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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:54 AM Original message |
What is the funniest thing you've ever overheard? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. I overheard a person try to order mushroom ice cream at Braum's. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. "my name is Steve, but all my friends call me Turbo" |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. If it wasn't for my horse, I never would have spent that year in college. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. that was the first thing i thought of |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Don't think about that too long |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. Something you'd only hear in Louisiana: |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. LOL Love it! |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. "So I told them I bent over to pick up a quarter and |
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lazyriver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. At a Rainbow Gathering in Wyoming in 1994 just after waking up |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. I overheard one African American woman call another a "fake ass hair bitch." |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. Ha..ha..ha...that's funny!!! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
9. In a record store: "Did you know Robert Plant used to be in a band?" |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
10. The Mullet King, talking to his friend in the grocery store parking lot |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. Before the movie "Amadeus" |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. A friend of my fathers was in line at the mall. In front of him was a woman and her little 4 year |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Ha Ha -- that is one of the funniest things I have ever heard!! n/t |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Red Light District, Summer 1998, 11:35PM |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. overheard on a scanner |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. LOL! Hey, Teri |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. Grocery store checkout ... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. That's wonderful! |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
48. I call it the Idiot Tax |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
59. Ha ha -- love it!! n/t |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. At a restaurant: "Hey, what's that on your plate" |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. Linux is a version of Cygwin for non-Windows machines |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I remember you mentioning that ... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. You can't make that stuff up |
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PaddyBlueEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. funny site.. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Oh, Thank you for reminding me of that site! |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
54. that site has some hilarious stuff |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. I got a couple... |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. Years ago, while sitting outside of work during lunch break |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. "I am just irritated when I am awake" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. When I was in graduate school, most of the grad students and profs |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. About five years ago around Christmas time |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I used to be a volunteer receptionist for a classical radio station |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. That reminds me of when I was an operator |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. Many Years Ago, Ma'am, Heading Out Late For Cigarettes, Saw A Police Car At The End Of The Block |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
50. I wish I could reply to everyone, but you get a reply because |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Much Appreciated, Ma'am |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. Just last weekend, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. I was once at dinner with some friends, and one couple had brought their 4-year-old |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
34. I was changing flights in MN and I was riding the |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Apparently Islanders hear that kind of thing a lot |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. I have a friend who works for a hotel chain and |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. It's really amazing isn't it? |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
69. Which reminds me of a conversation I've often cited: |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. That happened to me, numerous |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
64. I recently heard of a student at our school who thought AK was an island, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. Remember the renowned New Yorker cover about a New Yorker's view of the U.S.? |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
41. I was in a bookstore |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
45. Something to do with the undesirability of performing cunnilingus while tripping on magic mushrooms. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
46. Overheard yesterday on the bus |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
47. "What is this, Dumbass Day?" |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
49. sounds like Lewis Black's "if it weren't for my horse" |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
51. In a diner in Key Largo: |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
52. "There's not a decent place in Greece to get your nails done" ... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
55. Back when I was in college. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
56. At a restuarant during breakfast |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
57. Well not the funniest but my mother who is nearly 86 just told me |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
58. At a Mets' game when I was in college... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
60. Once my husband overheard a man shout into a pay phone: "I did NOT call you a crackhead ho!" |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
61. Two plumbers in my home: |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
62. "This is our fucking corner" |
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Rising Phoenix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
63. back when cordless phones picked up any conversation..... |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
65. At an AA meeting: I live in a dysfunctional home. I live alone. |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
66. "Christ, I wish I had an oven big enough to roast an ox in." |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
67. Two twenty-something guys in front of me at Wrigley Field: |
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Jean Louise Finch (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
68. In the bleachers at Fenway park |
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