Overheard in Iowa

At a rest stop on I-80 near Iowa City…

A lady steps out of her car with New York license plates: “Is this heaven?!”

A trucker walking by says: “No, lady. And it ain’t no freaking movie, either.”

(Submitted by Mike)

At a sociology conference in downtown Des Moines.

One sociologist says to the other: “I think I’ll change my jeans for the presidential address.”

The other says: “No, don’t bother. But change your sweater.”

(Submitted by Nate)

Eavesdropping in the cubical farm:

Hipster Office Girl: Arg! My computer hates me!

Random Guy Walking By: …finally caught up with the rest of us.

While driving down Interstate 35:

Passenger: Hey, slow down, there’s a speed trap.

Driver: That’s no speed trap, that’s a grandpa-car that slid into the ditch.

A young couple at the Civic Center:

To her boyfriend: “I love looking through playboys.”

Her boyfriend smiles and waits…

She says: “…Playbills.”