Metrobus drivers and their friends are on a roll lately. There have been all kinds of funny stuff coming from the interaction between "operators" and their pals, or operators and random folks on the bus. Sometimes it's bizarre (see the one about safaris and dead wives, for example) and sometimes it's just random (crazy man lecturing the driver about the Redskins).

And this one sounds like a stand-up routine. Hopefully it's not, just inspiration.

Overheard of the Week

Morning on the 38B:

Driver: "What about Beyonce?"
Passenger: "I like her but I don't love her. At the Grammy's when she showed up on stage, I was like 'damn, I didn't know there was that much weave in the world.'"

After the jump, overzealous sports fans, Euros, and dams.

Clean out your ears and keep us posted as to the results. overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com.

Photo by er3465

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Don't comment on his ability to head it.

On the Ellipse:

Several men are playing soccer. A player compliments one of his teammates on his passing ability:

"Hey, nice balls!"

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European man-purse? 2CV?

At the new Target in Columbia Heights, Saturday morning:

A customer with a European accent is trying to leave with his goods and the cart.

Employee: "Sir, you can't take that with you."
Customer: "But how am I supposed to get all of this stuff home?"

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For some reason, no one hugged her after the game.

Outside Porters at 19th and M, right after Kansas won the NCAA tournament:

A visibly intoxicated woman in her early 20s weeping as she's on the phone: "I can't even tell you how exciting it was (sob, sob), I even peed my pants a little (sob) (sob)."

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Or ARE they!?

At the zoo a few weekends ago:

Young Son: "Mom, I want to go see the lions." (heads towards Great Cats exhibit)
Mom: "But that says 'Great Cats.'"
Young Son: "Mom, lions are cats..."

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Hopefully the other end of the conversation isn't "there's a big crack."

Department of Energy headquarters:

A sweating middle-aged guy in shirtsleeves rushing down hall, into cell phone:

"Well, what dam?" (pause) "Hoover? Fuck!"

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Cue all the sketchy dudes on the bus.

On the D2 bus leaving Dupont:

Twenty-something girl into cell phone: "Hey, have you ever done any body painting?"
[pause for response] "Are you interested?"

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Professor Genius alert.

On an Amtrak train from BWI to Union Station, last Sunday, during the Cherry Blossom Festival:

Female is her late teens, on a cellphone: "Yeah, the cherry trees are in bloom, which is weird, because I know the last time I was here for this cherry blossom thing it was in the middle of summer. This must be a very weird year."

Same girl later on: "You know, there will be Jews at any school you attend. It doesn't mean the place is religious. There are lots of secular Jews too. You can't choose a school based on whether or not there are Jews there."

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And the Capitol is that thing they named the hockey team for.

Saturday, April 5. An 8 or 9-year old girl and her father are looking at the September 11th exhibit at the new Newseum:

Girl: "Dad, what is 'the Pentagon'"?
Father: "It's where the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines all have their offices... you know, it's that big building we always pass on the way to Pentagon City."
Girl: "Ohhhhh, yeah."