Overheard in D.C.: Namesakes

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If you're going to talk on the phone in the bathroom, you might as well go all out.

In the men's room of a Dupont Circle office building, around 11 a.m. on Friday:

A man bursts through the door into the restroom talking loudly on his cell phone, then enters a stall and proceeds about his business: "Just brush your teeth... Honey, you threw up. Now go and brush your teeth..."

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Franc...onia?

At Foggy Bottom Metro station:

A family of tourists, about 8 people, come off a packed Orange line train.

Parent: "We need to go to Springfield on the Blue Line."
Boy around 13 years old: "We almost went to Vienna. We almost went to France."

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Creigh Deeds: loves the Devil.

Outside the Harris Teeter in Alexandria:

A man is giving a woman a bunch of "McDonnell for Governor" signs.

Woman: "Thank you. You are doing God's work."

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Is it opposite day?

On Amtrak:

20-something woman to guy: "My neighborhood is really cool. It's like the next Bethesda."

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That would be a way funnier protest

Outside the Planned Parenthood on 16th Street:

A group of protesters are holding a banner and have written chalk pro-life messages all over the sidewalk.

Protester with megaphone to passerby: "Sir, we're going to perform a citizens' arrest on you for wearing those sunglasses. Seriously people, don't look at him."

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Is it really that complicated?

In the P Street Whole Foods on Sunday:

Woman #1: "Ew feta, I don't like feta... oh wait no, it's goat cheese!"
Woman #2: "Goat cheese? Great! I can't eat dairy... oh wait, the package says it contains dairy products... never mind."

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Sometimes it's nice when tourists don't know anything about the city

On the Green Line at Gallery Place after a Nats game:

A tourist family is on a train with dozens of people wearing Nats jerseys.

Teenage tourist to father: "So, are the Nationals, like, good?"

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And sometimes it's not.

Waiting in line for tickets to enter Mt. Vernon last Saturday:

A little boy points to the bronze profile of George Washington by the entrance:
Little boy: "Look mom, it's the guy on the penny!"
Mother: "You're right honey!"

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In his defense, he objected to the virus, but the judge overruled him.

In Chinatown during lunchtime:

Girl on cell phone: "You know, it doesn't even really matter if he passes the Bar. He doesn't have a job or any money. Besides, even if he eventually gets those things... you gotta remember he'll always have herpes."

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It's not a NASA capsule.

On the Mall during the Folklife festival:

Tourist to Smithsonian employee: "Where is the Smithsonian?"
Employee: "All around you. Which one do you want?"
Tourist: "Smithsonian 1."
Employee: "Ma'am, do you want the Museum of Natural History, the American History Museum, the Air and Space Museum -- which museum are you looking for?"
Tourist: "Smithsonian 1."
Employee: "Ma'am, I work for the Smithsonian and i have never heard of Smithsonian 1."