Spring was nice for the three or four weeks it lasted, wasn't it? After all, it seemed like just a couple weeks ago that the it was 72 and clear. (Oh, wait, it was.) And now we're in for a good three or four months of sweating our previous night's beer intake out on our walk to work. Here's to three-shower days, D.C.

In any case, we must carry on highlighting your brightest observations, which is a fairly perspiring job in and of itself under normal circumstances.

Speaking of causing perspiration, this week's Comment of the Week comes from lou, who has a simple enough solution to the whole bikers vs. pedestrians issue on the Capital Crescent Trail:

I've had experience as a runner, walker and cyclist and the common denominator is entitlement.

If everyone showed courtesy and respect for everyone else, then we wouldn't run into these issues.

We can't really argue with that.

After the jump, a battle royale proposal, the District of Orwellian Theory, and the sad realization that none of us can spell.

Photo by Mr. T in DC

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So we're kinda living in a quasi-police state. It's pretty obvious all the holes in the plan, but we couldn't help highlighting a few of them, after everyone kinda got the "WTF!!11"s out of their systems. For instance, MrTinDC's logical conclusion:

Yeah, the checkpoint seems incredibly useless. If they're going to use borderline-unconstitutional tactics, I'd rather the police would randomly search males under 30 for guns, or tell loiterers to get lost, or enforce public drinking laws, or enforce the curfew, or something slightly more useful than an auto-only checkpoint.

Seriously, they would be better off doing seatbelt or DWI checks like that.

Cranky also makes a fine point about Chief Cathy Lanier's ideas being eccentric for the sake of weirdness:

And here's my biggest beef with this idea:

These things are great case studies in how NOT to undertake a large and creative new effort. Who the heck's in charge of these bright ideas being done this way?

But Stanton Park suggests that maybe we're not giving MPD's intentions their due attention:

Roberts asked yesterday how this is constitutional. It's not, but that has never stopped the MPD. Remember the mass arrests of "protesters" between 2000 and 2002? Did you know about the woman arrested for wondering why there were so many cops in the 7-11?

Alternatively, the MPD may have planned this so they would be sued. That way they could claim every time they try something "innovative" the courts stop them. I don't think they are really that smart, though.

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Well, now every time we choose photos, we'll have to remember this thread.

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"Who needs cooling centers?" asks tomaloisi:

Do people really use these places? Isn't this why god invented malls and movie theaters and air conditioning?

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New frogurt outpost Tangysweet isn't immune from the economic downtown, as Rukasu points out:

$.95 for four berries...oh this recession

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boondoggle thinks that Obama might be overlooking some local talent in his search for a Vice Presidential candidate - the man in front of the White House with the cardboard box:

I didn’t lie to attend the Obama rally, but I did extend my lunch hour by 15 minutes to listen to the candidate in the photo above. His stance on ethics reform lacked nuance and his plan for health care reform was predictably naive. But body odor is not nearly as bad as his disheveled appearance suggests. Paint that cardboard box sir and you might find yourself on the VP short list.

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Nope, Rusty, but it sure does come with some weird looking facial hair:

Does the Zimmerman bobble head come with a torn shoulder tendon?

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Security guard of the year, folks. Stay vigilant!

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It turned out not to have been the apocalyptic traffic mess that we thought it would be, but we weren't the only people to deem Obama's choice of rally venue a bad choice:

DC Guy chimed in with some possible November repercussions:

How to piss off potential swing voters in a key state? Wreck their commute.

while McGillicuddy's cynicism was overflowing:

i see the first decision of his 'official' campaign is a winner.

yes it will!

And this week's episode of The Magical World of Monkeyrotica turned up:

I didn't think this was possible, but the Nissan Pavilion, Route 66, and the weather are all worse than Hitler.

Finally, I have a chance to invoke Godwin3.

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I mean, there's nothing else getting funded, so ideas like stmove's aren't completely ludicrous.

Oh and monkey: to hell with the light rail. Metro should put the worlds longest roller coaster with a giant eagle head on the front between Anacostia and the "National Harbor". They could name it the Patriot Tornado, commuters will be whipped along at 100mph, and when it gets to the giant pheonix statue that the Gaylords put out on 295, a fireball could errupt from the mouth of the eagle combining with lightening bolts emitted from the beak of the pheonix, after rolls and loops it could finally stop at the foot of the Awakening statue. Then everyone can get a free coupon for Ashton Kutchers restaraunt. That place deserves more than light rail.

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No one in this city can spell, let alone these ones, as pointed out by rabo k:

you have to feel a bit sorry for the runner up.
the kid who wins draws these for his final three:

Kulturkampf
introuvable
prosopopoeia

Yup, it's time for some more coffee.

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I spent the rainstorm at Looking Glass Lounge, which was a lot cooler than spending the evening at the East Falls Church Metro station. Sorry, commuters.

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voteprime, it's D.C. I am sure that there is a lobby for this somewhere.

"D.C. Council approves limits on CCTV use at schools"

"There will be limits! No longer will our students who can hear always be forced to ignore words appearing at the bottom of the television screen."

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You certainly answered the call for opinions on the World War II Memorial.

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TripleE, not a fan of the potential Washingtonian bicycling nakedness:

Sweet zombie Jesus! I'm glad I'm leaving town for the weekend, because the last thing I want to see is the residents of this area naked. I mean, we're called "Hollywood for Ugly People" for a reason.

I'm going to break into my special flask right now to get that image out of my mind.

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Totally disregarding this week's Comment of the Week, what we really need to do is have a over-the-top battle royal match between 15 bikers and 15 joggers to see who gets to act crazier, and when they get to do it. Really, it's the only logical way to solve the dilemma. You can read through all 96 comments on this post, but really, you find a better idea.

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Award Time!

This week's Username of the Week goes to ihatewalks, because, as we likely made way too clear in the opening to this post, it's really, really hot out there. Here's to levitation!

We're a big fan of campy monster movies here at the 'Say, and as such, we couldn't help but award this week's Avatar Award for Achievement in the Field of Avatars to adubyailkinson for the depiction of a giant (possibly mutated, but also possibly enhanced with alien superpowers) badminton shuttlecock that is about to eat us all! Go, go Birdiezilla! Nice work, aduby!

(Of course, it's actually a large Claes Oldenburg piece at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, MO, but we think our explanation is a lot more fun. And it doesn't end in -eum.)

As always, send in any submissions for awards to dcist [dot] wtys [at] gmail [dot] com.