At work:

"She had a delightful phrase for getting angry... "I lost my girlish laughter". We were at her 90th birthday party and she was telling us about where she lived... "I lost my girlish laughter when she stole my panties""
-guy at work 2 cubicles down.

A co-resident couldn't seem to keep her hands on her own laundry.

The best part is that the co-worker continued:

"Doesn't it sound like an Irish brogue?"

He then started to sing in a thick Irish accent:

"Ay lost me girlish laughter, when she stole me panties... they were me favorite undies...."

I had that song stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

update: some people refer to okra as lady's finger. But I still wouldn't eat it with coffee and sugary creamy goodness.


"When all else fails.. break up!" -girl in bookstore, San Francisco.

Why wait until ALL else fails? Wait until about 75% of it fails, then call the whole thing off. It could take forever for that extra 25% to fall through.


These guys in my vanpool discussed bridge for half an hour the other day. One of them took bridge classes... for TWO YEARS! And it was a four-year course! That's like getting your undergraduate in bridge (still beats philosophy).


A sign on a fridge in a biopharmecutical research lab where a friend works:

"Do not put ice in this refrigerator! It melts and gets everything wet!!"

Apparently some research genius person put ice in the fridge... on the top shelf. It melted and soaked everyone's lunch. And that's the difference between book-smart and real-smart.