January 25, 2008
Overheard in D.C.: Contest Time
This time we're doing Overheard in D.C. a little differently — as a contest. One of this week's crop of overheards almost requires a follow-up, so give us your best guess in the comments as to what the kid did before, and the winner will be mentioned on next week's Overheard. It's not exactly a free pony, but hey, you can forward it to your pals and be the envy of your office.
Quote of the Week
At the National Gallery's outdoor ice rink.
Preteen boy lacing up his skates hisses to nearby family: "See, I use my fingers for good things!"
After the jump, uninteresting news, existential eating, and jokes about interwar Germany.
You've been sending in good ones lately, so keep it up! Pass those overheards to overheardindc(at)gmail(dot)com.
Photo by techne
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Sometimes the weirdest thing you've ever heard is basically true. And totally boring.
Friday night, while stuck for 30-plus minutes behind a disabled train on the Orange Line between Metro Center and McPherson Sq.
Suburbanite Woman #1: "Why have we been stopped so long?"
Suburbanite Woman #2: "Oh, its because a man tried to attack the White House with a bow and they've closed all of downtown. At least that's what I heard, I didn't really pay attention."
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Have a memorable meal at the Caucus Room.
In the Caucus Room bathroom:
Two young men (32-36ish) walk into the bathroom at the Caucus Room, one holding a drink. They pause and do not use any of the facilities, although all were available. One looks up to the other, in all seriousness, and asks, "Did we eat dinner?"
His pal looks down in puzzlement, then back up, then takes a slow sip of his drink, brow furrowed. He pondered the question for several moments, then the overhearer exited.
"I wonder if they're still in there. It was like something out of 'Waiting for Godot.'" says the overhearer.
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Do they use it for kindling? What is this, Weimar Germany?
At the Pentagon City Costco:
One guy to another: "We can't afford to save any more money."
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"Dude, I hear there are MILFs at the paint your own pottery place."
At a paint-your-own-pottery place in Silver Spring.
The paint colors are numbered, and a mother and her toddler daughter sit and paint
at a table.
Mother: "I need more of color 69."
Toddler (screaming at the top of her lungs): "My mom needs 69! My mom
needs 69! MY MOM NEEDS 69!!!"
Mother (laughing so hard she can barely get the words out): "Sweetheart, please stop saying that."
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This sentiment is so 2004.
On the Orange Line:
Girl: "People don't go to blogs for information. They go for, like, attitude."
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Picking his nose. Definitely.
teaching his younger brother the meaning of The Shocker
Perhaps, but preteen is a bit old for that. One would hope, anyway.
Hmm, my guess would be flipping the bird.
Princeton: You can't put your finger there
(Pause while Kate Monster continutes to put her finger there)
Princeton: Put your finger there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, people reporting "Overheard" comments now get to add their own zinger at the end as if it was part of the original quote? Does it really count as overheard when you're just saying to yourself inside your head? Lame.
And that kid was almost definitely picking his nose. Anyone who thinks nose-picking stops at adolescence probably has suffered the loss of their own fingers in a horrible industrial accident, and therefore deserves our pity more than our scorn.
Also, the CostCo comment is an obvious (and old) joke ... did you really not get it?
Nate: There's a distinction to be made between doing it covertly and doing it in public.
Was he signaling under the stall divider at the Minneapolis Airport? I mean, reaching for some toilet paper that he dropped?
Nate, I thought it was funny enough to include.
And the Costco joke is old, as you noted, which is why I added the inflation one.
I can't believe noone has said it yet, but the chotches at the Caucus Room were almost certainly waiting for the overhearer to leave so they could rip a few lines.
Stink-fingered gang signs, probably...although I have a question: was he talking about the fingers that grew on his hands, or did he chop them off other people? In the case of the latter, he was probably just using them as shoehorns.
Jazz hands. Definitely jazz hands. When ice-skating, what better thing to do with your fingers than stick them out and wave them around?
Regarding the 'Godot' quip: yes, it was clever. No, it does not count as an overheard. Of course, I also take issue with overheards that consist mostly of stage direction, so who am I to say.
who doesnt need MORE 69!?
to keep the contest going and hopefully it's not picking his nose as that's pretty obvious and we're all wasting our time if it is, my guess would be that he poked someone in the eye.
Yea...that Caucus Room entry should have been cut down to about 2 lines. The situation and the direct quote.