Overheard in D.C.: Historic D.C.
You don't need me to tell you that D.C. has a lot of history – monuments, old buildings, sites of treaties and meetings, plus all the museums and artifacts. That brings in a lot of tourists from all over. And sometimes from the future.
Overheard of the Week
In the elevator at Court House Metro:
Woman: "Our Metro is so old. Everything is broken. I don't get why Japanese tourists are always taking pictures of it when theirs are so much better."
Man: "Maybe it's quaint to them. Like going to Williamsburg."
After the jump, kids, bus drivers, and the love of technology.
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Family: very important.
On bus from Amtrak/MARC to BWI airport:
Girl on phone: "I am on my way to Utah. Did I tell you my grandfather
died?"
(later)
Girl on phone: "Yeah. I don't know what I am more shocked by, his death
or the price of the plane ticket."
(later)
Girl on the phone: "I mean, I could be flying to Europe right now for
this price instead of a funeral."
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Fall?
Two women walking at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday on Lynn Street in Rosslyn:
One woman to the other: "...that's the season when they eat people, right?"
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Don't patronize me
At the Zoo:
Father to 8- to 10-year-old child: "Straight - it's one of those difficult words, like 'bird.'"
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iPhones are cool and all, but...
At dusk at the intersection of 10th St and T NW:
A man in his 30s in going-out clothes is climbing out of a manhole, with a woman looking
down at him. He steps out of the manhole, stands up, and holds aloft an iPhone.
"Guar-an-tee you the warranty wouldn't have covered that!"
He then starts to try to replace the manhole cover.
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Personally, I prefer "Baby Place"
At the Union Station Metro:
Two 40-something women with heavy Southern accents: "We gotta get to the airport, so we get on the Yellow line at the elephant?"
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That's either a pretty funny idea, or when you met you were too drunk to remember
On Conn. Ave at 17th Street:
Guy on cell phone: "So after we ordered drinks I asked what her name was and she said 'Let's do aliases instead.'"
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Drivers should really use this argument more often. People hate moving back.
On S1 southbound bus on Tuesday morning:
Driver: "Everyone please move to the back of the bus, I need to see my mirrors. Everyone turn sideways and move back. All of the people on this bus need to get to work. We all got jobs. Ain't no unemployment on this bus!"
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Aww
At an OB/GYN office:
A very pregnant woman is sitting with her roughly 5-year-old son in the doctor's waiting room.
Woman: "(name), would you like to sit on mommy's lap?"
Son: "Mommy, you HAVE no lap!"