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No time for “real” blogging today, so if you’re too lazy to visit the many fine blogs listed on the right, we offer this telephone conversation from our day at work (yes, we have a job!):
Woman: Hi this is Denise, I’m the one who replaced Louise.
Seb: Right, she told me she was leaving for Peru.
Woman: She was going to South America first, actually.
Vladi G said,
February 13, 2006 at 23:15
Maybe when she told you she was going to Peru, she meant Peru, Illlinois*. She just also happened to be going to South America, but didn’t tell you that. Ever thinka that, smart guy?
*See also: Peru, Indiana, and Peru, Nebraska.
Kathleen said,
February 13, 2006 at 23:30
Is this right before she puts a pin in Australia, to identify France, the location of where the US should bomb next?
sheesh
verplanck colvin said,
February 14, 2006 at 0:21
Don’t forget Peru, NY.
Adirondacks represent
punkinsmom said,
February 14, 2006 at 1:14
Gosh, I hope she makes it to Peru after that stop-over in South America. She might get lost….
mdhatter said,
February 14, 2006 at 5:34
is Miami in South America?
JK47 said,
February 14, 2006 at 6:13
Woman: Hi this is Denise, I’m the one who replaced Louise.
Seb: Right, she told me she was leaving for Peru.
Woman: She was going to South America first, actually.
This reminds me of my favorite overheard work conversation of all time, from when I used to work at Pacific Bell as a stoned 22-year old. “Woman #1″ is commenting on an article she had just read in USA Today:
Woman #1: Look at this. They’re putting human ears on mice’s backs.
Woman #2: They’re putting human ears on mice and bats?
Woman #1: No, on the mice. On their backs.
Woman #2: What for?
Woman #1: I dunno. Science, I guess.
MCH said,
February 14, 2006 at 17:18
I once had a girl in New Jersey ask me if Rhode Island was part of New York.
Looking back on it now, it’s no surprise that she was working at Burger King.
Adorable Girlfriend said,
February 16, 2006 at 16:43
We must work in the same office. I overheard today:
RD Girl: Do you mean English as in London.
ST Guy: No.
RD Girl: You mean American then?
ST Guy: No, I mean England. That’s where I am from.
RD Girl: Yes, that was what I was saying with London.
ST Guy: Oh.