Overheard in D.C.: National Pizza Party Day
Forget Bike to Work Day! For whatever reason, today is National Pizza Party Day. Blame the sinister pro-pizza lobby, or something.
In any case, a pizza party is one of those things all kids look forward too, along with Halloween, sleeping over at the house of the friend with the cool toys, and the last day of school. And we think it's high time that more pizza parties were had.
Overheard of the Week
In the garden behind the Smithsonian Castle:
A school group of maybe 7 year-olds is walking through.
Boy 1: "You could buy 200,000 pizzas with $1,000!"
Boy 2: "That would be cool."
Boy 1: "Yeah."
After the jump, being nice to mom, lots more kids, and a contest! With no real prize!
Keep your ears peeled and send those overheards to overheardindc(at)gmail(dot)com. Don't forget to tell us where and when you heard it!
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Nice job, matchmaker
On Rhode Island Ave.:
Woman on the phone: "Dude, I saw a sexy blind man today and totally thought of you."
(pause)
"He was wearing a suit, and was wielding that cane like it was a double dutch rope!"
(pause)
"What was I supposed to say?! 'I know another blind person...' "
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Yes, but did the roller-derbier have a funny barf-related alias?
At the DC Rollergirls Championship Bout last Sunday:
Girl about 7 or 8 years old to another little girl: "No! You can't come sit with us -- you walked through her vomit!"
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That's what Yo Yo Ma's mama said
On 20th Street near Dupont:
A roughly ten year-old kid is struggling to carry a cello down with mother watching.
Child: "This is soooo heavy"
Mother: "You chose the cello."
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New York City snobbery: not just in New York anymore
At Wonderland:
Two 20s-30s women are talking:
Woman: "It's like 170th Street. That's practically upstate New York to me."
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There's so many things wrong with this
Mother's Day at Giant supermarket on 7th and O:
Two girls and a guy in their 20s in the checkout line.
Guy: "Should we send [female name] a Happy Mother's Day text?"
Girl 1: "But didn't she have an abortion?"
Guy: "Yep, we should send her one anyway..."
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The hospital is such a sexy place
At Inova Fairfax Hospital:
An EEG technician needs to do a brain wave scan on a patient. He's telling the nurse the different options of where he can do the test.
Nurse: "So she is sitting in a chair right now, can you do her while she's in the chair. "
Technician: "Yeah I can do her in the chair! I could also bring her up stairs and do her, or I could just do her on this bed!"
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Recycled lead?
In Rosslyn:
A Greenpeace worker to an Army solider: "You've done things for the country but what have you done for the EARTH!"
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Someone clearly went to the Earth Day concert on the Mall.
Downtown Silver Spring:
Two 20-something girls crossing the street.
Girl 1: "Why did you make us walk around that pole?"
Girl 2: "I had to throw something in the trash."
Girl 1: "Oh. You should have just let it blow into the wind like everyone else."
Girl 2: "Nah, I care about the environment and stuff."
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And lastly, a little contest: why will she be single?
Post your answers in the comments. The winner gets the extreme honor of being mentioned in next week's Overheard.
Lunchtime near 13th and F:
Woman #1: "OK well, have a good week, I'll see you Monday".
Woman #2: "Yeah... and by Tuesday I'll be single!"