September 12, 2008
Overheard in D.C.: Twenty-somethings
School has started again, which means most interns are gone. But D.C. still has plenty of 20-somethings, with college kids back in town and the usual Hill staffers, non-profit workers, etc. And this week, for whatever reason, a number of overheards involve mostly clueless 20-somethings, with a few little kids added in for good measure. Enjoy, dog.
Overheard of the Week:
On a patio on the quad at GW:
A girl is on her cell phone talking loudly:
"Oooh my god, so so much shit went down. I can't tell you what it was because I never know who's around, these people might know everyone.... oh oook I'll tell you. I'll use nicknames - so my mom was soooo mad and she was yelling at A Dog, and then A Dog was bitching at B Dog and my mom basically told B Dog to just give up and forget it."
(pause)
"Oh. Yeah everyone is called A Dog and B Dog! I mean my B Dog. I am just a little pissed off in the head. This is so embarrassing, I would only ever tell you about this. It's not B Dog. I have some faith in B Dog actually. I don't have faith in the other A Dog -- that's who I don't have faith in."
All right. After the jump, diamonds, town names, and doobies, all involving 20-somethings.
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Photo by dharmabumx
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Somewhere, a De Beers family member is smiling
At the Georgetown Flea Market on Sunday:
A girl, no older than 12, picks up a piece of jewelry and says, "Mom, can I get this? I don't know why, but I'm attached to it."
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What's your specialty? Bonerology.
Walking up 16th near Meridian Hill Park:
A 20-something girl on her phone: "Have you told him yet that you're in love with your therapist?"
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The town fathers loved Caddyshack 2.
At the Columbia Heights Metro:
College age girl to college age guys: "So is Chevy Chase, Maryland named after the actor? There are too many of these Chevy Chases."
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You shouldn't have bought all those shares in Smith-Corona.
On the X2 bus:
Twenty-something woman on a phone: "Girl, I'm just surprised my credit score is that high, cause I KNOW that shit's messed up!"
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The... what?
Three guys in their early 20s leaving the Crystal City Metro station:
Guy 1: "Bangkok. That's the best thing I've ever come up with."
Guy 2: "Yeah, and it corresponds with the country in China."
Guy 3: "That's awesome."
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Not what you want to hear.
On 13th Street NW near Columbia Rd:
Teenage girl to teenage guy on a bike: "I don't judge based on size. I don't do that. If it's little, it's little."
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Chong agrees
At California Tortilla on Monday afternoon:
A clean-cut 20-something male: "Never become friends with your drug dealer, because you will never get free drugs that way."
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Look, I don't want to hear about your personal life.
On the 42 bus around rush hour:
Two women, apparently NGO employees, are speaking loudly to each other.
Woman 1: "Yeah, he asked about the project. The workbooks are due next week."
Woman 2: "So, (he) didn't tell you he has malaria?"
Woman 1: "Oh no, when we talk it's usually, like, about a task or something."
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I've been hearing a lot of talk lately about how ancient 30 is.
Last night, at E Street Cinemas, Guy to Girl: "You are Thirty Years Old, Why are you acting like this?"
Two weeks ago on GMU campus, girl on the phone, gossiping about her friend's preference for older men: "Their age gap is ridiculous. Thirty is SOOOO much older than 29."
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I think A Dog, B Dog, cellphone girl, and her momma need to be taken to the pound and euthanized.
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"I don't have faith in the other A Dog -- that's who I don't have faith in."
I'm B Dog, and I approve of this message.
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I'm so confused. Was she actually talking about dogs? Does this mean I'm getting old?
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Maybe!
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it's funny, because i had an overheard moment this week that would have fit in perfectly with the idot-twentysomething theme. went kinda like this:
i was walking at the corner of P and 17th last weekend. a girl on a phone, who appeared to be in her early twenties, said something like, "yeah, they're old, like 29 or 30!"
i just turned 30 last week, so i didn't think it was a very accurate statement...
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It did fit, but I was saving that one for next week. I like to have a stock of good ones in case I don't get any in. Sometimes it's slim pickins'
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30 is old...
28 is the new 40.
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30 is the new 57. But thanks to Cialis and Viagra, 57 is the new 15!
Until the cops show up.
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I was having lunch with a friend yesterday and I knew his birthday was coming up. He said he was turning 31. He asked how old I was and I said 35. He came back with a look of disbelief and then "Oh my god! Really? Wow!" I gave him the stink eye after that comment since it wasn't a compliment that I could pass for someone younger.
I am wondering if 35 is the new 65 and I missed the memo.
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Talking is the new shut the f*ck up
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I keep getting older, but the girls I screw stay around the same age. Fine by me.
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Sometimes it's slim pickins'
And yet you turned down the one I sent in with the hick children talking about Patsy Cline's jumpsuit and FDR's wheelchair? Am I really the only one who finds that hysterical?
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Jailbait is the new f**k this speed-dating bulls**t.
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I *heart* the X2. Never a dull moment on that bus. I once saw a guy selling frozen shrimp out of a styrofoam cooler.
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timtheviking2, sometimes I misplace them too. How about next week.
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i just turned 30 last week, so i didn't think it was a very accurate statement...
Awww, IMGoph, come here and sit by Gramma Bethesdaist. We'll talk about days gone by and turn the sprinklers on these damn kids in my yard. Of course, by "yard" I'm referring to my lady junk.
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That's what I love about these 20-somethings, man...I keep gettin' wiser, they stay the same stupid. Yes they do.
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IMGoph, I'm sure she just meant oldER, not old! I say this because I'm a little afraid that you overheard me...
*Sigh* And I always thought my first-time-caller-long-time-listener moment would be a bit more witty.
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Is it unethical to report your friends' conversations as "overheard" because some of my friends say some remarkably, possibly astoundingly, stupid things.
But since I am alleged to be involved in the conversation, I'm not sure if that's really "overheard."
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I think you made a mistake admitting you get some and don't always post all of them, Andrew; this is about to become the "where did my Georgetown frat boy/grampa tourist/junkpunching barista quote go?"
So what about the old lady and the Snoop Dogg jersey quote I sent in late July, hmm? HMMMM??
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"gurrl, i gots MAD credit...!!! My score is like 99 or some shit...."
Is Easter Motors anywhere on the X2?