Terminalcoffee discussion

Random non-sequiturs overheard, take 1:

"I stepped over a dead body once."

Heard about thirty seconds ago in a coffee shop:

"They do all covers, but they're pretty good."

and in a separate conversation

"They have long conversations about issues."

I'm assuming the first of yours is about a band? I'm hoping the second isn't. That would make for an awful show.

Overheard while riding the bus a year ago:

"I went over to my best friend's dorm the other day, and she said that she hasn't taken a shower in three days because of midterms."

I'm in a crowded coffee shop. Shh. I'll listen. The mother and daughter at the table next to me aren't talking much.

Ok, the mother and daughter are talking quietly so I can't hear them. But two women across from me, where the "issue" comment came from, are louder, and one women in particular is doing 90% of the talking. She's describing a party at which a hot guy was sitting on some girl's lap.

Southern Fried Britt wrote: "Overheard while riding the bus a year ago:

"I went over to my best friend's dorm the other day, and she said that she hasn't taken a shower in three days because of midterms.""

I don't think that's so unusual. In finals and camping, hygeine rules go out the window.

Ummm....no, they do not. It ain't gon' help me on no test if I'm funky. I don't care how many finals someone has - you have time to take a ten minute shower.

Southern Fried Britt wrote: "Ummm....no, they do not. It ain't gon' help me on no test if I'm funky. I don't care how many finals someone has - you have time to take a ten minute shower."

Agreed. In fact everyone who lives in a house with running water has time to take a shower. It doesn't even have to last 10 minutes. Hop in there and have a race with the soap... just clean yourself!

I've gone for a couple of days without a shower. And I didn't smell either, otherwise I would have taken one. SO I'd say it depends on whether she was smelly or not.

Yes! If you are dirty or smell weird, you have time to take a shower.

If you aren't dirty or don't smell weird, you also have time to take a shower but can choose to use that time doing something else.

Like, skipping a day if you have to - alright.

But three? Come on, for real.

RandomAnthony wrote: "I'm in a crowded coffee shop. Shh. I'll listen. The mother and daughter at the table next to me aren't talking much."

You'd hate sitting next to me and my mom. We're usually arguing, and it's almost always in a coffee shop.

I'd just put on my headphones, Stacia, unless you were talking about something worth hearing.

I argue with no one else on the planet except for my mom. She's just a very unique type of person.

*edit* The argument usually turns political, no matter how much I try to avoid the subject.

Overheard at a coffee shop in Washington, DC, spoken by a disheveled-looking, possibly homeless person, to no one:

"I am not some small piece of wood you found."

On the concourse exiting the Trans-Siberian Orchestra show, from an obviously-overwhelmed, first-time-concert geek trying to grow a beard:

"Even before we got here, I knew it was gonna be EPIC."

At the grocery store tonight, 3 college age students.

"What do you mean you don't eat cereal here?"

"I don't eat cereal here. I eat eggs, spinach."

Clark wrote: "On the concourse exiting the Trans-Siberian Orchestra show, from an obviously-overwhelmed, first-time-concert geek trying to grow a beard:

"Even before we got here, I knew it was gonna be EPIC.""

At the Springsteen show in Baltimore last year - the one where they played Born to Run in its entirety - I sat near the most adorable first-timer ever. He looked to be about nine years old, and he spent the half hour before the show running through every possibility.
"Do you think they'll play Rosalita? I'd love it if they played Rosalita. Ohmigod! Dad! There's somebody climbing up a rope ladder. Does he get to sit up there? That's the best seat ever! Where does the Big Man stand? Do you think they'll see my sign? Will they play mostly older stuff or newer stuff? I'm a fan of both, Dad."

It was too cute to be irritating.

Ha! That sounds kind of cool, Pi...

Ok, last night my sixth grader went to some skating party at a local skating rink (they exist in semi-rural Wisconsin). When I picked up him at 9:30 he asked if we could drive home three of his friends, so three adorable little middle school girls piled into the backseat. Three notes:

1. I was listening to The Social Network soundtrack...my son whispered...."Dad...please, please turn this off..." before the girls got in the car.

2. The girls decided that houses should not be built on corners because, when a house is on a corner, people cannot easily discern which street said house is on.

3. The girls mentioned a Hmong friend. One of the girls said, "Hmong is like...some Chinese religion, right?"

The girls were very polite, though, and driving them home was fun.

