Friday, December 26, 2008
At a Thai restaurant
A man eating a very spicy dish: "This is so hot my contacts are sweating."
Labels:
food,
overheard in Ithaca,
restaurants,
spicy,
Thai
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Off season
Woman vendor at Farmer's Market: "When they all ask me what I do during the winter when the market is closed I tell 'em 'sleep and sex.' That shuts them up."
Labels:
Farmer's market,
overheard in Ithaca,
sex,
sleep
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Who can argue with that?
Girl: "Anything wrapped in tin foil is a lot yummier."
Labels:
food,
overheard,
overheard in Ithaca,
tin foil,
yummy
Monday, December 22, 2008
What was the topic anyway?
In a social studies classroom, the substitute was drawing a map of Pittsburgh on the board for no reason:
Substitute: And here is the football stadium...
Class: what does this have to do with...?
Substitute (ignoring them): And here there is a big lift that leads way up high to these mountains where there are giant mushrooms and-
Boy: what if you're mitophobic?
Substitute: What's that, afraid of heights?
Boy: No, afraid of mushrooms.
Class: *laughs*
Substitute: Stay on topic.
-Olivia
Substitute: And here is the football stadium...
Class: what does this have to do with...?
Substitute (ignoring them): And here there is a big lift that leads way up high to these mountains where there are giant mushrooms and-
Boy: what if you're mitophobic?
Substitute: What's that, afraid of heights?
Boy: No, afraid of mushrooms.
Class: *laughs*
Substitute: Stay on topic.
-Olivia
Labels:
middle school,
mitophobia,
mushrooms,
overheard,
overheard in Ithaca,
teachers
Saturday, December 13, 2008
At Northside Liquor store
Snowy Friday night, three young bundled-up women looking at bottles of brightly colored Andre champagne:
First woman: "Which one should we get, the peach or the strawberry?"
Second woman: "Oooh, the strawberry looks nice."
First woman: "Which one should we get, the peach or the strawberry?"
Second woman: "Oooh, the strawberry looks nice."
Thursday, December 11, 2008
A clarification
At the school cafe. Student cafe worker: "Just because we're vegetarians doesn't mean we don't kill animals. We just don't eat them."
Labels:
animals,
cafe,
food,
overheard,
overheard in Ithaca,
school,
vegetarian
Monday, December 1, 2008
Gender confusion?
Newfield dairy farmer's wife: "...and they still have male cows with udders on kids TV shows. It drives me insane!"
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