resonant: Ray Kowalski (Due South) (Overheard)
resonant ([personal profile] resonant) wrote2008-02-25 11:02 am
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Overheard and overseen

Me: They've canceled Ash Wednesday services because of the bad weather.
Spouse: They don't want people to return to dust sooner than necessary?



'Plummet' is not a word you want to hear in your weather forecast.

I learned that early in the restaurant business. Never pay more than three bucks for anything you wear to work.

Soap is good. Soap is cheaper than soup.

Kidlet: If you run over Carmen and she's dead, can I have her head?

Girls, about twelve, at the skating rink:
You won't buy me a real green dress?
No, because that's cruel.
Oh, God, not you too.

What year are you?
Um ... more than a junior but not quite a senior.

Cute couple in matching glasses at coffee shop:
So why you wanna make me hate you like that?
I, uh, actually didn't know you hated me until you said that.

Choir director: Everybody got a Messiah?
Elderly alto: We really only need one Messiah.

Kidlet: Do you have one more hug for me?
Me: I have an infinite supply of hugs.
Kidlet: Of course, your supply of hugs runs out when you're dead.
[Spouse, when I report this conversation: I was thinking exactly the same thing.]

At the vet:
Me: What's his name?
Other person with cat carrier: His name is cat.tif. And the former owner must have been a computer-lover, because he has a sister named cat.jpg.
Me: OK, I have to ask: Is the sister a lot smaller than he is?
Other person: Yup, she's compressed.

At the coffee shop:
Ma'am, would you warm me up?
No, but I will refill your coffee cup.

Me: Hey, we're not watching the Oscars.
Spouse: Thank God.
Me: You know, one of these days we're going to turn into some kind of hermetically sealed ball of crankiness with no contact with the outside world.
Spouse: Going to turn into?

[identity profile] cjk1701.livejournal.com 2008-02-25 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I want to meet the person who originally named the cats, and either point and laugh or marry them. Possibly both.

[identity profile] ataniell93.livejournal.com 2008-02-25 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
me too.

[identity profile] randomblade.livejournal.com 2008-02-26 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
me point four

[identity profile] fer-de-lance.livejournal.com 2008-02-26 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
I'm solidly in the camp of "marry" on this one! :D

[identity profile] resonant8.livejournal.com 2008-02-28 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I know! I thought it was so very clever. I do wonder what they call them at home, though. On the other hand, cats rarely wind up being called by their own names; Barnabas never hears his name, because we mostly call him things with "boosh" in them.