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Overheard of the Week
On the 52 bus, going South on 14th Street:
A little girl and her father are talking.
Girl: "F-r-e-e, what does that mean?"
Father: "Free? That means you don't have to pay for it, it doesn't cost nothing. You can take that word right out of your vocabulary."
After the jump, dummies, interns, and animals.
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Uh, what?
A twenty-something guy and girl are getting out of a car in Cleveland Park:
Girl (exclaims): "Stop judging me, baby man!"
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Maybe cell phone service on the Metro isn't such a good idea
On the Red Line heading toward Glenmont:
Girl #1: "So we'll be able to use our phones on the Metro soon."
Girl #2: "Good! Now I can talk to [guy's name] ALL the way home!"
Girl #1: "But you guys live together..."
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But it would make Dupont more interesting
On the corner of 17th and P:
Little boy pointing excitedly: “A goat! A goat!”
Mom: "A goat? That's not a goat, honey. That's a dog!”
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This reminds me of Prince Akeem talking about the NFL in Coming to America
Two 20-something female coworkers in line at Starbucks in SW DC:
Girl #1: "So last night at my kickball game I scored three quarters of a home run!! I was so excited!!"
Girl #2: "Uh...I think that's called a triple..."
Girl #1: "Ah I don't know kickball terminology but a triple does sound much better!"
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Ah, interns
At Tryst:
Dude #1: "So what do you do? "
Dude #2: "I work at NPR. You know All Songs Considered?"
Dude #1: "Of course, of course."
Dude #2: "I’m involved in that."
Dude #1: "That’s tight man. So what sort of things do you do for them? Do you write or do you, like, work on sound?"
Dude #2: "Actually, I don’t know. I just started two days ago. They have a website, and I want to write stuff for that."
Dude #1: "So what’s your title?"
Dude #2: "Well, it’s sort of like an apprenticeship."
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Egads?
At Polly's on U Street:
A middle-aged gay man is talking to friends.
Man (incredulously): "I don't even know what a woman feels like! Yuck!" (He reconsiders) "Well, maybe not 'yuck.' More like 'criminy!'"
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And this week's Professor Genius award goes to
Inside the Botanical Gardens, Saturday afternoon:
Middle-aged woman to her husband: "Wow, these plants almost look real!"
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I had one I was going to submit, but it happened in Baltimore.
A 20-something woman, talking to a friend in a Federal Hill bar:
"So, WHY did he pee on you?"
I think the answer is pretty obvious. Her head was on fire. This is Baltimore, after all.
You'd never see that sort of neighborliness happen in DC.
I didn't hear the whole conversation, but the peed on girl was talking about the last cruise she went on with her boyfriend and how much they drank. It had something to do with that.
I don't understand why real names aren't used here. Is Dcist worried that someone is going to read their quote on here and sue them because they used their name without permission?
I so hope that NPR one is true.
Oh, and a footnote. The bar that Polly's ripped off, I mean was modeled on in NYC closed a while ago. Too bad. It was a classic.
i'll do what i can to find something funny this week, because these weren't the greatest.
If next's weeks Overheards aren't funny, I'm going to hold you personally responsible.
IMGoph, just tell me where you'll be hanging around this weekend and I'll be sure to hang around nearby and say some really funny things.
Just kidding, I already know where you'll be.
Why is [guy's name] redacted? Is it someone so famous we would recognize him just by first name? Lebron? Pele? Barack!
As for names, I like to err on the side of caution. Don't want to embarass somebody or anything. It's overhearing somebody, after all.
Another reason names sometimes get dropped or changed is because the person sending in the "Overheard" was actually one of the participants in the conversation, and may even have been the only person who could have heard the comments. In that situation, the tipster just doesn't want to get caught out in case their friend sees the post . . .
That's possible Nate, but usually I'm the one taking the names out. I do try to filter out ones that sound like they sent themselves in, since that's not really overhearing. Sometimes I get ones that are clearly just somebody thinking they said something clever.
Girl #1: "Ah I don't know kickball terminology but a triple does sound much better!"
If someone needs me, I'll be out on a murderous rampage.
comment o' the day, right there.
I think mofo's photograph is an example of a "baby man".