April 11, 2008
Overheard in D.C.: Only in D.C.
The other day on the Metro, there was an ad protesting the Doha Round of World Trade Organization talks. Only in D.C. would people a) recognize what the Doha Round was, b) understand enough to get what the protest was about, and c) decide to advertise against the Doha Round. The ad probably wouldn't work too well in Akron or Albuquerque. There are a lot of bad things about D.C., and a lot of things we lack, but the level of dialogue is pretty impressive. Even when dudes are drinking margaritas.
Overheard of the Week
In a Mexican restaurant at 18th and Florida Ave:
A group of guys are trying to split up their tab after several pitchers of margaritas.
"Dude! If you put in $10 more, Musharraf will totally resign by the end of the year."
After the jump, gi-normous nuts, dangerous restaurants, and fashion plates.
Keep the overheards coming! overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com
Photo by cstein96
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He's right, it is pretty stupid.
At an office in Georgetown, coworkers are discussing the colored ambient lighting available on some HDTVs:
Woman: "And what is the purpose of this feature?"
Guy 2: "To get you to shell out more money for something you don't really need."
Guy 1: "Oh, you would have told Jesus he was just selling crackers!"
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He neglected to mention that he married a lion.
On the L1 bus last week:
Guy sitting across from the bus driver: "Yeah, so that's how I killed my third wife."
Bus driver: "Wait was that after the African safari?"
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Replace "gay" with "a member of the Backstreet Boys"
In Dupont Circle a couple weeks ago:
Twenty-something very scruffy looking guy with tattoos on his arms, wearing jeans, an old T-shirt, and a knit cap (when it was around 60 degrees out) to a 20-something girl: "I have such good taste, I should be gay."
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Available wherever jungle juice is sold
A few Saturdays ago near the Farragut North Metro:
A cute twenty-something girl teetering in pink heels towards the Farragut North Metro around 1 p.m.: "God, I'm like frickin' Walk of Shame Barbie right now..."
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Some people are just born this way, OK!?
At T and 13th NW:
A tall guy crossing T street talking on his cell phone: "See, you need gi-normous nuts to do that, and all you gots right now is baby nuts."
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And when I say "vice president" I mean "intern"
Morning at the Columbia Heights Metro a few weeks ago:
Twenty-something dude: "Oh, so you have your own office?"
Twenty-something hipster girl: "Well, actually it's a cubicle right outside of my boss's office."
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Whatever you do, do not tell the waiter that your steak is too rare.
A Tuesday evening in the ladies room at the M&S Grill on 13th & F:
Female: "Hold on a minute, I need to wash Elizabeth's blood off my hands..."
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slow week
OK that walk of shame barbie one was also on eavesdropdc, you really should cross check with that site to avoid double posts.
Walk of shame at 1pm??? Impressive.
Bob - That's kinda what happens when you offer your roommate "sloppy seconds" for breakfast.
uh, that cubicle one isn't funny at all. seems like a normal conversation to me.
A walk of shamer using the Farragut North station? Where was she coming from?
maybe she had an empanada of shame before heading to Farragut North metro? or just got of the 42 bus of shame from mt. pleasant?
or are there massage parlors in farragut that cater to women? if anyone knows of any please share?
I can only post what I get folks. Help me out, hear funny stuff!
A walk of shamer using the Farragut North station? Where was she coming from?
so I may or may not have had a metro of shame in the mcphereson square area. If you live off the red line, then I'd probably walk from McPhereson to Farragut North.
Farragut North is right across the street from The Mayflower. Was Elliot Spitzer in town?
Walk of Shame Barbie... brilliant.
20th & G: Two guys walking down the street. One says to the other "are you AC or DC?"
I have a semi-related question:
What is the symbolism behind the star in the picture here? I see these stars all over DC buildings. Any light shed on this would be muchly appreciated.
I've heard that they hold steel (or maybe iron) rods that work as supports on old buildings, mostly rowhouses. The stars are better looking than just a nut or rivet or whatever.
They serve the same function as the moon on an outhouse, ornamentation for an essential structural facet. In the case of an outhouse, an air vent; for the stars, they equalize the pressure of the wall on the support rods. Some of the later houses just use a square metal plank.
Don't listen to Monkey's lies!
The stars are Masonic symbols of Satan's path to return to earth in a human form. If you look at a map of DC, and trace direct lines between the traffic circles downtown, it forms a pentagram, which the epicenter at the White House. The various stars symbolize Masonic homes that are also Satan worshippers. What sucks is that some homes with the stars have long since seen their original Masonic owners leave. Which means that when Satan does return and stops at each starred house to summon his followers, some people are gonna be in for a huge shock.
Why are you all looking at me like that?
Awww, baby nuts would be such a cute nickname for a boyfriend: "I love you, baby nuts!"
Love this section. I am forced though to mention that 18th and Florida restaurant is most likely El Tamarindo which is Salvadoran, no? DCists would want to get this right.
Thank you, and I thought about that too, but the person might have meant Lauriol Plaza so I left it.