Overheard in D.C.: Wise Decisions
People do a lot of dumb stuff. Standing on the left side of the escalator, hiring Jim Bowden, smoking crack in a hotel room with a hooker, wearing white shoes after Labor Day. Sometimes it seems that people in D.C. are pretty good at making bad decisions, be they tourists, politicians, government types, or the person running across the street through traffic. It can be refreshing when they make good ones — bike sharing, good happy hour deals, Metro being open later on weekends. Sometimes, however, good decisions come from bad stuff.
Overheard of the Week
At the CVS near the Washington Navy Yard on Tuesday:
A middle aged man puts mouthwash, Vaseline and condoms on the counter. He asks the attendant for a pack of cigarettes. While she's getting them, he pulls out his wallet and removes a credit card.
Clerk: "Will that be credit or debit, sir?"
Man: "On second thought... maybe I'd better pay cash."
After the jump, cereal, advice, and elephants.
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Photo by Sexy Fitsum
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I'm on the Fruity Pebbles diet
In an apartment building lobby:
A 20-something girl on the phone: "Yeah, I tried that for like three days, but then I realized I don't like cereal."
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I think this was in Ann Landers
Last Saturday in the Women's restroom at Rocket Bar:
Drunk Girl: "So I told her, remove your vagina, put on a cock and man up!"
Drunk Girl #2: "Totally."
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Very good! You pass first grade current events class.
In an office building cafe in Tysons:
girl 1: "So, wait, what were you watching? The Discovery Channel or something?"
girl 2: "No, it was the presidential debate."
girl 1: "So that's like... McCain? and... um... Obama?"
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Damn racist superhero
On H Street near Gallery Place:
A mother and a little boy wearing an Iron Man mask are walking.
Boy: "I hate Chinatown..."
Mother: "No, it's cool!"
Boy: "I don't want to meet any China people."
Mother: "I guess we'll eat at Fuddruckers then."
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Wait, you pick your teeth with a cigarette?
Outside the Cosi north of Dupont Circle on Tuesday night:
A mid-30s guy to a guy and a girl he was with, as he climbed into his Audi:
"If you've got a cigarette, you don't need a toothpick. And if you've got a blowjob, you don't need a a cigarette."
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Yes, you are practically best friends now
At a house party in Alexandria:
A 20-something is discussing drinking a liquor made from the fruit elephants eat:
"It's so cool to be able to relate to elephants."
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Why do drivers dislike bikers again?
On Bradley Blvd in Bethesda, morning rush hour:
Early 30s male bicyclist commuter yelling at a Prius that just cut him off: "Gas Guzzler!"
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The hazards of being in high school
At the Oakton, Va. high school marching band competition:
Color guard girl: "My flagpole keeps getting caught in my butt skirt."