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Every Brilliant Idea Has a Catch

Waitress #1: Do you have any tampons?
Waitress #2: Yeah, I have regular and super.
Waitress #1: Are they the plastic kind? The cardboard snags my vagina.

–Restaurant, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Unappetized

  • Posted on September 30, 2008
  • Brooklyn, Coworkers, Default, Gender issues, Menstruation, Offers and requests, Questions, Restaurants & Cafes, Vagina, Waitresses, Weirdness
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