people-watching is fun. http://peoplewatchingisfun.com it just is. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:35:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 PeopleWatchingIsFunhttp://feedburner.google.com NY Times Article in October 2006 http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/03/ny-times-article-in-october-2006/ http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/03/ny-times-article-in-october-2006/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:35:56 +0000 cjs http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/?p=47 Seth Kugel of The New York Times wrote an article on people-watching on October 16, 2006. The focus of the article was on people-watching in New York and prime spots and times to do so. It’s a well-written article and does a nice job of summarizing some people-watching stories. Here’s a snippet: Or a man on [...] Seth Kugel of The New York Times wrote an article on people-watching on October 16, 2006. The focus of the article was on people-watching in New York and prime spots and times to do so. It’s a well-written article and does a nice job of summarizing some people-watching stories. Here’s a snippet:

Or a man on a cellphone in Union Square tells what appears to be a blind date what he is wearing as he walks across the square. You follow. She doesn’t show. Or did she spot him from afar and flee? He fidgets. You leave. His problem, not yours. See, New York really is just one huge sitcom.

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]]> http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/03/ny-times-article-in-october-2006/feed/ Snowboarder’s Greeting http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/03/snowboarders-greeting/ http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/03/snowboarders-greeting/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:22:57 +0000 cjs http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/?p=49 Two middle-aged couples having dinner together in a Thai restaurant shared stories about their ski trips. Conversation shifted to obnoxious snowboarders. One husband popped this joke on the foursome: How does a snowboarder introduce himself to you? “Hey dude, are you ok?” Get the <a href=”http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/sad-trombone” mce_href=”http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/sad-trombone”>Sad Trombone</a> widget and many other <a href=”http://www.widgetbox.com/” mce_href=”http://www.widgetbox.com/”>great free widgets</a> at [...] Two middle-aged couples having dinner together in a Thai restaurant shared stories about their ski trips. Conversation shifted to obnoxious snowboarders. One husband popped this joke on the foursome:

How does a snowboarder introduce himself to you?

“Hey dude, are you ok?”

Note: Turn your volume on and click Play! for the sad trombone.

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]]> http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/03/snowboarders-greeting/feed/ People-watching Staring Contest http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/02/people-watching-staring-contest/ http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/02/people-watching-staring-contest/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:55:06 +0000 cjs http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/?p=33 There’s an elderly lady in the neighborhood who walks around the block everyday. She often stops mid-walk, and she people-watches. Highly encouraged behavior from PWiF, of course. But she people-watched me today. She watched me mow the front lawn. From start to finish. I could feel her not blinking. When I shut off the lawn [...] There’s an elderly lady in the neighborhood who walks around the block everyday. She often stops mid-walk, and she people-watches. Highly encouraged behavior from PWiF, of course. But she people-watched me today. She watched me mow the front lawn. From start to finish. I could feel her not blinking. When I shut off the lawn mower, I found her still watching.

So I did the only thing I could do in such a situation. I watched back. Staring contest.

26 seconds felt like hours. I broke. She won. Not a single wrinkle on her face flinched. Might have to recruit her to post to the site.

This isn’t over, elderly neighborhood lady. Next time, double or nothing.

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]]> http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/02/people-watching-staring-contest/feed/ Hi, I’m a Mac. Car? http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/02/hi-im-a-mac-car/ http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/02/hi-im-a-mac-car/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:36:51 +0000 cjs http://www.peoplewatchingisfun.com/?p=24 The battle between Mac and Windows continues. Mac CarThe battle between Mac and Windows continues.

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]]> http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/02/hi-im-a-mac-car/feed/ Talk, Text, and Read on the Freeway http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/02/talk-text-and-read-on-the-freeway/ http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/02/talk-text-and-read-on-the-freeway/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:55:53 +0000 cjs http://www.peoplewatchingisfun.com/?p=20 In California, you can’t talk on your cell phone without a hands-free unit and you can’t send text messages while driving on the freeway. Just saw a guy reading a book while driving. A book. Reading it. And it wasn’t a pamphlet. It was a novel. Safe driving on California freeways. Gotta love it. In California, you can’t talk on your cell phone without a hands-free unit and you can’t send text messages while driving on the freeway. Just saw a guy reading a book while driving. A book. Reading it. And it wasn’t a pamphlet. It was a novel. Safe driving on California freeways. Gotta love it.

