Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Eating local
Overheard at Waffle Frolic, the new place on the Commons:
Customer: "What kind of fruit do you have for the waffles?"
Server: "Bananas. We plan on using all local fruit."
Customer: "What kind of fruit do you have for the waffles?"
Server: "Bananas. We plan on using all local fruit."
Labels:
fruit,
overheard in Ithaca,
the Commons,
Waffle Frolic,
waffles
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Those colorful natives
At the airport. Woman with a British accent speaking with a small girl, explaining toilet seat covers. (Imagine the conversation with the accent)
Girl: "But Mummy, why do they have them?"
Woman: "That's what they do, that's just how Americans are."
Girl: "But Mummy, why do they have them?"
Woman: "That's what they do, that's just how Americans are."
Labels:
accents,
Brits,
overheard in Ithaca,
toilets
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Alien food
At the grocery store. Hip looking young woman hands a bag of snack food to a hip looking young man.
Woman: "I haven't tried them, it's just that they have aliens on them."
Guy: "Oh yeah, that strikes me as an alien kind of food."
Woman: "I haven't tried them, it's just that they have aliens on them."
Guy: "Oh yeah, that strikes me as an alien kind of food."
Labels:
aliens,
groceries,
overheard in Ithaca,
snacks
Monday, April 12, 2010
I know what you mean
In bookstore.
Young man to young woman: "People today don't even know Calvin and Hobbes and it bothers me. Like it really makes me angry."
Young man to young woman: "People today don't even know Calvin and Hobbes and it bothers me. Like it really makes me angry."
Labels:
books,
Calvin and Hobbes,
overheard in Ithaca
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