(My boyfriend and I are talking to the plumber about results of some water tests for lead, and about installing special filters called “curtains.”)
Boyfriend: “So, about how much does a lead curtain cost?”
Plumber: “Oh, about [price].”
Boyfriend: “That’s about the same as an iron curtain, then.”
Me: *awkward laugh*
(My boyfriend and the plumber give me funny looks.)
Me: “I thought you were making a communism joke.”
(A customer walks in and uses the automated lotto machine. On her way out she tries to catch my attention.)
Woman: “I just don’t understand why they have that.”
Me: *confused* “Have what?”
Woman: “The machine has braille writing under the screen.”
(I don’t know offhand what the braille sign says.)
Me: “I think it’s to make sure everyone is included in their ability to gamble?”
Woman: “But I just don’t know why they put it there.”
(Lost for words, I blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.)
Me: “Blind luck?”
(The woman cracked up and left the store laughing. My coworker and I went to see what the sign actually said: “Please ask for a clerk if you need assistance.”)
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(As I man the cut table, the boss and the manager are making pizza and chatting.)
Boss: “I’ve heard it called the Deluxe, the Supreme, and the Garbage pizza, but after fourteen years in the business, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of it referred to as an Absolute Pizza.”
Me: “Does that mean it has the same value whether it’s negative or positive?”
Boss: “Definitely.”
Manager: “Look, I love bad math jokes more than most, but that one’s not worth a response.”
Me: “So, I could go to a customer and demand they pay up their negative Absolute Pizza? ‘Thanks for ordering; that’ll be $24.99, and you now owe me a pizza.'”
Manager: *glaring at boss* “You. YOU DID THIS.”
(One of our regular customers is a magician, and tends to have various novelty items.)
Me: *to a coworker* “Hey, check out what [Customer] just gave me.”
(I hand him what appears to be a one-inch, handmade wooden stool inside a plastic medicine vial.)
Coworker: “What the h*** is that?”
Me: “A ‘stool sample.'”
Coworker: *groans*
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(We are all talking before the start of class when the following exchange occurs.)
Classmate #1: “Here’s a good one. ‘So, a man comes into a bar—’ Wait; it was a horse. Let me start over. ‘So, a man comes into a horse…’”
(Entire class groans while the professor gives him a look.)
Classmate #2: “You know, that’s actually legal in some states.”
Professor: *long pause* “Get out.”
