Overheard in Iowa http://www.overheardiniowa.com Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:30:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Busy, for a Small Town http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OverheardInIowa/~3/oMdmxUXCt6Y/33 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/33#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:01:28 +0000 admin http://www.overheardiniowa.com/?p=33 In a Dyersville, Iowa Bar…

Bar Girl to her Friend: Wow! This place is more packed than the Sale Barn on Thursdays!

]]> http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/33/feed 0 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/33 A New Yorker’s Paradise http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OverheardInIowa/~3/eGUSbRJOJuM/27 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/27#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:51:10 +0000 admin http://www.overheardiniowa.com/?p=27 At a rest stop on I-80 near Iowa City…

A lady steps out of her car with New York license plates: “Is this heaven?!”

A trucker walking by says: “No, lady. And it ain’t no freaking movie, either.”

(Submitted by Mike)

]]> http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/27/feed 0 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/27 Sociological Fashion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OverheardInIowa/~3/XavtJcvHt38/24 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/24#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:44:15 +0000 admin http://www.overheardiniowa.com/?p=24 At a sociology conference in downtown Des Moines.

One sociologist says to the other: “I think I’ll change my jeans for the presidential address.”

The other says: “No, don’t bother. But change your sweater.”

(Submitted by Nate)

]]> http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/24/feed 0 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/24 No More Friends at the Office http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OverheardInIowa/~3/yHaNuQSvdPs/19 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/19#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:51:31 +0000 admin http://www.overheardiniowa.com/?p=19 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.

]]> http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/19/feed 0 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/19 On an Icy Road http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OverheardInIowa/~3/AivByCp61P8/16 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/16#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:59:30 +0000 admin http://www.overheardiniowa.com/?p=16 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.

]]> http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/16/feed 0 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/16 Freudian Slip at the Musical? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OverheardInIowa/~3/Ihyo1ABOMFk/14 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/14#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:50:53 +0000 admin http://www.overheardiniowa.com/?p=14 A young couple at the Civic Center:

To her boyfriend: “I love looking through playboys.”

Her boyfriend smiles and waits…

She says: “…Playbills.”

]]> http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/14/feed 0 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/14 Only at an Iowan Farmers’ Market http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OverheardInIowa/~3/FMIzswaxsbA/13 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/13#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:30:35 +0000 admin http://www.overheardiniowa.com/?p=13 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.”

]]> http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/13/feed 0 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/13 What’d you just say? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OverheardInIowa/~3/_yRaROYLwm0/12 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/12#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:20:46 +0000 admin http://www.overheardiniowa.com/?p=12 A twenty-something guy to his girlfriend, overheard while walking by their apartment:

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

]]> http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/12/feed 0 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/12 King is my Boy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OverheardInIowa/~3/Fl7aNBqPASI/11 http://www.overheardiniowa.com/posts/11#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:17:22 +0000 admin http://www.overheardiniowa.com/?p=11 Two middle-school kids get on the bus and pay with a dollar coin.

Girl: ”Was that a Jefferson coin?”
Boy: “I don’t care… Jefferson never did nothin’ for me.  King is my boy!”
Girl: “But, Jefferson was President, King wasn’t.”
Boy: “Okay, but who fought for our people? Not Jefferson.”

Boy: “King is my boy.”

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Girl 1: So, did you see the Super Bowl on TV?
Girl 2: Yeah, I really only watch for the commercials though.
Girl 1: Who did you want to win?
Girl 2: I liked New England because it’s pretty and the quarterback is hot.
Girl 1: I’ve never been to New England… It must be really small, because I can never find it on the map…

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