Overheard in Iowa

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.”

A twenty-something girl ordering food at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers’ Market:

To her friend: “I think bacon is Iowa’s version of candy.”

Turns to vendor: “I’ll take four slices of meat candy, please.”

A twenty-something guy to his girlfriend, overheard while walking by their apartment:

“Did you just ask if you could check my prostate?”