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It turns out that D.C. is a town of eavesdroppers after all. We asked you to send along the funny, strange and just plain stupid things you've overheard on the streets of D.C., and you disconnected yourselves from your cell phones and iPods to deliver a cornucopia of oddities and idiocies from our mean streets. We'd like this to be a regular DCist feature, so keep 'em coming to overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com.
Quote of the week
Conference attendee near the Woodley Park Marriott:
"So what's it like here? Do people say please and thank you, like in New Jersey?"
More of your nuggets after the jump.
Dupont Circle:
Girl: Excuse me do you know where the chill-day herald is?
Guy: You mean the Childe Harold?
Girl: Yeah. That E at the end has me all confused.
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Georgetown office building:
"I think dating is God's entertainment."
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Herndon, VA office building:
Guy in hallway, acknowledging my Cubs jacket: "So, you're a Bears fan?"
Me: "Actually, it's the Cubs, but, yes, I'm a Bears fan, too."
Him: "Yeah, I thought that was hockey. Ready for the play-offs this weekend?"
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Tenleytown safeway:
Man: "No, no. She just does it to piss me off. She's vindictive, she's screwing with me ... rant, rant, etc."
Woman: "She's a cat, Frank."
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Uptown Theater:
"She knew I was a junkie -- why'd she give me methadone?!"
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A man and woman that seem to know each other casually are talking on the Metro. At one point the guy asks her about someone they both know that has a tumor. She responds: "Oh yeah, she's doing well now. They removed the tumor but since it was in her frontal lobe she's become bipolar now. Oh, and she started speaking with a British accent. She only speaks with a British accent now."
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Moby Dick, Georgetown:
"Usually when I spend a lot of money at once, I ask the store to split it on two different credit cards so that my dad won't notice. But then last week his secretary called me, 'cause I guess they got a call from American Express asking if it was fraud."
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At a party:
"No one will know why I ate so many apples." and "I like the big beefy ones."
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Blue Line, near National Airport:
"They didn't search me the way they usually do...you know, 'rectal probes to the right.'"
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Keep this up!
I'm a regular visitor to the NY version and it's nice to see what crazies in DC have to say too.
That was absolutely hilarious. Thank you.
Hilarious! Just one thing: It's Childe Harold, not Herald.
Yikes! You're right, Kraplana. It has been fixed. (Thanks for catching it.)
I agree. These are good. Keep it up.
This reads like some Reader's Digest "humour" column.
So far, pretty bland. Overheard in New York beats this 800 trillion times over.
Patience, guys, this was the first one.
Well, I didn't think it was bland, but if it is causing people to compare DCist to Reader's Digest, then it must have been awful!
I can only work with what I receive, people. If you've got something good, send it in. (And Reader's Digest talks about rectal probes now? Cool.)