abracanabra | Entries tagged with overheard

Cw1: "My mom's feet are size 5."

Cw2: "My mom's are size 6."

Cw1: "Maybe your feet get smaller as you get older."

Cw2: "..."

He drove to The Juicy Plum's hidden side entrance , not for the first time --though it was the first time he wasn't being paid for it. #nwm
NgithOwl encouraging employees to buy company-branded Lands End clothes & wear when not at work. It is to ROFL.
Dead Bells Anthology accepted "Missing You In Pieces!" Woot!
Coworker re friend, "He got off on--what's it called--Contemporary Insanity."
Mrs. Crinoline herself greeted Carl at the side. He half-carried the girl into a dimly lit room. She fled to huddle in a corner. #nwm

"This is the client?" The girl's brow wrinkled as she peered into the cab. "No. Tell Mrs. Crinoline that this is urgent--and secret." #nwm
Should I get a Verizon Droid or a T-Mobile Clique? Network quality/cost? Other factors?
Overheard from bathroom containing Fu Manchu and Phil: "Mew." "No! No, that's urine!" "Mew." "Keep that up and I'll pee on your head!"
+ Found a huge black glass marble under the fence while painting. Ah, childhood nostalgia.

08:09 ---Forgot all my painkiller at home. Not a good start to the day.
14:15 Coworker about equipment: Oh, you bitch! ...Sorry. Oh, you son of a biscuit!
15:01 My parents address me as "dearly beloved gimp." :P
15:03 My coworkers suggest I do something less hazardous, like skydiving or parasailing.

15:28 Fellow coffee-shopper talking about seismic or volcanic events, cuneiform, and cracking some code.
15:31 Other coffee-shopper, to girl he seems to be on coffee date with: "I don't swim. I'm sure if I fell out of a boat, I'd learn."
15:40 Girl on date just said she feels like she has "so much to live for." Back away slowly.
15:51 Guy on date just raised his arms in the air as if to say, "Goal!" I think this means he thinks he's scoring.
15:53 He said he wanted to see her sarcasm. She says, "I generally don't release it the first time I meet someone."
15:59 Dear dude on date: "I don't think I'll get married until I'm 35," is the *wrong* answer.
16:00 She talked him into admitting that 30 was "a good age" to get married. This is hilarious.
16:06 Guy to date: "I'm usually the one who has random animal facts."
19:02 Typo of the day: "coffee ship."

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Now I really want to find more places with great acoustics where people go for first dates.

07:45 Puttering around kitchen, getting breakfast ready, looking out window, *seeing snow everywhere*.
09:32 Coworker 1: "Drive safe!" Coworker 2: "I'm going to drive like a bat out of hell."
11:38 Listening to MPR talking about effects of environment/arts amendment, feeling warm glow of satisfaction.
14:20 Obama has a Flickr photostream? Awesome! And wily! Comments are worth reading. ping.fm/4IKMP
23:18 Look no further for creepy tentacle photo shoots: ping.fm/iQYGt

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23:19 Somebody in the neighborhood is setting off fireworks.
07:55 Norm Coleman won. Slimy bastard.
08:58 On elevator: "I'm in withdrawal. This morning I didn't see my close personal friends Erik Paulson & Ashwin Media. A toothpaste ad was on!"
09:20 I keep getting these upswellings of glee as I read through the news.
10:48 Only 3 more hours of not killing my coworker to go.

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11:12 Coworker: "Who do you think I am? Slavegirl or secretary bitch? At least secretary bitch gets high heels and fishnets."
14:41 tinyurl.com/49dc6p
15:17 Damn it! Vista has ruined "vista." For probably a decade.
16:17 Girl kitty & I have finally found a way she can sit on my lap and not constantly try to lick my hands as I type. It's the dawn of a new era.

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Pretzels?

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