Overheard in D.C.: Your Elders
It's good to be nice to your elders. But everything has limits.
Overheard of the Week
On a side street in Mt. Pleasant:
Two men are loading a van. A car is parked in the loading zone forcing the men to park farther away. Two women, one in her 20s and the other in her 60’s, get into the car and drive away with the older woman driving.
Man #1 (yelling to car): "Thanks a lot, asshole!"
Man #2: "Look at you, man, cursing at little old ladies?"
Man #1: "Whatever, little old ladies be assholes, too."
After the jump, kids, beer, dogs, and more.
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Only in D.C. - lucky for Orszag he's here.
During the Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions markup session of the Healthcare Reform bill:
Two 20-something girls were discussing the bill and the 600+ page CBO report.
Girl 1 bragged about being one of the few who have read the entire report.
Girl 2: "The only way I'm going to read those 600 pages is if Peter Orszag reads it to me in bed."
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Getting the morning started off right!
9 a.m. Friday morning at the corner of 17th and P St NW:
Late twenties woman on her cell phone: "I would like to order a keg."
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???
Two women walking up a stairwell in a building downtown:
Woman: "Well, I guess that would be like getting your virginity back"
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Thank you, chaperone. May others learn your ways.
On the escalator at Metro Center:
A group leader calls out to 40+ students going up the escalator: "Stand to the right, walk to the left so the locals don't get mad at you!"
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Clearly there is some confusion here.
On 14th Street, a man yells at a woman walking her dog:
Man: "Ma'am, is that a golden retriever? Ma'am, is that a golden retriever?"
Woman with dog: "Um, no. It's a black lab..."
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An evil scheme to raise demand?
At a restaurant in upper NW DC:
One male server to another: "I'm taking all the money I'm making during Kids' Restaurant Week and getting a vasectomy."
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No, Dupont has a better football team! Hey-o!
On the bus from DC to NYC, Friday evening:
A 20 or 30 something guy trying to impress the women next to him: “Oh, Georgetown,
is that like, Dupont?”
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Kid, you gotta think this plan through more next time.
Corporate office in Tyson's Corner:
50-something guy on phone: "Are you sure you want to give our son $1000 for his birthday? He just told me he wants to get 'tore up.'"
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And finally, maybe this is why everyone hates Americans
Group of 20-something girls walking towards Union Station:
Girl 1: "... And when I was in Berlin I took a picture of myself near the wall where that concert was held. Oh, and I took a picture in front of the building where Michael Jackson shook his baby over the crowd."
Girl 2: "That's pretty cool"
Girl 1: "Yeah. I figured I was all the way over there I should probably take some pictures in from of some historical places."