May 2, 2008
Overheard in D.C.: Oh Piss!
This week was a fertile one for overhearing good stuff — funny bros, funny office workers, funny bar goers. Of course, that doesn't mean you should stop listening, it just means you might be in better company. The best overheards are the random ones, or the ones that make you wonder what was going on to cause that snippet of conversation. This one does both.
Overheard of the Week
Walking near Dupont Circle:
A guy in a suit on a cell phone:
"Wait, how many bananas are left??? OH, so you're making banana bread?"
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"Oh piss! We can't make pudding then! Well, can we?"
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"Are we making pudding too? No? FINE!"
Guy hangs up.
After the jump, tea, supply and demand, and minigoths.
Keep sending in the good stuff, overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com
Photo by samer farha
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Don't need a psychology degree for this one.
In Foggy Bottom, two women and one man are walking toward the State Department:
Woman 1: "Crocs can be business casual, can't they?"
Woman 2: "Sometimes, I think so." (Turns to man) "What do you think?"
Man: "I think you're both fucking crazy!"
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Oh God yes, now tell me about marginal utility!
In an economics class at American University:
A professor is discussing equilibrium in trade curves.
"When you reach that point, the climax, everyone can go home satisfied and exhausted. So as you can imagine, we're going to fool around with these curves quite a bit."
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Project Runway is so punk
At the Playbill Cafe on 14th Street Saturday evening:
An older man and his much younger date are sitting together.
Younger: "You know where I don't want to be tonight?"
Older: "Jail?"
Younger: (pause) "No, Town."
Later on, the younger guy is at the bar next to a guy wearing a CBGB shirt.
Younger: "CBGB, what's that?"
Shirt guy: "You've never heard of CBGB?"
Younger: "I know BCBG. Look at me, I love clothes."
Shirt guy: "It was a club in New York that put punk music on the map. I think now it's a Michael Kors store."
Younger: "Oh, then I've been there before."
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The scary thing is, the man was Michael Chertoff.
On the Blue Line:
Man: "They don't have any fucking lockers in the stations! Can you believe that? Why wouldn't they have lockers? Cheap mother fuckers!"
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Morbid kids say the darnedest things
In Sen. Ted Kennedy's office:
A group of elementary school kids are talking to a staffer.
Kid: "How does Senator Kennedy feel about both of his brothers being assassinated?"
The staffer quickly moved on to another question.
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Legal eagles
At 14th and Irving NW:
Two girls are walking across 14th during a red light.
One says to the other: "No, jaywalking is like walking from here to there, outside the crosswalk. This is just breaking the law."
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Dude bro man, Chris Berman should run for president
Wednesday at 25th and K Street:
College Male 1: "I saw fuzzy dice with SportsCenter quotes once. One side said 'Just call him butter, 'cause he's on a roll!'"
College Male 2: "It's just great programming. You don't even have to like sports to watch SportsCenter."
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Suddenly tea becomes the drink of choice for sketchy dudes.
At Teaism
One of three 20-something girls seated outside, well within earshot of other patrons:
"If you sit on my face, it will change your life."
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i'm all in favor of face sitting becoming an Olympic event. you should get extra points for not accidentally suffocating your partner in the process.
Nah, face sitting is for babies. A true olympic sport would be squashing. rowr!
Amen to the man in Foggy Bottom. Crocs should not be worn by anyone over 13. Anywhere. Anytime. Period.
was that dude at the playbill talking about the "town" that we're going to after the servathon thing tomorrow?
On a very cold Saturday night last year, my friend and I were looking for just any bar to warm up in and get a beer. Coming down 14th Street, we walked into the Playbill Cafe. Quite possibly the most uncomfortable beer I've ever had in my life.
Everyone at the bar looked to be alone, over 40, really depressed, and in thrall to the televisions, which were all playing Apollo 13-- not your average bar fare.
On the plus side, I do believe they had some amazing beers on tap. Glass of Smithwicks with your mid-life crisis, anyone?
The fun part is when you take a deep breath, exhale, and watch her jet crazily around the room like a balloon.
Breakin the law! Breakin THE LAW!
you can get a smithwicks in any irish-ish pub in this town.
IMGoph: Town is a gay club that opened 6 months ago. I dont know if the 'younger' was a guy or a girl - but that could make sense
If a gay man was talking about Town, it was the club, not a place with a city hall, stores, residents & whatnot. Which should therefore be capitalized in the original quote.
My inner grammar police officer is grumpy today.
Crocs are totally business casual.....if you're in the business of being a giant douche bag.
Would facesitting improve the food at Teaism? Because that would change my life. (The Lafayette Square location at least - Penn Quarter is okay.)
Town was capitalized in the original quote. I assumed it was a typo, I'll change it back.
My face is leaving in 5 minutes, baby. Be on it. No motorboat noises. Promise.
[crosses fingers]
So was the face sitting comment picked because you were curious to see what Monkey would say?
FYI, It's not michael Kors, it's John Varvatos.
The scary thing is, the man was Michael Evanoff.
Who?
Doh, thanks. Michael Chertoff.