Overheard in D.C.: Polite Conversations
The Metro is not always a chatty place, though moreso than the New York subway, probably. People prefer to sit in their orange (or red, or blue) seats, reading the newspaper or listening to music or zoning out. Some folks will discuss how many stops they have to go, while others will make small talk about work. But hey, being polite to strangers is cool, right?
Overheard of the Week
A mob of people are getting on the Metro at L'Enfant Plaza:
A woman turns to another woman she doesn't seem to know: "Doesn't this remind you of sperm cells just trying to make it?"
Woman 2: "Okay..."
Woman 1 sits down next to her: "Someone told me once that of the sperm cells that make it, they become us. Isn't that deep?"
Woman 2: "Uh..."
After the jump, more bodily functions, Internet websites, and more.
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Hey, it's a valid answer
At the Georgetown DMV, Wednesday morning:
A middle aged clearly drunk and possibly homeless guy comes in with another guy, maybe a social worker, helping him get a license. They sit down to do the paperwork and the drunk guy either can't or won't fill out the paperwork to get a license. So the social worker is filling it out for him and asking him questions.
Social worker: "Hair color?"
Drunk guy: "Gray."
Social worker: "Eye color?"
Drunk guy thinks about it. "Red, man."
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Clearly he has never seen D.C. Cab
After getting picked up by an Arlington cab in D.C.:
Cabbie: "D.C. cabs are motherfuckers, man."
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Best website description ever
Walking off a MARC train from D.C. at BWI Rail station:
Mom on a cell phone, after telling her kid to get off the computer: "You better start looking for some scholarships! Money ain't gonna find you. Lord knows I can't give
you any money. Stop looking at other people's faces and get to work!"
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Hard at work
Two Metro employees riding the Green line north from Chinatown:
Both employees start laughing.
Male employee to female employee: "Whoever smelt it, dealt it."
They continue laughing.
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Thanks for the nightmares, Mom!
At the Zoo:
Mother to daughter, reprimanding her for running too far off: "They snatch kids here. It's called 'Amber Alert.'"
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Just wait 'til she visits the Octagon House
Just after takeoff on a Northwest flight from DCA to Memphis:
A woman points to the Pentagon: "Look it's the Pentagon, it has 8 sides."
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This raises a number of questions.
At the West Falls Church Metro around 1 a.m. on a Thursday:
Two 20-something kickball players literally skipping through the Metro station: "I can't believe we're in West Falls Church! This is going to be the best wiz ever!"
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Ad execs, are you listening?
While waiting in the Shakespeare Theatre's Free-for-All line:
Woman: "I like Facebook okay. But I'm not so sure about Twitter. Except I can't totally dislike Twitter, because of what it did for Iran."
Man: "Oh yeah, Iran. How did that turn out?"
Woman: "Um, I'm not sure. But definitely better with Twitter than it would have been without Twitter."