What with the recent anti-war protests, we've heard a lot of both anti-war and anti-protest sentiments. Freezing in place or knitting are all well and good, but sometimes the random snide remark can have more effect. Or at least be pretty amusing.

Overheard of the Week:

Crystal City Metro stop a few weeks ago:

Three military guys were crowded around a Metro turnstile trying to exit, but their card wasn't working.

Miltary guy: "How do I get out of here?"

Passing businessman: "What's wrong, no exit strategy?"

After the jump, Spitzer jokes, Black African Americans, and railroad antics.

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Photo by M.V. Jantzen

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Thanks for the advice, Mrs. Spitzer

On Connecticut Ave during the power outage last week:

Woman on her cell phone: "Don't take your hookers with you! Get a hometown honey. When in Rome..."

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Obviously these are not Mormon ladies.

Last Saturday at the Museum of the American Indian:

Three old ladies are talking.

Old lady 1: "It's just a shame that the Native Americans weren't Christian."
Old lady 2: "I guess they just missed the part of history when Jesus died on the cross."

Then they all just shook their heads and continued to agree and said things like "That's just a shame" or "That's too bad."

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Then he wrote "I am a tool"

At the end of a long staff meeting:

Boss to employee: "Oh, and one more thing. Bob, I want you to wear a tie on Wednesday."
Bob dutifully writes in his notebook: Wednesday - wear tie

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Metro must have gotten a good deal on dashes and slashes

On the Yellow line:

Man in his 60s is explaining Metro station naming to a woman who seems to be a visiting relative of his.

Man: "So first they named it after the street, right? It was U Street. And then they said oh, no, we have to name it after the neighborhood too, so they changed it to U Street-Cardozo. And THEN, they built some memorial to Black African American... some... Revolutionary War yadda yadda, so now it's U Street-Cardozo-Black Revolution thing. It's ridiculous."

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Judgy McJudgerson is on the case

In a downtown D.C. office:

Coworker 1: "I wonder why women even become prostitutes."
Coworker 2: "Prostitution is for women who are too stupid to do anything else. Men who are stupid and can't do anything join the army. In both cases, people are serving their country."

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What, is she in training to be a silent movie heroine?

On the #12 Ride On bus in Takoma Park, last Friday morning:

A young woman with a surfer-dude kind of voice is on the phone with her grandmother.

Young woman: "I'm great, yesterday I chained myself to the railroad tracks. No, no there wasn't a real train coming. We just did it so we would know how to do it if we ever needed to in the future. Yeah, we have a paddy-wagon too."