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« Bad Analysis - Sensationalizing Homicide Statistics | Main | Anti-Semitism and Free Speech » August 15, 2006
Overheard on the Elevator
Posted by Bill A tall woman and a short man enter the elevator, the woman yelling to another woman down the hall, "I've got a rental car for you!" as the doors close. The man says to the woman, "You're giving away rental cars?" "No, I'm a travel agent too." "Wow, you must be busy with two jobs," says the man. "Yeah, I've got to support my kids. I have an eleven year-old who is taller than you." The man subtly twitches, an uncomfortable silence falls over the elevator, I choke back laughter, and the woman tries to soften her statement: "Well, but ... have you seen pictures of my daughter? She's really tall!" Posted by Bill at August 15, 2006 10:28 AM | TrackBack (1) Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsSee, this is where I fail as a human being. I'd have laughed out loud. For the longest time I was becoming depressed over my fellow human beings, but then I realized the only reason I'm even remotely congenial is because I have kids to support and doing even a tenth of the shit that runs through my mind would have me in jail / dead within a week. Posted by: Robb Allen at August 15, 2006 10:48 AM there was really no witty comeback for the guy that time. "thanks for calling me a midget, that was kind." Posted by: milowent at August 15, 2006 10:52 AM Even funnier? He and I are roughly the same height. And I still found his pain amusing. Posted by: Bill from INDC at August 15, 2006 10:53 AM Well, being 6'3" I guess my snickering wouldn't have had the same effect. Posted by: Robb Allen at August 15, 2006 11:43 AM If she'd said that to me, I would have wept for her freakishly tall daughter. Posted by: TallDave at August 15, 2006 11:58 AM "Ah. Mutants eh?" Posted by: Dean Esmay "that HGH sure is expensive these days, huh?" Posted by: milowent at August 15, 2006 12:49 PM "Pituitary tumor?" Posted by: Bill from INDC at August 15, 2006 12:58 PM Randy Newman *was* right... Posted by: leelu at August 16, 2006 01:38 AM I wish I had your restraint. I was that short guy once on an elevator at work (heading back to the office with a co-worker) when a new employee got on and said, without preamble, "Wow, my 12-year-old is taller than you!" My immediate response was a very mean, "Yeah, OK, but I bet he's unbelievably stupid; Oh! or does he take after his father?" My co-worker doubled up in laughter. And I had to make a trip to HR. Posted by: tonecluster at August 20, 2006 01:42 AM Posted by: buy viagra at November 16, 2006 06:53 PM Posted by: buy cheap viagra at November 19, 2006 06:48 PM flec iasftpuz qyubc ypuke ajmqygt vcxwo fmqk Posted by: qznmxs wqvicbdo at March 9, 2007 08:56 AM flec iasftpuz qyubc ypuke ajmqygt vcxwo fmqk Posted by: qznmxs wqvicbdo at March 9, 2007 08:58 AM dlan dlaxnj sgmcahl zgqdvkc ajyd tvyel iswno Posted by: itvzkxw kcxsgnzf at March 9, 2007 09:08 AM dlan dlaxnj sgmcahl zgqdvkc ajyd tvyel iswno Posted by: itvzkxw kcxsgnzf at March 9, 2007 09:10 AM This site rocks! Keep up that excellent work! http://allaboutheadsets.blogspot.com/ Posted by: Jessica at April 3, 2007 06:46 PM Nice resource, very interesting reading. http://s1u.net/inob Posted by: Cellphone at April 12, 2007 07:52 PM Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen reportedly signs a $42.5m (£22m) film deal starring his character Bruno... Posted by: Brady Fay at April 16, 2007 07:34 AM Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen reportedly signs a $42.5m (£22m) film deal starring his character Bruno... Posted by: Brady Fay at April 16, 2007 07:35 AM Veteran game show host Bob Barker is stepping down from hosting The Price is Right after 35 years... Posted by: Alex Fredrick at April 16, 2007 04:56 PM Veteran game show host Bob Barker is stepping down from hosting The Price is Right after 35 years... Posted by: Alex Fredrick at April 16, 2007 04:56 PM Microsoft and Peter Jackson postpone the making of a film based on the Halo video game after backers pull out... Posted by: Porter Alexander at April 17, 2007 03:07 AM Microsoft and Peter Jackson postpone the making of a film based on the Halo video game after backers pull out... Posted by: Porter Alexander at April 17, 2007 03:08 AM |
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