman gets a flu shot, the baby has all sorts of birth defects, like 12 heads and two feet.

Municipal Building
New Jersey


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5PM Phew! I Haven't Either

Manager going to lunch with friend: Did you leave yet?!
Friend: Um, no.

360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts


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4PM ... For Babymaking

Partner: If you're busy making a baby, tell me that. I just want to know who is available.

Tysons Corner
Virginia


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3PM It Was the 'Let's All Go to the Lobby' Promo

Lady peon: Oh my god, last night I saw the most confusingest movie ever.

Barnie's Coffee and Tea
Jupiter, Florida


Overheard by: Bored Coffee Girl


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2PM Well, Sir, That's Really What the Back Colon Is For

IT guy: So you don't want everyone to have access?
Boss: I just don't want anyone to be able to type slash, back colon, or whatever, and the system goes for a shite.
IT guy: Ya.

Toronto
Canadia


Overheard by: Define Back Colon


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1PM It Was Riding the Deer

Teacher #1: My dad hit a deer once!
Teacher #2: Oh, really?! Did it die?
Teacher #1: Yeah, and it totally wrecked the car, too.
Teacher #2: My dad hit a cow!
Teacher #1: Oh... Well, my dad hit a whale!

Bexhill College
England


Overheard by: Corinne


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12PM When It's Done, the Spine Will Be Tingling

VP: The publishing of the book will take a long time because it requires a hand job.

Bethesda, Maryland


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11AM Keith Gets 30 Days in the Hole

Manager to three people working in cubicle: What are you all doing in here?!
Male coworker: There's a dead mouse in my cube.
Lady coworker: This is Keith*. He's a temp, but there's nowhere for him to sit, so they're all in my cube.
Manager: What are you doing about the mouse?!
Male coworker: Some guy came up and removed the filing cabinets and found the mouse. But he had to call a guy in another union to come and pick up the mouse.
Manager: What the fuck? This is unbelievable.
Lady coworker: It's like an overcrowded prison in here.
Manager: Oh, I'll show you prison [leaves].
Keith: Is she mad?
Male coworker: Isn't this fun?

777 3rd Avenue
New York, New York


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10AM But They're Starting to Learn to Chew through Their Gags

News editor: I've already passed the high point of my day where I mute Regis and Kelly.

101 Marietta Street
Atlanta, Georgia


Overheard by: an amused underling


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9AM It's Too Much with Me

Five-year-old: I'm taking a break.
Young librarian: What are you taking a break from?
Five-year-old: ... The world.

2110 Library Lane
Grand Forks, North Dakota


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5PM What about That Joe Pesci Movie?

Pledge drive volunteer: Would you like to pledge to fight hunger and homelessness?
College guy: No thanks, man.
Pledge drive volunteer: How about pledging to make higher education more affordable?
College guy: Dude, homeless people don't even go to college...

470 West 7th Street
Bloomington, Indiana


Overheard by: pledging


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4PM The English Don't Think So

Suit #1: He's from England, from some place called Portsmouth. I think it's spelled P-O-R-T-S-M-I-T-H, but it's pronounced like Ports Mouth.
Suit #2: Wait. Is it Ports Mouth, or Ports Smith?
Suit #1: I don't know. It's some place in Europe, I think.

Hotel
Kowloon, Hong Kong
China


Overheard by: Embarrassed American


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3PM Yeah, I'm Like 1/4 Lizard

Office grunt: My grandfather used to exfoliate with Comet.

Buckhead Loop
Atlanta, Georgia


Overheard by: OMG


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2PM Bad Ideas Seem So Harmless in the Beginning

Drone #1: I wonder how many modifications it would take to convert an old Beetle to Darth Vader's helmet?
Drone #2: Probably not too many.

Metro Park
Alexandria, Virginia


Overheard by: I want one.


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1PM But That Implies You'd Rather Get the TV Than The...

Grunt #1: I figured out the perfect way to get the TV remote from my wife late at night.
Grunt #2: Yeah?
Grunt #1: I act horny. She'd rather give up the TV than give up the ass.

46 South Illinois Street
Indianapolis, Indiana


Overheard by: Shatmandu


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12PM The Secret Is in the Expense

Cube dweller: You would not believe what an expensive soy sauce can do!

535 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota


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11AM Lest the Keepers of the Books Wreak a Terrible Vengeance

Homeless guy #1: Damn! I just got kicked out of the library! Damn!
Homeless guy #2: What did you do, man?
Homeless guy #1: I don't know. I don't know.
Homeless guy #2: Aren't you drunk?
Homeless guy #1: Well, yeah. Also, I might have been looking at dirty pictures on the computer.
Homeless guy #2: Aw, that's not so bad.
Homeless guy #1: And they said that I was being disrespectful to the librarians.
Homeless guy #2, freaking out: No way, man! You can never, never disrespect the librarians! Always respect librarians! What were you thinking? Are you an idiot?

Outside Boulder Public Library
Boulder, Colorado


Overheard by: Librarian on break


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10AM And That's How She Won the Intel Science Competition

Student: But she did it with a chimera.

4200 Emile Street
Omaha, Nebraska


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9AM I'm Going to Give Him One More Chance...

Chick #1: He didn't even give me flowers today.
Chick #2: I can't believe that.
Chick #1: I know. I mean, if you fuck a girl and knock her up, you give her flowers on Valentine's Day, miscarriage or not.
Chick #2: For real.

McCormick Road
Hunt Valley, Maryland


Overheard by: Jenna


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