Haha how can Trent Reznor not be cool?

RandomAnthony wrote: "2. The girls decided that houses should not be built on corners because, when a house is on a corner, people cannot easily discern which street said house is on. "

Hee.

I would never have thought I would live to see Trent Reznor in a suit and giving a polite acceptance speech at the Golden Globes.

I overheard both of these within about 30 seconds at a meeting. They were magnificent but I wasn't in a crowd where I could comment:

1)"I couldn't tell where the music was coming from, but it was coming from my butt!"
(someone talking about accidentally dialing her phone with her butt)

2)"Four inches isn't enough"
Somebody talking about the size of a promotional bookmark to be given to elderly people.

I know, right?
And they went on and on.
"Four inches isn't enough."
"Oh, no, it definitely isn't. You just can't fit enough in with only four usable inches."

I swear, my inner TWSS was screaming but these were not the people to say it to.

that must have been very hard.

Oh, my God. I don't know how you kept a straight face, Pi...

janine wrote: "that must have been very hard."

TWSS

Better Misha?

RandomAnthony wrote: "Oh, my God. I don't know how you kept a straight face, Pi..."

I wouldn't have, I would have had to excuse myself for a minute to go laugh.

Jim wrote: "janine wrote: "that must have been very hard."

TWSS

Better Misha?"

thank you for noticing, jim.

My pleasure!

Luckily, I was in the little kitchenette off of the meeting room at the time, so I did snrk really loudly, but they didn't know I was listening or responding to them.

Barb wrote: "Today's Lesson: There is not such thing as subtle armpit sniffing."

Nor subtle nose picking, Barb. In case you were wondering.

In other news, Misha, I would like you to develop a line of cuddly stuffed Congresscritters. A little orange Boehnercreature, a tiny round Mikulski bear, etc. Please make it happen.

Barb wrote: "*looks around to see if anyone noticed her subtle nose picking*"

Why do you think I mentioned it?

Barb wrote: "*snaps fingers*"

As long as you're snapping, not flinging, we're good.

Barb wrote: "pffft, of course I'm snapping. Sheesh.

*flicks*"

::stands back to see if Pi goes infinite of her ass::

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that oughta teach her.

I would hope she'd learn her lesson from that.

I hope so. I don't repeat.

No! Come back! Barb did it. Blame herrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr not me.
Also, I want my congresscritters!

Note: Do not run a google search for "stuffed Nancy Pelosi." All I was looking for was a cuddly toy, I swear.

Apparently "congresscritter" isn't a safe search either. This is the only cute thing I found:


What I was hoping for was some Getalong Gang style shennanigans, like Critter Michelle Bachmann teaming up with Critter Rand Paul to lock the others out of the union treehouse.

Misha wrote: "At a public health board meeting today:

Board member: There's a big problem in the state with horse herpes. ... Is that transmitted by mosquitoes?

Health officer: No. It's, uh, horse on horse."

I love this...

PS. I've been watching the spread of horse herpes, mostly because it's some fantastic alliteration and includes the word herpes.

I guess that isn't an issue here? I read all the horse magazines but that hasn't come up yet.

Today I passed a guy on the street who was saying loudly into the bluetooth around his neck, "So if I didn't want to have sex I wouldn't have done you..."

We're standing in line for a concert and this guy in front of us leans over to his date and says - way too loud- "God! I think I took too much acid and I'm really comming on". Then we got to stand behind him for another hour and watch. It was great fun.

Riding on the El at 9:30 p.m., this girl wearing a red coat and only black underwear underneath, and her friend with a short pixie cut and a very loud voice. Everyone on the train hears everything. The pixie cut says, "And this bitch is wearing, like, Hollister, and I'm like, stop with the tanning, bitch! You are really overdoing the tanning. The next time I'm going to see you is at a gravesite. I'm from Charlevoix, and me and my homies were there with a bunch of meth heads and I stole 3 $25 Visa cards."

Then the other girl chimed in but she was much less interesting.

As we watched the ball drop in times square, a teenager, who was visiting with his folks, explained to all of us why the ball was dropping at 9 pm here in Calif : "so, like the time in the United States starts in New York City cuz they were the first state"

Barb wrote: "(everyone knows Hawaii is the first state)"
Depends on which direction you're facing?

When obviously the capital of Canada is "C"? The capitol is another question :)