Overheard in D.C.: Booze and Fur Edition
Maybe it's Barack Obama, maybe it's the cold, maybe it's who knows what, but alcohol and fur seemed to be on a lot of people's minds this week. Many of today's overheards involved one or both of those vices (or positive things, depending on who you ask). But first, here's some pithy economic analysis.
Overheard of the Week
On Monday at the Treasury Department:
Several people have stopped to take a photo.
Passerby: "Why are y'all taking pictures? There ain't nothin' in there!"
After the jump, leftover Inauguration stuff, dumb tourists, and liquor and animal pelts.
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Photo by little-wings
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Very impressive, Lance Armstrong.
Two 30s-ish guys walking down the street:
Guy 1: "I used to run 10 minute miles like it was nothing."
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If the other foods are Mike & Ikes and Sour Patch Kids, I'm there.
On the Metro:
20-something girl to her friend: "...and I drank a Mountain Dew; I had an entirely green-food dinner."
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The number one movie in America, ladies and gentlemen.
On the Yellow Line at Pentagon City:
Woman on a cell phone: "Even the name was funny. Blart rhymes with... well, you know. (begins laughing) I know!"
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Hardest to kill, and not much easier to drink.
At intermission in the lobby of Signature Theater in Shirlington:
Middle aged guy: "I've killed a turkey before."
(pause)
"Wild turkey is the hardest animal to kill. Domesticated turkey, now that's the dumbest animal. It would find a way to drown in the rain."
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Branding gone wrong?
At the Target in Columbia Heights on Saturday afternoon:
Two older women are looking at memory foam pillows.
Woman: "I sure as hell don't need no pillow to remind me how to sleep."
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The Minkie Defense.
On the bus in the morning in front of the Supreme Court:
A middle aged lady has been talking loudly on her cell phone the whole ride.
"If he touched my minks I swear I would kill him, I wouldn't have no qualms about it and I'd get off too, that's justifiable homicide."
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That sounds like a pretty good time.
During inauguration walking down E Street SW towards 7th Street SW:
Woman with blanket wrapped around her shoulders to herself: "I'd rather be home with my chicken and liquor."
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Ah, tourists.
Last Monday at the house where Lincoln died:
Two adult women were discussing Lincoln.
Woman 1: "Lincoln, he was the first president, right?"
Woman 2: "No, I'm pretty sure Jefferson was the first president, so Lincoln must have been the second."
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Yikes
At 7th and G in Chinatown on Saturday afternoon:
A middle aged mother wearing an elaborate fur coat and her daughter are crossing the street.
Daughter: "Mom, you're a cougar; that's an older lady."
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Maybe it's tax deductible.
At GW's Marvin Center:
A male student wearing a fraternity shirt is sitting at the table, working on his laptop and talking on his cell phone.
Student: "But I need my W-2 to get my refund."
[pause]
"Yeah, I'm sitting here trying to figure out my taxes, for--"
[pause]
"No, I've got rehab at two, so that won't work."
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The backlash has started
Outside Cobalt:
Two guys having a smoke.
Guy 1: "I thought you were going to quit?"
Guy 2: "I will when Obama does."