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New Year's is all about tradition. We eat black-eyed peas; we see those dumb cartoons with the old man labeled 2008 and the baby labeled 2009; we are forced to deal with people who usually don't drink as they come out of the woodwork to get wasted at some place with a $50 cover. And of course, the ball drops -- sometimes in more ways than one.
Overheard of the Week
In the bathroom at Union Station, about 1 a.m. on January 1:
A phone rings inside a stall:
Man: "Yo, happy new year! I'm in Union Station taking a shit, what about yourself?"
After the jump, precocious kids, seemingly obvious sports explanations, and saxophones.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, send overheards to overheardindc(at)gmail(dot)com
Photo by lorigoldberg
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What happened to cooties?
Lunchtime in line at Chipotle in Bethesda:
Two young boys, about 12 years old, are in line.
One to the other: "You made me end that relationship. So, now I am looking for a rebound."
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Remember that part with the guy who made the funny sounds, and the huge dude named Hightower? Oh, wrong movie.
Georgia Ave. NW, just south of the Petworth Metro on Saturday night:
An MPD Sergeant to a group of police academy cadets gathered next to a police cruiser:
"You ever see Silence of the Lambs?"
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Who doesn't know this?
At Nathan's in Georgetown a couple weeks ago:
A seemingly normal 30s-ish couple is sitting at the bar, watching football.
Man to woman: "If he completes the pass in the end zone, it's a good thing."
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Weird Science! (science science)
On the Corner of 13th and F last week:
Guy 1: "You know who's frozen?"
Guy 2: "Who's that?"
Guy 1: "Walt Disney. As soon as he died, they froze him using generics."
Guy 2: "You mean genetics?"
Guy 1: "Yeah, genetics. Whatever."
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Probably about the same number of iPhones
At the very crowded American History Museum on the day after Christmas:
Mom to kids: "Wow, this is worse than the Apple store!"
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I do need some lame '80s music, however
At a bar while watching the football games on Sunday:
"It's like an LSD high...but I don't need an LSD high to play the saxophone."
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Expect a lot more of this come January 17
Downtown:
A lady in her late 30s with with a group of small children.
Kid: "What's that, mommy?" (pointing to the Washington Monument)
Mom: "That's called the Pentagon."
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You think?
Outside Jumbo Slice in Adams Morgan:
A drunk white guy is talking to a Jamaican man.
"Wow! It sounds like the Jamaica I visited is way different than the
Jamaica you grew up in..."
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So that wasn't Larry Craig in the Union Station stall?
Black Eyed Peas? WTF? That's a new one to me
Gotta say, this is a new one to me as well. Of my 46 New Years celebrations so far, I've never been introduced to the Black-eyed pea tradition. A quick Google search, and it looks like this is a southern tradition. Having grown up in New England and living a decade and a half in SF, no wonder I'm not aware of this one.
I grew up in the Midwest & only just heard about the blackeyed-pea/NYE connection after I'd lived in DC about 5 years. Just heard today that the goal is to eat 365 peas, one for each day to have good luck year-round. That's a lotta peaz. Eat collards greens for $$ in the new year!
Hoppin' John is a tradition in my family, but we don't do the "eat 365 beans" deal, we do the "find the dime hidden in the pot and you'll have good luck all year."
This year I cooked my own batch to ensure good luck/dime acquisition.
I grew up in New England as well, but we definitely ate black-eyed peas and rice (alias hoppin' johns) for good luck every January 1st, usually with collard greens, corn bread, and cole slaw. However, my folks are from the south, so they could have brought that tradition with them when they migrated.
I've never heard of eating (counting, for that matter) 365 black-eyed peas.
I believe we can safely say your current sad state of affairs can be directly traced to your negative black eyed pea intake on New Years. You need to get on that $h!t, post haste. Here's your chance to save Baby New Year and have a regular bowel movement. You can set your watch to that $h!t, yo. Straight UP.
Who watches football at Nathan's?
Apparently, painfully oblivious girls.
probably the phobes who realized Nellie's is a gay sports bar and wanted to look extra manly
that doesnt make any sense.
Nellies and Nathans are actually two very different establishments, despite the fact that both play football, and both have names that begin with "N" and are person names.
Nellie's and Nathan's are actually two very different establishments, despite the fact that both play football, and both have person names that begin with "N".
Don't they know, you can only text and check voicemail in the bathroom? It's a rule! http://www.notquitewrong.com/rosscottinc/2008/12/11/the-system-108/