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The National Zoo is a fantastic place. It's one of the best zoos in the country, is free to the public, has nice scenery, tons of great exhibits and interesting animals and of course, is the source of your cute little default avatar. Plus, turns out some zoo animals are a great source of ingredients for area restaurateurs.
Quote of the Week
At the National Zoo's Outdoor Flight Cage at the Bird House:
Two Mandarin Ducks are perched on the handrail close to visitors who are snapping lots of pictures.
Young dad calls to daughter: "Gina! Gina! Those are the Mandarin Ducks we get at the Chinese restaurant!"
Other onlookers exchange shocked looks.
Young dad turns to others: "What? It's true."
As always, keep the overheards coming. You'll notice this week's submissions were on the light side -- that's because we can't have the funny stuff without you sending them in! overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com
The ducks in question are pictured. Photo submitted by the overhearer.
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"Becky, I have bad news. He only likes you because you're in a family way."
At Atomic Billiards:
Dude 1: "What did you think of her?"
Dude 2: "She was cute. I like girls who are preggers like that."
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Surfin' Safari at Guantanamo Bay
At the Red and the Black a few weeks ago:
Someone: "Wakeboarding isn't half as bad as waterboarding."
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The Kitchen: A place where few have ventured.
At Williams Sonoma in Clarendon on Christmas Eve:
Woman on phone: "Well here's the deal, I haven't eaten breakfast yet so I can't remember what color our kitchen is..."
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Know what's a worse torture than waterboarding or wakeboarding? Skateboarding. Just try watching a skate rat do the same 5-0 grind over and over and over again and not want to bludgeon him with his own board. Imagine what the skate betties have to put up with.
Mandarins are generally not used for culinary purposes. Ducks used for culinary purposes are almost always Pekin (aka Long Island) ducks.
But I do like the photo accompanying the overheard..
awww man. Peking duck. I'm having such a craving for them right now. Thank goodness they are ugly. Don't feel guilty 'bout killing me some ugly animals and gnawing on them with some hoisin sauce and whatever you call those wraps. I hate going to confession after i eat quail. And I'm not even catholic.
"Cute little avatar" is just insulting. The only thing that could be lamer would be an avatar of one of the monuments.
Okay, nobody will care about this diatribe, but I have to ask because it alway vexes me. Why is the overheard email address on the gmail domain and not on the dcist domain? Gmail's interface is amazing, yes, but it's easy enough to use Gmail with other mail accounts (there are three ways - via POP/IMAP, via forwarding, or, since its your own friggin' domain, via Google apps).
As a side-note for EVERYONE: if you're not funneling all your mail into Gmail one way or another, you should be. All other mail interfaces are useless by comparison. The only excuse is for email that requires a VPN and has no forwarding options and is on a domain you have no control over; in which case, it might be worth quitting your job over.
I love it when parents think they are imparting knowledge to their kids but it turns out to be wrong.