Ho Ho Ho! That's The Spirit, Mom!

Overheard: In the Santa Line

By: Nichole Bernier

"I don't know why we bother year after year. All you do is cry. Then you cry that you cried."

Editor's Note: This will one day be the subject of a therapy session. Mark my words.

See, Jimmy's Always Been Tricky That Way...

Overheard: Outside a Sherman Oaks, California school

By: Wendy Liebman

Three year old girl: There's Jimmy!
Mom: I don't see him, honey.
Girl: It's not the visible Jimmy.

Editor's Note: "Visible Jimmy" is totally joining my long list of possible band names, led by the perennial favorite, "Who By Beast."

When It Comes Right Down To It, What Else Is There?

Overheard: in an Austin, TX elevator.

By: Marla Erwin

"All I want to do is watch 30 Rock and eat cheese."

No, See, That's Called Haiku. No, Prose! No, no! It's A Play!

Overheard: at a Hunt Valley, MD card store

By: Greg Abel

20something woman at the customer service counter flipping through a teen romance novel. "I don't like books like this. I like real stories. What do you call that, fiction?"

Not Exactly the Word I'd Use, But...Whatever

Overheard: in a New York City editorial meeting

By: GCP Editor

"But Snooki has, like...culture."

Oh, Honey. It Happens To The Best Of Us

Overheard: on a Los Angeles street corner. Two young women waiting to cross the street.

By: Jason Thompson

"Every time I burp, I taste vodka."

Doh! Everybody Knows That's Stu Sutcliffe

Overheard: at Broadway Pizza in Potomac, Maryland.

By: Alison Buckholtz

Two guys looking at the famous poster of John Lennon in his "New York City" shirt.

"Who is that guy?"

"I think it's John Kennedy or something."

"He must be so old now."

"Yeah, he's like 80 years old."