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Car Pushed Into Anacostia River By Train
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One of the things about smoking is that it's a communal thing. People often go out and smoke together, borrow lights and meet people doing it, and maybe there's something to the whole illegal-inside-most-places camaraderie. Sometimes, however, that's not quite true.
Overheard of the Week
At a bus stop at 14th and U:
Man to woman in her late 20s: "Excuse me miss, your haircut's terrible but do you have a cigarette?"
After the jump, kids, tourists, buses, and a contest! With no prize!
Hear good stuff? Who hasn't? As always, send it to overheardindc(at)gmail(dot)com
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Bus envy
On the bus:
A nice shiny new S9 Metrobus pulled up next to an old S2 on Alaska Ave at a stop sign last week.
S2 driver shouts out the window: "I've gotta talk to the garage, man."
S9 driver: "What's wrong?"
S2 driver: "How come you've got a Cadillac, and I'm driving a Pinto?"
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This is either a really cool mom or a really weird mom
On the Red Line approaching Woodley Park:
A woman talking to a mother with her 8-year-old boy nearby:
Woman: "Are you taking your son to see Harry Potter?"
Mother: "Thanks for asking, but (name) does not like Harry Potter. He only likes vampires and shape shifters at this point in time. He watches True Blood, I cover his eyes during the sex scenes."
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Tennis?
Saturday night at 2 a.m. at Public Bar:
Girl #1: "Um, there were balls involved."
Girl #2: "Ew."
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It truly is wilderness out there.
On a Metrobus in Virginia:
A guy helped a girl with directions.
Girl, looking around worriedly: "I have no idea where we are. Where anything is. I've never been in this area before."
Guy: "Oh? Where are you from?"
Girl: "The District."
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If living here for years proves anything, it's that tourists always know best.
In Cannon HOB:
A tour group is walking around.
Older Male Tourist: "Now that Obama is in the White House, where does President Bush live in D.C.?"
Staffer: "He doesn't live here, he moved back to Texas."
OMT: "Oh, that would make sense, he was born and raised there."
Staffer: "Um, actually he was born and raised in Connecticut."
OMT: "No, I'm pretty sure he is a full-blooded Texan, after all he was Governor there."
Staffer: "No, Bush was from Connecticut, he also went to Harvard."
OMT: "If you say so, but I'm pretty sure you have your facts mixed up, maybe you should brush up on this before you take people on tours."
Staffer: (Disgusted look on face)
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Quasi-hipster crap?
At the Alexandria Target, 10:15 p.m. Saturday night a few weeks ago:
Two college-age kids in the accessories section: "There's just so much cool crap here. I love crap."
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Kids' brains: sometimes super awesome
Outside the Capitol South Metro station on C Street:
Small kid: "Hey mom! I have a idea of how to get rid of the squirrels in our yard. We can bag them up and stick them on top of the Metro (giggles) and watch them FLY!"
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My middle finger?
On the Yellow Line toward D.C. during morning rush hour:
Tourist mom to family, pointing to the Washington monument out the window: "Look, there's that big pointy thing again that we keep seeing everywhere!"
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Contest time! What does Rosslyn smell like?
The winner gets their name and answer mentioned next week, to the adulation of their peers.
Walking into Rosslyn:
A group of older men and women have crossed the bridge from Georgetown:
Man: "Are you sure we're in the right place?"
Woman: "I know we're in the right place because I can smell it!"
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Woman: "I know we're in the right place because I can smell it!"
Does it smell like the Starbucks, or the Starbucks, or the Starbucks, or the Starbucks, or the Starbucks, or the Starbucks, or the Starbucks, or the Starbucks, or the Starbucks, or the Starbucks, or the Starbucks, or the Starbucks, or the Starbucks?
...Or the Bulgogi, or the Bulgogi, or the Bulgogi, or the Bulgogi, or the Bulgogi.
Fairfax rap SUCKS! I don't know if Fairfax is sub-par to Arlington since I don't go to either place if at all, but the rap just doesn't measure up to Remy!
Oh totally agree. But I just love beef boomtown, I mean bulgogi.
Still not Molly ®
It smells like victory!
I smell a rat!
Rosslyn smells like yuppies.
Which differs from Georgetown how, exactly?
1. It appears that dog is tied up out side of some place.
2. It appears that dog is smoking a joint.
Is it wrong that I read the name of the name of the bar wrong? I should not skip to the end.
BTW...the "My middle finger?" line.
WIN!!!!
The funny thing is that the tourist was right: Bush may have been born in Connecticut but he was raised in Texas.
"As a child, Bush attended public schools in Midland, Texas until the family moved to Houston after he completed seventh grade. He then went to The Kinkaid School, a prep school in Houston, for two years."
Yea, I think DC Interns would have a field day with that one.
And if the group crossing the Key Bridge into Rosslyn did so on a Sunday morning/early afternoon, they were probably smelling China Garden dim sum.
It smells like a bag full of assholes.
Man: "Are you sure we're in the right place?"
Woman: "I know we're in the right place because I can smell it!"
That's what she said.
Man: "Nah, that's not Virginia. I farted."
Woman: "Ha ha. Aren't you funny. No, seriously, Georgetown has a very distinct smell."
Man: "Like?"
Woman: "Like Drakkar made babies with a douche."
I hope someone buries that poor dead dog.
Rosslyn smells like terdz.
Hey hobgoblin I guess it depends on how you defined "raised in." Four years at Phillips Andover Academy leading cheers and then summers at the compound in Kennebunkport doesn't leave much time to be "raised" in Texas. But I guess if your hobby is to wear a cowboy hat and cut down shrubs with your chain saw you can pretend you were "raised" there.
Man: "Are you sure we're in the right place?"
Woman: "I know we're in the right place because I can smell it!"
Woman: "Georgetown smells like Axe. Rossyln is more like Old Spice."
God for a minute I thought you said Rossyln smells like Axl, as in Rose, and I was thinking, damn that is good.
Rosslyn smells like guys in brown sandals.
i thought bush went to Yale. which is in Connecticut. not harvard. which isnt.
but anyway, at least he doesnt live here anymore. so whatever.
The Scent of Rosslyn: tobacco, gunsmoke, and kicked shit...aka despair.
Aw, that puppy's so cute I just want to steal him!
I knew it! You really stole Molly and then pinned it on the crazy!
"I know we're in the right place because I can smell it!"
Hobo camp? Hobo camp.
Bush went to Harvard Business School after Yale.
It's a trick question.
The malodorous mound of life jackets at Jack's Boat House cause temporary anosmia leaving pedestrians with little to no ability to perceive smells after crossing the bridge.
Rosslyn smells like a bum'n nutsack.
Woman: It smells like the bridge and tunnel crowd
Man: mmmm, touche, (chuckling) you have a rich sense of humor muffin.
Woman: I know, but for god's sake dear fix your collar, it's falling down
Man: Oh really? Which one?
Woman: Your third popped collar.