Overheard in D.C.: 2010
Happy New Year! You probably woke up this morning (or afternoon) with a headache from too much champagne, or maybe you did the mom and dad-style New Year's Eve, where you tried to watch the ball drop at home on TV, but fell asleep before it happened. Either way, let's hope for a fun and prosperous 2010. Here's a way to get it started off right:
Overheard of the Week
On 14th Street in Columbia Heights this afternoon:
Woman yells across the street to a man she seems to know: "Happy New Year!"
Man: "Whatever, muthafucka!"
After the jump, schooling, race relations, and gym etiquette.
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Glenn Beck has been warning about this
Around noon on a Wednesday:
A family of tourists is admiring the Dept. of Treasury.
Daughter (around 14): "Wow, that's a cool house!"
Son (around 10): "That's not a house, that's the castle where the king of the United States lives!"
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Try becoming a firefighter
At the Gallery Place movie theater last week:
Two college-aged girls are sitting on a bench in the hall.
Girl: "I really need to move into a new place. I want a pole in my living room."
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Tylenol will mess your shit up!
On a MARC train going to Baltimore:
Man on cell phone talking about his trip to South Beach: "Those must have been some good drugs, because I could have sworn you were there."
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These guys are awesome
In Woodrow Wilson Plaza outside the Reagan Building:
A group of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers walking outside.
(Officer 1 packs a snowball)
Officer 2: (laughing) "Be careful with that, someone might pull a gun!"
(Officer 1 throws at fellow CBP officers)
Officer 3: "Shots fired! Shots fired!"
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Plus they make it hard to use the elliptical machine
By the lockers in a Rockville gym:
One man to another, with no context before or after: "See, I always cut my wings off before they grow out all the way."
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Interesting theory
At the Woodley Park/Adams Morgan Metro stop:
Black guy to a large group of white people exiting the Metro: "Did some Caucasian person drop a glove? How do I know? No black people come here, they go to Gallery Place."