<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/003781.html">The Aptly Named Checkout Counter</a></b><br/> Checkout lady: <em>School supplies</em>? You gotta buy this in September, not December! Chick: I know, but my little cousins want school supplies for Christmas, they wanna play teacher. I'm just following orders. Checkout lady: Christmas? Chick: Yeah, Christmas, it's a gift. Checkout lady: What about Hanukkah? Chick: What about it? Checkout lady: You ever heard of it? Chick: Yeah, but these are a Christmas gift. Checkout lady: You Jewish? Which half? Chick: Only the good half. Checkout lady: You a teacher? Chick: No, a librarian. Checkout lady: You look too young to have finished college. How old are you? Twenty? Chick: No, I finished college. Checkout lady: You eighteen? Chick: No, I'm twenty-three. Checkout lady: Oh. You gotta get married, then. --K-Mart, Staten Island Overheard by: Becka Dash <br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Dec 23, 2005