Overheard in D.C.: Stereotypical
D.C. as a city is the victim of a lot of stereotypes — the murder capital, crackhead mayor, bad baseball team. One of those is true, but there are at least a handful of other U.S. cities with worse murder rates than us these days, and the worst thing people have dug up about Adrian Fenty is that he appeared in an ad promoting the District wearing his parents' store's logo on his shirt. Not exactly "bitch set me up." But despite all our progress, sometimes D.C.'s stereotypes can still feel true. Especially if you are a very unlucky guy, or maybe a very slow target.
Overheard of the Week:
At the GW Emergency Room at 4 a.m., from the next bed over:
Doctor: "Do you have any medical problems we should know about?"
Man: "Nope...(long pause)...except Hepatitis C...and I've been shot four times."
After the jump, dangerous internal fireworks, multicultural sandwiches, and comparative geography.
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Photo by DrCee
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Nike got married!
At the Bailey's Crossroads DSW store:
A middle-aged woman is browsing through the shoes with her two teenaged daughters. She picks up a Nike box and reads it aloud: "Committed to American workers."
To her daughters, confused: "I wonder what THAT means."
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Angry kids say the darnedest things
At the National Zoo on Saturday:
A 7 or 8 year old boy, in a very whiny voice, to his parents:
"You're the worst parents I've ever had."
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New plan: tell them every interesting part of the city is dangerous.
On the Red Line, circa 8:30 am:
Intern girl #1, with serious smoker's voice: "Like, I totally want to go out somewhere other than Georgetown, you know?"
Intern girl #2: "Yeah, totally."
Intern girl #1: "Have you been to Adams Morgan, yet?"
Intern girl #2: "Um, no, I hear it is scary there."
Intern girl #1: "Here's my stop, let's meet up soon, Facebook me, be-yotch."
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Why are they advertising for an exploding volcano with random advice and page numbers?
On the Red Line platform:
One late 30s man to his friend, "I never understand what those ads are trying to sell me."
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May I recommend some Pepto
On 14th St, watching the fireworks:
Very excited and very gay-sounding man to friend: "This is how I feel
inside! All the time!"
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Seriously, who asks for brats at Subway? It's not called U-Bahn.
At the Subway at 21 & K NW, around 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday:
Customer: "Do you have brats?" (as in bratwurst)
Subway sandwich artist: "Que?"
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Compared to Delhi or Antarctica, he's right
Walking in Georgetown
Man to little boy: "You know where we are close to? New York City!"
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I'm just going to assume this really happened.
On the patio at The Tides Inn, an upscale resort on the Chesapeake Bay:
Older couple, man on cell phone: "Could you please connect me to the nurses'
station on the emergency ward. Yes, hello, this is (name), I'm calling about my son (name) Jr. He was admitted this morning. (pause) No one there by that name? (pause) Discharged? I see. Thanks."
To wife, chuckling: "He must've sobered up and checked himself out. Well,
he'll do it again tonight."