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Entries Tagged as 'Eavesdropping'

No More Friends at the Office

December 3rd, 2008

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.

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Tags: Des Moines · Eavesdropping · Workplace

Freudian Slip at the Musical?

October 27th, 2008

A young couple at the Civic Center:
To her boyfriend: “I love looking through playboys.”
Her boyfriend smiles and waits…
She says: “…Playbills.”

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Tags: Downtown Des Moines · Eavesdropping

What’d you just say?

June 1st, 2008

A twenty-something guy to his girlfriend, overheard while walking by their apartment:
“Did you just ask if you could check my prostate?”

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Tags: Ames · Eavesdropping