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Overheard & Pet Peeves

OVERHEARD

Are there tid-bits of conversations you’ve heard while standing in line at the grocery store, serving a table, or walking down the sidewalk that make you smile, cringe or laugh out loud?

“I want to dip him in bacon.”

“He sounds like a third grader learning to play the bassoon.”

“I do want to participate, but I also want to find light bulbs.”

“So that’s not fun if you’re a bad golfer.”

“Damn that gibbous moon.”

“You even eat ice cubes cute.”

“I’m calling in sick because WebMD says I’m dying.”

“And the fact that it bothers me bothers me also.”

“You little rebel. I like you.”

“My book will be called ‘What happened to me?’ and it will be 4,000 pages long.”

PET PEEVES

Is there something that really irks you, gets your goat, rubs you the wrong way, drives you up the wall, gets you bent out of shape, puts a stick in your craw, or makes you want to throw in the towel?

People who feel the need to half-shuck ears of corn at the grocery store, and store managers who condone that crazy behavior by providing garbage cans for the shucking. Some of us like to buy our ears of corn intact. And, it’s 39 CENTS, people! What other food item can you pick at in the store before buying?

– Anonymous

To the waterskiers with the loud (and bad) hip hop music: thank you for ruining the sunset for every one else!

– Anonymous

Garlic whiff on your fingers.

–Anonymous

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