Saline conspiracies and language mix-ups
The creators of the site Overheard in New York have added a new site, Overheard at the Beach:
Girl: I'm trying to learn some Spanish before we go to Puerto Rico in May.
Guy: I took two years of French in high school, and all I can say is 'Donde esta la biblioteca.'
--Mexican restaurant, Kemah, Texas
Girl #1: We can go see the Kula botanical gardens.
Girl #2: Where on the island is it?
Girl #1, reading guidebook section: It's in flora and fauna -- I don't know where that is.
Girl #2: Um... Flora and fauna means plants and animals, it isn't a place on the map.
Girl #1: Well, I don't speak Hawaiian so how was I supposed to know?
--Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
Blonde: Why is the water so much saltier on this coast? They really need to stop putting all their extra salt in the water.
Dude: Extra salt?
Blonde: Yeah, isn't that what the government does -- just dumps the barrels of extra salt into the water?
--Daytona Beach, Florida
Little boy: Dad, why does that girl have her swim suit straps down like that?
Dad: So she doesn't get tan lines on her shoulders. Yup, if your mom had those I never would've married her.
--Maui, Hawaii
Woman: I'm starving! Let's go get something at Burger King.
Friend: So am I. Hey, did you know that Burger King sells veggie burgers? I just found that out the other day.
Woman: Really? Veggie burgers? What do they use? Like, turkey?
--Panama City Beach, Florida
offered up to the world by CoachDub @ 5:45 PM
6 comments
6 Comments:
Damn. Swimsuit strap lines are a dealbreaker for me, too.
i'm wondering just how many of these are a) made up or b) misunderstood (or) bad jokes
Aww yeah, the salty sea is a government conspiracy.
Wait, did I spell conspiracy right? Does it really end in the word "piracy"?
I play too much Illuminati to not know this.
the dad's comment had me laughing for a while.
Hey dub what was that poem we read in class that one time that had the line "pure and simple every time" or some such drivel?
Max, that was actually a song called "Pure" by the Lightning Seeds, but since it is chock-full of figurative language, it worked well. Anyway, the songwriter is Ian Broudie, and you can find the lyrics here.
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