Posts Tagged ‘golden valley’

  • In Another Dimension

    Date: 2009.08.24 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Davanni’s take out girl, taking a credit card expiration date over phone, to co-worker: Is December, like, 11?

    Golden Valley, Davanni’s
    Overheard by Joe D.

  • I Know How Tall He Is

    Date: 2009.06.26 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Greasy boy: It’s something a two year old would do. He’s not two, he’s, like, eight times older than that.
    Friend: So, he’s sixteen?
    Greasy boy: I dunno.

    Golden Valley, Summer Activities/School bus
    Overheard by so this is why he’s going to summer school…

  • All I Know Is It’s Way Cooler Than A Worm

    Date: 2009.06.24 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Little boy: I heard that you dissect a buffalo in the seventh grade! Or maybe it was a zebra.

    Golden Valley, Summer Activities Bus
    Overheard by hmm. Don’t remember that lesson…

  • With A Small Engine

    Date: 2009.06.20 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Teenage girl #1: I wish I would have been the first person to invent the airplane, ever!
    Teenage girl #2: I want to be the first person to invent a working hover-craft.
    Teenage girl #1: What is that, a frisbee?

    Golden Valley, Starbucks
    Overheard by Yes. Yes it is.

  • Like Explaining Anything To A Newborn?

    Date: 2009.04.08 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Freshman on bus: He was lost for, like, thirty minutes! It was like explaining two plus two to a newborn!

    Golden Valley, Bus to Cooper
    Overheard by She’s annoying, but I like this.

  • This Brings Out The 12 Year Old Boy In My Head

    Date: 2009.03.16 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Older woman with very pronounced MN accent talking to friend: We’re hooked on the nuts.  Yeah, they’re really good for you.
    Friend: Yeah, nuts are great.

    Golden Valley, Mort’s Deli
    Overheard by jenc17.

  • No Mascot For Tonight’s Big Game Between HealthPartners And Fairview

    Date: 2008.12.16 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Job placement person: Here is this position being a HealthPartners mascot, like Pete the Pee Cup or Sam the Syringe.
    Job seeker: I really don’t have cheerleading experience.

    Golen Valley, Place where you find jobs
    Overheard by Neither do I.

  • It’s Quieter

    Date: 2008.12.02 | Category: all | Response: 0

    50-something guy in another cube: They’re all dead. But that’s cool.

    Golden Valley, An office
    Overheard by a volunteer.

  • MY FAVORITE!

    Date: 2008.08.14 | Category: all | Response: 0

    One worker talking over her cube to another: Squashed monkeys are awesome.

    Golden Valley, Cubicle forest just like any other
    Overheard by Damned, dirty apes.

  • You Kind Of Asked

    Date: 2008.08.11 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Male boss into phone, excitedly: So how’s the pregnancy going?! [pause] Well, that’s great! Are you going to go C-section? [short pause] Look, I don’t need to hear about your placenta. You start telling me about your uterus, and we can just be done talking about this. I don’t need to hear about your women’s things.

    Small office in Golden Valley, MN
    Overheard by this, from the guy who says he knows what childbirth is like?

  • Grey Cube Walls vs. Grey Cell Walls

    Date: 2008.08.07 | Category: all | Response: 0

    One disgruntled employee to another after a seemingly comfortable silence: Seriously, though, how many years do you think I would have to serve if I burnt down the building?

    Golden Valley, MN
    Overheard by warn me to call in that day.