Our inbox runneth over here at Overheard in D.C. headquarters. Nice weather, busloads of tourists, and a plethora of outdoor events have all come together to give us some amusement for a Friday afternoon. Keep 'em coming to overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com.

Quote of the Week

Museum of Natural History information desk:

Two women: "Where here can we find the baby Panda?"
Information Clerk: "You have to go to the zoo to see the pandas. This is the Museum of Natural History."
Two women: "Oh? The zoo?"

After the jump, it's all Greek to them, the great Patriot debate, and more animal hijinks.

Requisite adorable Butterstick photo posted to DCist Photos by Flickr user Peter F. Martin.

Did you know that Overheard in New York lets us borrow their concept?

FDR Memorial:

Tourist mom to soaking wet tourist daughter after tourist dad lets daughter fall in the fountain: "Well, your dad's a moron, but you'll be all right."

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WWII Memorial:

Girl 1: "So what does E pluribus unum mean?"
Girl 2: "Shhh, we don't want people to know that we don't know."
Girl 3: "Well, it's Greek writing anyway."

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North side of F Street, between 13th and 14th:

"He gives Iraq 85 billion dollars, he can give me a couple hundred thousand."

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Taste of the Nation:

Man to Pregnant Woman: "So are you going to do it South American style -- in the tub -- or the old fashioned way?"
(They were talking about giving birth.)

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Gallery Place:

Two women, late 20s-early 30s, with one guy, about the same. The girls were telling the guy about being Hill interns from Wyoming, how they liked it, etc. Then during a lull in conversation:

Girl 1 to guy: "Were the Patriots the British or the Americans?"
Guy: "The Americans."
Girls: "That's what our coworker said. We were thinking that the Patriots were the Americans who were loyal to the British."
Guy: "No..."
Girls: "We thought the Americans were the Revolutionists [sic], and the British were the Loyalists. We were arguing about it all day with our coworker and she'd say we were wrong, but we didn't want to talk about it anymore, so we'd ignore her and go 'la la la, can't hear you!'"
Guy: "Uh huh."
Girl 1: "So our coworker, like three days later, emails us an article that showed us we were wrong."
Girl 2: "Who does that! Like, think you were right, 'ha ha I'm right,' fine, but to send an email?"
Guy: "Well, do you think that they'd name the Boston football team after the British?"

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Ape house, National Zoo:

A loud roar of squeals is heard coming from the other side in front of the gorilla display.

Guy, walking over to his friends at the orangutan display: "Dude, you just missed it. A gorilla crapped in his hand and ate it."

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Lincoln Memorial:

Girl: "Look, Mommy, it's the White House!"
Mom: "No, honey, that's the White House." (pointing to the Capitol dome)

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University of Maryland:

Girl 1: "...and I got 1400 on my SATs."
Girl 2: "But you don't know anything!"
Girl 1: "I know!"

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Random Overheard:

Man: "His new girlfriend is so much better for him. She's Spanish, so, you know she's wild. She's younger than him too, he's 65 and she's 52. (Voice drops to a whisper) You know men love younger women."
Woman: "What? What did you say?"
Man: "Men love younger women."
Woman: "How much younger is she?"
Man: "Ten years."

(about five minutes later in the conversation)
Man: "She's so much better than his first wife, who was Swedish. So, you know, she was cold."