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]]> http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2009/02/talk-text-and-read-on-the-freeway/feed/ Do you do yoga? http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/10/do-you-do-yoga/ http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/10/do-you-do-yoga/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:53:47 +0000 cjs http://www.peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/10/30/do-you-do-yoga/ A conversation between a fitness trainer and his trainee: Trainee: Do you do yoga? Trainer: Nah, I foam-roll and meditate…it’s the same thing. Trainee: It is? Trainer: Well, yeah…I mean, technically they are a little different, but foam-rolling is the same as yoga. Well, actually, I guess, see with yoga you’re stretching the muscles and with [...] A conversation between a fitness trainer and his trainee:

Trainee: Do you do yoga?
Trainer: Nah, I foam-roll and meditate…it’s the same thing.
Trainee: It is?
Trainer: Well, yeah…I mean, technically they are a little different, but foam-rolling is the same as yoga. Well, actually, I guess, see with yoga you’re stretching the muscles and with foam-rolling you’re pushing out the knots in your muscles so that’s how they are different. They’re not the same.

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]]> http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/10/do-you-do-yoga/feed/ The Office: Kevin look-alike http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/10/the-office-kevin-look-alike/ http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/10/the-office-kevin-look-alike/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:52:23 +0000 cjs http://www.peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/10/26/the-office-kevin-look-alike/ The Office: Kevin look-alike Taylor Shellen captured a great snapshot of a Kevin Malone look-alike from The Office. The Office: Kevin look-alike

Taylor Shellen captured a great snapshot of a Kevin Malone look-alike from The Office.

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]]> http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/10/the-office-kevin-look-alike/feed/ Father-Son Mohawk Picnic http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/10/fatherson-mohawk/ http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/10/fatherson-mohawk/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:51:30 +0000 cjs http://www.peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/10/24/fatherson-mohawk/ Hair-dos and Hair-don’ts Father/Son Mohawk

Hair-dos and Hair-don’ts

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]]> http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/10/fatherson-mohawk/feed/ Passing the Starbuck http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/09/passing-the-starbuck/ http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/09/passing-the-starbuck/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:34:34 +0000 cjs http://www.peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/09/18/not-so-fun/ I thought people-watching is supposed to be fun. I’m sitting in Starbucks in Asheville, North Carolina doing some work. I’m sitting behind an older man who is reading the Wall Street Journal. He has farted audibly twice in the last 5 minutes. The wood chair is amplifying the sound; thus, making it worse. This isn’t [...] I thought people-watching is supposed to be fun. I’m sitting in Starbucks in Asheville, North Carolina doing some work. I’m sitting behind an older man who is reading the Wall Street Journal. He has farted audibly twice in the last 5 minutes. The wood chair is amplifying the sound; thus, making it worse. This isn’t much fun. I might have to get up and sit somewhere else soon. At least it doesn’t smell. Still pretty gross though. Ok, good. He’s leaving now.

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]]> http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/09/passing-the-starbuck/feed/ A man, a speedo and a seal http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/08/a-man-a-speedo-and-a-seal/ http://peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/08/a-man-a-speedo-and-a-seal/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:00:52 +0000 gdipaolo http://www.peoplewatchingisfun.com/2007/08/19/a-man-a-speedo-and-a-seal/ Enjoying an abnormally warm day on the coast over the weekend, I spent the day at a local beach with some friends. An hour into our stay, a broad-shouldered man and his wife moseyed down the trail and staked out a spot on the beach. In no time, the man had sucked in his stomach, [...] Enjoying an abnormally warm day on the coast over the weekend, I spent the day at a local beach with some friends. An hour into our stay, a broad-shouldered man and his wife moseyed down the trail and staked out a spot on the beach. In no time, the man had sucked in his stomach, stripped down to a snug speedo and sauntered into the frigid water, doing his best Arnold Schwarzenegger impression.

While certainly strange, it wasn’t as intriguing as a small seal which was playfully hanging out in the surf. Several people had gone up to the seal, watching him ride waves and trying to get his attention.

Meanwhile, Mr. speedo had made his way about 25 yards out to sea and was now making his way parallel to the beach. When he noticed people playing with the seal, he started making his way back into shore. Unknown to the seal, the man was slowly approaching directly from behind. When the man was about 5 yards away, the seal finally noticed him and immediately raised his head out of water and started heading towards the man. When the two got closer, the seal ducked into the water, out of sight. While slowly creeping back to the shore, the man appeared nervous, looking all around for the seal. About 10 seconds later, the seal popped up behind the man without his knowledge, almost playing with him. The man soon realized that the seal was behind him and quickly headed in, ending the fun for the day.

Apparently humans aren’t the only mammals turned off by skimpy swim wear.

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