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.
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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..."