Overheard in D.C.: Well Done!
Asking strangers questions can be a recipe for disaster. But sometimes, it can be awesome.
Overheard of the Week
At Starbucks on 19th and M Streets NW:
Two pregnant women, obviously strangers, are talking.
Woman #1: "Oh hi! How many months along are you?! I'm nearly 7."
Woman #2: "Are you kidding me? I'm not even pregnant!"
Woman #1: (looking embarrassed and shocked) "Oh my god, I'm SO sorry. I am such an idiot."
Woman #2: "Ha, I just like fucking with people. I'm like 8 months."
Woman #1: "That was so not nice." (walks away)
After the jump, bros, dudes, and lots of snickering.
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I'm guessing at some point "broseph" was used
Two guys in their mid 20s on the escalator at Metro Center:
Guy 1: "Dude, I have a warning to interns everywhere in D.C."
Guy 2: "What's that boss?"
Guy 1: "You've been here for two weeks now so if you still don't know proper Metro rules prepare to find my forearm in the back of your head!"
Guy 2: "Come on ragetastic, you are five feet tall! Don't you mean the small of their back?
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Psychic grandmas -- they're everywhere
At the Franconia-Springfield Metro:
Grandmotherly tourist to small child about to board the front car: "Don't get in that car, honey. That's the Death Car!"
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Oh, yeah, totally great.
From a table full of earnest young people at Dos Gringos in Mt. Pleasant:
“You know, some cultures don’t even have sarcasm….wouldn’t that be wonderful?”
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Yeah, no shit!
At a bus stop at 18th and Columbia:
Woman with her four or five year-old daughter, talking loudly on cell phone: "I can't believe she fucking said that--and in front of her child!"
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Heh heh
At Murphy's Pub:
20-something guy: "Does a redheaded slut taste like black licorice?"
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Awww, aren't kids the cutest
At Sandy Point State Park in Maryland:
Two little girls are playing in the sand. The smaller girl is sitting in a hole dug in the sand, and then starts to get up and walk away.
Older girl to younger girl: "Nooo! Get back in your hole!"
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And your weekly dose of dumb
At Cosi three blocks from the Capitol:
Man talking on a cell phone: "The White House is where the president lives, and the Oval Office is in there. [Pause] And I think the Capitol's in there."
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Ok, first off, he knows the names of the Jonas Brothers.
Overheard outside Potomac Ave Metro Stop on Sunday:
Two early 20s guys are talking.
Guy #1: "Yeah dude, the middle guy in a boy band is always the hottest."
Guy #2: "What?"
Guy #1: "For example, Joe Jonas is the middle brother in the Jonas Brothers. He's the hottest."
Guy #2: "What made you think of this?"
Guy #1: "It works every time! Look at the Hanson Brothers, middle brother was the hottest there too."
Guy #2: "We aren't friends anymore. I'm sticking with Taylor Swift."
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Heh heh, volume 2
At the Metrobus stop at 20th and L:
Two women are talking about bus drivers.
Woman 1: "Sometimes they pull out too fast, before you can sit down."
Woman 2: "I know, one time he jerked off so quickly I almost fell over!"