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Science in Action |
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While paused outside a shop on Patrick St. I saw a charity worker approach a passerby.
"Can you spare a few minutes for cancer research" ? she asked.
"I can" he replied, "but we won't get much done" |
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Overheard by Dave - Patrick St
Posted on Monday, 15th October
2007 |
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The Long Ride Home |
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Poppy and Louie heading home after an all day session in the pub. Both fairly pissed, missed the last bus home and don`t know what to do.
Louie has an idea...we'll break into the bus office and rob the number 10 bus and drive home. Both men go to the bus office. Poppy goes in search of the number 10 while Louie keeps watch. After 15 minutes of searching, Poppy tells Louie that he can't find the number 10 to which Louie replies, "rob the number 14 ya bloody eejet and we`ll walk the rest of the way"! |
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Overheard by Pat - Bus Office
Posted on Monday, 15th October
2007 |
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Ignorance is bliss |
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| At the end of the first Lord of the Rings movie, while leaving one young fella in front of me gushed enthusiastically "they have to make a sequel to that!" |
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Overheard by Anonymous - Douglas cinema
Posted on Friday, 12th October
2007 |
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Sky News gets you thinking |
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| While watching the Sky News during the war in Iraq a news flash came on saying "sucide bomber enters police station in Tikreet today, there is a reported 25 people killed" now this is shocking enough but my mother was disgusted with this and says "that bastard that did that now wont get as much as a dose of flu" to which she then turned and walked away and left me speechless. |
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Overheard by john - at home
Posted on Wednesday, 10th October
2007 |
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Confused??? |
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While working with a colleague in Cork a number of years ago, he told me about a bit of contract work he did out in the Middle East a number of years previously.
He was describing a dinner to which he was invited by a local prince:
"We arrived out to these big tents in the middle of the desert, sat down, yer man claps his hands, then all these birds come in dancin' round the place. He claps his hands again, then a load a' grub arrives out. Another clap of the hands, and the dancin' birds are at it again."
"Jaysus", says he, "it was like a scene from Lawrence of Olivier!" |
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Overheard by Gonky - At Work
Posted on Wednesday, 26th September
2007 |
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Great idea! Oh wait...... |
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| A few months ago myself and my husband were discussing products or services that hadn't yet been thought of and from which you could make money. Next thing he says " what about a place where people could come and rent books?!" I looked at him incredulously and said " I think they've already thought of that....its called a library!" .. don't think he's ever going to be a sucessful entrepeneur! |
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Overheard by anne - in Cork
Posted on Wednesday, 26th September
2007 |
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Sound Medical treatment! |
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Two men talking. One says to the other "I hear your father is in hospital?" "Oh, he's very bad' sez the other 'Tis his leg, tis gone pure rotten..so bad, the doctors thinks they might have to amplicate it..."
Wired for sound or what! |
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Overheard by Anonymous - Turners Cross
Posted on Tuesday, 25th September
2007 |
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Hospital chaos!! |
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| Travelling on a bus to a village in east Cork. One woman who was sitting with her husband was relating to another lady about her experience at a Cork hospital earlier that day. " Geezeus Maura..what a dey we've put down! Went up by taxi to de hospital... 40 fekin Euro... de little wan had a burst appindix...noo doctor around....imagine...and all the fekin money dey gits for doin nottin! Anyway...Mikey here...had to run around de wards lookin for wan and geezus by th time he got wan the young wan was hilarious...fekin eejets..and de govermint pumpin money hand over fist inta dem...the country is fekin shagged" |
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Overheard by Denis034 - On a bus
Posted on Tuesday, 25th September
2007 |
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The things we say! |
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| Overheard women at check-out in store in County Cork village. One said to the other " Hi Rita...saw ya on Patrick Street yesterday and was going to ask ya to come for a cuppa...but when I caught up wit ya you were gone!" |
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Overheard by Denis - In a Supervalue store
Posted on Monday, 24th September
2007 |
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Recycling the pizza joke! |
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| Was in a pizza place last year and the assistant asked the fella in front of me if he wanted his pizza cut into four slices or eight. His reply was "Oh God, four slices, I'd never finish eight!!" |
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Overheard by mary - Apache Pizza, Cork
Posted on Monday, 24th September
2007 |
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Mastering The English Language |
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I was at a house party one night and the party was rocking, everybody was having a great time. The guy hosting the party walked by us and asked a guy that was near our company was he enjoying the night. The guy had a beer in his hand and was bopping away to the music and was obviously in high spirits. He gave a big thumbs up while still dancing away and with a nod and a wink of approval replied....
"Ya man its F***in Monotonous Boiy, F***in Monotonous" |
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Overheard by MustafaMurphys - At a party a few years back
Posted on Monday, 24th September
2007 |
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Elton JOAN !!!!!!! |
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| Watching tv at home one night my mum and brother were chatting about Elton John visiting Ozzie Osbourne's house my brother said "oh thats his husband with him there they got married recently" to which my mother repplied "God all those years watching him on tv I never knew he was a lesbian" |
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Overheard by sean - at home
Posted on Sunday, 23rd September
2007 |
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