Overhear at Trader K's. Mom with girl around four years old.
Mom: "Oh look. Let's get you a beautiful shirt."
Girl: "I don't like beautiful shirts."
Mom: "OK, let's get you some not beautiful clothes."
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
And we thought they only did teeth
At the dentist.
Dental assistant: "Hey, have you seen the bottom right hands? I can't seem to find them anywhere."
Dental assistant: "Hey, have you seen the bottom right hands? I can't seem to find them anywhere."
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Mom to pre-teen girl: "Questions about breasts? Yup, it's in my job description."
Labels:
breasts,
daughters,
mothers,
overheard in Ithaca,
teenagers
Monday, July 13, 2009
Not overheard, but...
We don't want to go there -
Local company that advertises it will clean up the dog poop from your yard: The Barefoot Gardener.
Local company that advertises it will clean up the dog poop from your yard: The Barefoot Gardener.
Labels:
barefoot,
barefoot gardener,
dog poop,
gardener,
overheard in Ithaca
Monday, July 6, 2009
Rather not know that
Young woman at Cass Park pool: "And I lost both my nose rings..."
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Cass Park,
nose ring,
overheard in Ithaca,
pool,
swimming hole
Hidden talent
Young girl: "Dad, can you play 'Carmen' on your teeth?"
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kids,
music,
overheard in Ithaca,
teeth
Sky gazing
Teenage girl looking up at the sky: "Do you ever think that the sky is wallpaper and you can just reach up and peel off the clouds? And then it's not."
Sunday, July 5, 2009
More rockets red glare
Watching the flares around the lake on the 4th of July.
Woman, pointing down the shore to a dock where people are setting off fireworks: "Can we set off fireworks over there?"
Woman standing nearby: "You can set them off right here, they're illegal everywhere."
Woman, pointing down the shore to a dock where people are setting off fireworks: "Can we set off fireworks over there?"
Woman standing nearby: "You can set them off right here, they're illegal everywhere."
Labels:
4th of July,
fireworks,
overheard in Ithaca
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Guy with glowsticks hanging through his large ear piercings: "One time I was working at a bar and someone threw a cherry bomb into a car outside and it started a barroom brawl."
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cherry bomb,
glowsticks,
overheard in Ithaca
Friday, July 3, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Toto, I think we're not in Kansas
At Stewart Park.
Slightly spacey looking woman: "What lake is this?"
Slightly spacey looking woman: "What lake is this?"
Labels:
Cayuga Lake,
overheard in Ithaca,
Stewart Park
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Alien
At the small convenience store downtown. A young man is buying cigarettes.
Woman behind the counter: "Where do you work?"
Young man:"I, ah, I don't work."
Woman: "Are you buying these for kids?"
Young man: "Why are you giving me such a hard time? Is it because I'm Canadian?"
Woman behind the counter: "Where do you work?"
Young man:"I, ah, I don't work."
Woman: "Are you buying these for kids?"
Young man: "Why are you giving me such a hard time? Is it because I'm Canadian?"
Labels:
Canada,
cigarettes,
overheard in Ithaca
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