Did You Hear That?

Date: January 18, 2010
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Place: Bayshore Mall, Eureka






Two women and a man are eating bad Chinese food in the Cafe Court of the Bayshore Mall and talking about their online dating adventures.

Woman 1: Every man who I think might be the slightest bit interesting turns out to be a complete freak. The last one I was talking to made some crack about drowning me.

Woman 2: Not really the kind of joke you should make if you want someone to actually meet you.

Woman 1: No kidding!

Man: Meanwhile, I met a guy online who's a real estate developer in Fort Bragg and owns two houses. He sounds really great.

Woman 1: Why couldn't I have just been born a gay man?

Man: A gay man without a gag reflex. It helps.

Did You Hear That?

Date: November 11, 2009
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Place: The Spa at Personal Choice, Old Town, Eureka

Three women are talking about the pros and cons of several local dining establishments.

Woman #1: I have a policy not to eat anywhere with a sneeze guard.

Woman #2: The last time my husband and I went out to dinner he found a button in his mashed potatoes. A button! It came off of one of the waiter's uniforms. He didn't find it until it was in his mouth.

Woman #3: Well.....I'll never forget the time I found a mop string in my crab cake.

Did You Hear That?

DATE: January 11, 2008

PLACE: An Arcata drinking establishment

TIME: 5:00 p.m.

A man and a woman are standing behind the counter at work chatting. The man is telling her about a trip that he will be taking for a first meeting with a person he met on the internet.


Man: I'm flying in to Gulfport, Mississippi on Saturday, so I called him up yesterday and asked him if he was going to pick me up from the airport.

Woman: Is he going to?

Man: Yeah. Then I asked him if he was coming alone, and he said, "I'm sure not gonna bring the missus with me."

Woman: Oh my god! So....

Man: So yeah. You know it's gonna happen. We'll have the whole evening together, and we're going to do things that are totally illegal - at least in the state of Mississippi.

Did You Hear That?

OVERHEARD #1

DATE: Thursday, August 16, 2007

PLACE: Humboldt County Fair

TIME: 6:00 p.m.

A woman is watching her six-year-old son run around the grass and the picnic tables. With a gleeful look in his eye, he jumps on top of a short cement divider.

Mom: "JORDAN!!! Get off of there! You're going to BREAK YOUR LEG and we don't have enough HEALTH INSURANCE for that!!!!"



OVERHEARD #2

DATE: Saturday, August 18, 2007

PLACE: Bridgeville, CA

TIME: 3:00 p.m.

A contestant is distraught over losing points for whining in the infamous Flying Saucer Trials.

Contestant: "But...but...I wasn't whiiiiiiining. I was simply questioning authority. It's not faaaaaair!"

Alien: "Meep. Beep. Beep-eep-eep. Meep."