Rodent knowledge

Girl on phone, in the hallway: "You don't know what a gerbil is?"

Career prospects

Overheard at Ithaca dinner table:

Dad to 3 year old: "If you don't eat your meat, you'll be a vegetarian
and you'll have to start eating more beans and tofu.
3 year old: "But Daddy, I don't want to be a vegetarian!  I want to be
a storm chaser in the spring and summer and a flower scientist in the
fall and winter!"
-Janelle

Not in Ithaca, but overheard...

Walking through Windsor, England

Woman: Oh,look at that lovely Castle
Man:Well its the Queens House
Woman: I Know that..... But isnt it a shame they built it so close to the airport

LJBK

Helpful hints

Woman at pet store: "Everyone who goes by, I imagine giving them a virtual makeover. Like she needs a bra with more lift, hoist the girls in the air, and he definitely needs to get rid of those high water pants."

Search for the missing word

At the gym. Woman walking on the treadmill to man walking on the treadmill next to her.
Woman: "They have a big new stage, a promethian stage, a prisinthiam stage."

High aspirations?

Woman on the Commons: "In my next life I will wear more socks."

More holiday spirit

Girl, in the blinking, blinding Christmas lighting display area of the big box store: "This is the seizure section of Lowe's."