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The however many million people visiting D.C. this week did not disappoint, filling a whole episode's worth of overheards.
They came from far and wide, and their statements were sometimes funny or poignant, and other times made us think of what esteemed journalist Kent Brockman once said: "I've said it before and I'll say it again, democracy simply doesn't work."
Overheard of the Week:
At Sticky Fingers bakery in Columbia Heights on Monday:
Employee to a customer who had just ordered a cake: "Quick question - do you want 'Obamalicious' hyphenated?"
After the jump, another Simpsons reference and tons more Inaugural goodness.
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Photo by mateofiero
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Something you didn't hear much in the last 8 years, volume 1.
On F Street NW near 14th:
Some young men looking at an Ebony magazine with Obama wearing shades on the cover:
Guy 1: "Damn, he look cool as shit!"
Guy 2: "Fuck yeah!"
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Next stop: sensitivity training
At Sunday's We Are One concert:
Young girl: "I can't see anything."
Mom: "You'll just have to listen. That's what Stevie Wonder does."
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What's it called?
A group of tourist kids, maybe 10-12 years old, are on the Red line:
Kid, to nobody in particular: "Are we taking monorail back to our hotel?"
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Or is it the next ironic vintage fashion?
Near the Capitol around 6:15 a.m. on Inauguration Day:
Street vendor: "Bush buttons! Going out of style real soon!"
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And also, I'm in the United States.
At the We Are One concert:
A group of girls are trying to find their friends: "I'm right behind the guy in the Obama hat."
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Parents are smart
At the We Are One concert:
Middle-aged black man on cell phone: "Well, Dad always said it would be a cold day in Hell before a black man would be president. It sure is cold and paying $8 for that hot dog sure made this place feel like hell."
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Yes, they have a great Piercing Pagoda.
At the airport:
Older woman 1: "So, the National Mall, is that indoors?"
Older woman 2: "Yeah. There's like a see-ment pool, reflecting..."
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Yeah, tolerance, hope, whatever.
Before the We Are One concert in Farragut Square:
A 30ish man is walking past tourists wrapped in Obama capes, towels, T-shirts and hats.
"These souvenirs are as tacky as ones for Mexican Catholicism."
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Answer: "You Are Dumb"
At Inauguration on the Mall:
One young guy to another: "So what does Yo Yo Ma stand for?"
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I'm looking forward to the sequel, Kinkos: The Movie, starring Vin Diesel.
At the We Are One concert when Tom Hanks was speaking:
Specator 1: "Who's That?"
Spectator 2: "Tom Hanks."
Specator 1: "What does he do?"
Spectator 2: "He's an actor. FedEx."
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Something you didn't hear much in the last 8 years, volume 2.
At the Obama staff ball, while Obama is speaking:
Drunk, stumbling girl: "I never wanted someone so hard."
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Well, sir, there's nothing on earth like a genuine, bona fide, electrified, six-car monorail!
What's it called?
Monorail!
Monorail!
Monorail!
you guys all brought a real smile to my face with that one! demonfafa, dtrom4, flapjack, aaronsinger, and hce should get group comment of the week!
Metrorail!
D'oh!
also, people asking for "sam's chili cup" on u st.
I paid a hooker to give me a "Sam's Chili Cup" once. Took me a week to get the stains out of my sheets.
At least they got the street right
Overheard on a tv commercial:
These 2 guys were in a car. A fancy car. They both stop and one of them rolls down his window to say:
"Pardon me, but do you have any Grey Poupon?"
The guy on the couch who sometimes writes cryptic remarks
replies to no one in the room:
"Have you been to Ben's Chili Bowl?"
I think the real response from the other guy who was in the other car was:
"Rosebud!" he then drops his little globe shakey thing and dies in the back seat.
I overheard a 40 year old woman refer to the Washington Monument as "that tower."
the Obama hat one made me LOL.
On the corner of M and Wisconsin on Sunday, a guy said to his girlfriend: "I've never seen so many Democrats in Georgetown before."
Naw, it's really more of Shelbyville thing...
Ugh...that was meant for Scooter's comment. I must have had a brain tumor for breakfast with my comment gaffes today.
Does that monorail go to Ogdenville, North Haverbrook and Brockway?
We were standing by the Washington Monument waiting for the inaugural ceremony to start when we looked over to the White House and noticed the moving vans. "Hey, look, moving vans in front of the White House," my friend said, pointing to the building.
Woman, behind us, to her friend, pointing to the White House: "Is that the White House over there? Wait. No. That isn't it."
Yesterday my girlfriend and I overheard some 12-14 year old boy in a pro-life t-shirt and pork pie hat say:
"OH MY GAWD! How have you not seen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? (Pause) It's rated G."
I started laughing, she just shook her head and said "That's why I'm pro-choice."
Drunk, stumbling girl: "I never wanted someone so hard."
With so many hard up 20-somethings, putting in hard hours on the campaign, it can be hard to determine who has earned a choice political position in the new administration. But when one young lady, drunk, stands up and says she wants it hard, well, then, the choice isn't really so hard after all.
Hard.
i was expecting more from these overheards considering all the tourists in town over the past weekend. these seem kind of weak to me.