Photo of the Day: November 27, 2009
Car Pushed Into Anacostia River By Train
Morning Roundup: Black Friday Edition
Devendra Banhart @ 9:30 Club
Saturday Thanks Don't End At Thanksgiving Photo: November 28, 2009
The roads are clear and dry, and city life is back to normal as we stand down from the state of high meteorological alert that was Snowpacalypse '07. OK, so that's just a dream, and we're still seeing people stuck in the ice on the side of the road with alarming regularity. But, there's a thaw coming soon, and before you know it, you'll be able to stop launching yourself backwards at 25 mph just to parallel park, and spinning your tires for 10 minutes to get out of that icy trap. It seems the bulk of Washingtonians are of the mindset that snow is awfully pretty as long as they don't have drive in it, walk in it, or otherwise be affected by it. The ugly chorus of spinning tires across the city speaks to the widespread frustration. We only need to look to the children for a little perspective. Children, those sparkling examples of innocence and playful wonder, for whom every flake is one step closer to a snow day or a date with the nearest sledding hill for a delightful and carefree afternoon of tobogganing.
Except, of course, for the occasional Alex P. Keaton in the making.
Quote of the Week
Cleveland Park Monday afternoon. Slight snow flurries falling.
Obviously not school-aged child who is spitting mad: "I..I..I hate! I hate snow!"
Obviously school-aged child who is staring into the sky, replies wistfully: "Someday, you'll learn to love it."
After the jump, a King James spelling bee, British-American diplomacy, and voting your palate.
Remember. Gently rock your car out of the ice. Don't gun the engine. Flooring it will not only ensure that you won't get out, but it also makes it a lot harder to overhear anything. Send your submissions to overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com.
Photo by Flickr user The Skipping Hippy.
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Thou shalt not learn to spell.
Orange line to Vienna
Girl 1: (Condescendingly explaining a Bible passage) "...it says that two yokes should be -- wait, do you know what a yoke is? For a farm animal?"
Girl 2: "Ohhhh. I thought you meant like an egg yolk."
Girl 1: "Yea, no. But they're totally spelled the same way."
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Ohhhhh, you mean that gap...
Dupont Circle Metro Station:
Trains were severely delayed, leading to packed trains and platform...people start getting onto the packed train when a guy with a British accent from the back pushes his way out of the train.
British guy: "Let the people off the train first!"
American: "Why don't you mind your own gap."
Brit: "At least I'm from a place where we can figure out how to run a Metro properly, unlike this piece of crap!"
American: "But, you can't figure out dentistry?"
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Voters for Culinary Refinement.
Outside Buca di Beppo on Connecticut Avenue, a block from where the DNC Winter Meeting was taking place. There are "Joe Biden" signs taped outside the restaurant.
Guy #1: "Look, that's Joe Biden going into Bucca di Beppo!"
Guy #2: "No, that guy is black."
Guy #1: "No, its Joe Biden."
Guy #2: "No, that guy kinda looks like Joe Biden, but he definitely is black."
Guy#1: "No, behind the black guy!"
Guy #2: "Oh yeah, you're right. I see. [switching to a softer voice] I don't think I could ever vote for someone who eats at Bucca di Beppo."
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If ever there was a time for freak stationary bike accident...
Two extremely preppy and arrogant looking guys in suits talking at GW...
Guy 1: "We should really go to the gym."
Guy 2: "Yeah, but I have nothing to wear."
Guy 1: "We better stop by Lacoste then."
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What do they teach in college these days, anyway?
Three young undergrads walking on the bridge towards Foggy Bottom from Georgetown...
Guy: "Just wait until you guys get some brewski's in ya, that'll warm you up."
Girl #1: "Yeah."
Girl #2: "Yeah, totally."
1 minute pause...
Girl #1: "Wait, what are brewski's again?"
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Girls gone not-so-wild.
Catholic University - in a lounge with a kitchen, three girls are cooking.
Girl #1: This is so much fun!
Girl #2: Yeah, I like being domesticated!
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i love misused cliches and outdated stereotype humor. go team america!
GW meet Nutshell...
Funny how "extremely preppy and arrogant looking guys in suits talking at GW" could be easily swapped for "extremely gay guys talking on 17th Street" without changing the humor.
Do gay men still hang out on 17th street? I thought we reliquished control to the breeders years ago.
Wow, that doesn't surprise me that GW guys would say let's go to LACOSTE to get GYM clothes.
This school is embarrassing sometimes.