Teens overheard at the mall

Opinion

Dec 23, 20081 min

I’m on vacation. This is what I overheard at the mall today and I can’t help but share with the group:

Teen girl No. 1: “Why don’t you buy him a calendar?”

Teen girl No. 2: “He won’t use it.”

Teen girl No. 1: “So?”

Ah, young love.

Data Center

by Paul McNamara

News Editor

In addition to my editing duties, I have written Buzzblog since January, 2006 and wrote the 'Net Buzz column in Network World's dearly departed print edition for 13 years. Feel free to e-mail me at pmcnamara@nww.com.

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