If You Had a Really Good Telescope, You Could See Our Backs

Drunk wedding guest: Hey, cool! I wonder what bay that is...
Sober guest: Uh, that's the Atlantic Ocean.
Drunken wedding guest: Are you sure? It looks too calm to be an ocean.
Sober guest: We're as far East as you can get in New Jersey. That's the ocean.
Drunken wedding guest: I think it's some sort of bay.
Sober guest: There's no land on the other side! It's the ocean!

--Sea Bright, New Jersey

Overheard by: I looked at the map


Posted 2007-11-03 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I Mean, Short and Stout? Daaamn.

Thug carrying baby strapped to chest: Yo, those lyrics were fucked up, man!
Asian gangsta: Word.

--Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia


Posted 2007-11-02 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

We'll Just Follow Him Up the Food Chain to the Bigger Fish That Are His Suppliers

Professor: Are you guys working or just following a stingray?
Student #1: Working!
Student #2: Um...
Student #3: Both.
Professor: Both?
Student #3: We're using the stingray to randomly decide where to take our next sample. They eat invertebrates -- it's like a divining rod!

--Fergie Shoals, Florida

Overheard by: Justification is for the geeky


Posted 2007-11-01 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Surely There Is an Establishment with That Name

Professor #1: Where are you going?
Professor #2, with group of freshmen: Oh, y'know, Friday afternoon -- just heading down to the bar.
Professor #1: Um...
Professor #2: The sand bar.

--Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida

Overheard by: I love my major.


Posted 2007-10-31 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

See the Colossus of Rhodes?

Tourist: So, what's on the other side of the lake?
Lifeguard: Ummm, that's not a lake -- that's the Atlantic Ocean.

--Virginia Beach, Virginia


Posted 2007-10-30 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Communism Is Difficult to Swallow

Father to small child: Is that from China? Get that out of your mouth!

--Long Beach, Long Island, New York


Posted 2007-10-29 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook


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