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Archive for October, 2009

Push Your Member

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Referring to handling legislative constituency issues: 

“The crazy ones are the first ones in line on voting day . . . ”  

“Attitude is everything, especially with the crazy people . . . ”  

“You want to push your member out as far as possible . . . ”   

Cathy Keig

Philadelphia PA

2009 Legislative Summit

National Conference of State Legislatures

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Bright Lights

Posted by ticklenotes under Overheard, Tales from Cube Village

Overheard in a friend’s office this afternoon . . . .

Employee One: (Picks up the computer microphone on the desk): How bright is this light?

Employee Two: Not very . . . . because it’s a mircrophone . . . .

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Konichiwa

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Overheard on Facebook:

“Japanese people are so cool . . . .  I really want one. “

Joy of Grids

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Overheard in the office across the hall:

“Did you put together all that data?” 

“I put it all in a grid.  I’ll send it to you.”

“I LOVE GRIDS!!” (claps hands)

Do You Understand Me?

Posted by ticklenotes under Overheard

I was listening to a seminar on PTSD.  The lecturer kept saying, “There is a male, a female and a homosexual amygdala.”  After he said it enough (about ten times) I started to wonder. Are homosexuals not male or female? Do they become non-males and females when they are homosexual? Shouldn’t he have said there are male and female amygdala or a  heterosexual and homosexual amygdala? This concerned me so much, I raised my hand. He didn’t understand what I was talking about. HELLO?

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Yes You Can Can . . .

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Sitting in my office, I overheard the janitor ask the guy in the office next door:

“Is this your can?”

“Yes, I have two.”