Overheard
29 Jan 2010 / PE
HER: You don’t sleep enough. You need to go to bed earlier. You know what’s the secret to my youthful appearance?
HIM: Telling people what to do every minute?
“Tomorrow is Good Friday, right? Isn’t today something too?”
“I have no idea, Mom.”
“I’m gonna call the church.”
A male and female co-worker are bickering, as they often do.
An onlooker says, “You two are like a married couple . . . but without the sex and everything.”
“I beat the traffic this morning. I got here an hour and a half early, but I only had to get up 45 minutes earlier.”
“So you saved 45 minutes.”
“I saved . . . let’s see . . . (looking thoughtfully skyward) . . . 45 minutes!
A project manager talking to a business analyst:
PM: Can you have that done by today?
BA: No I can’t, and here’s why. [Lengthy explanation deleted.] I can have it done by next week.
PM: Can you have it done by tomorrow?