Overheard in D.C.: Supermarkets
Supermarkets in D.C. are not usually much fun. There's often long lines, barren shelves, and surly staff. Plus, you can never get any shuteye.
Overheard of the Week
Nighttime at the Giant at 9th and O NW:
Giant employee to homeless man: "Sir! Sir, you can't sleep in the frozen food section."
After the jump, New Year's, babies, and kissin' cousins.
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There are laws
Two girls getting off the Tenleytown/AU Metro:
Girl # 1: "I just don't know what to do."
Girl #2: "Just walk up to him and say, 'You're ridiculously hot, we're related, I'm in love with you!'"
Girl #1: "I dunno... that might get a little weird."
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Says the man on a cell phone
At Crumbs and Coffee in Adams Morgan:
Middle-aged man talking loudly on his cell phone: "Remember back in the '70s when people used to think? Before the computer and the cell phone?"
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Hopefully he won't need to drink an entire case.
Boarding a very crowded Union Station Metro train:
Woman on cell phone: "You go have a glass of wine and think about me. And when I call you back later, that better have been the case!"
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Ah, New Year's
New Year's Day at Rhino Bar, in a women's bathroom stall:
Girl 1: "Kate, I can't believe you made out with my boyfriend last night."
Girl 2: "OMG Sarah, I wouldn't have done that if I wasn't completely wasted."
Girl 1: "Yeah but still... you stole my New Year's midnight kiss!"
(fake names used)
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At least they pronounced it right?
At the American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery on Monday afternoon:
Museum visitor: "Where's the Mona Lisa?"
Museum employee behind info desk: "It's not here, it's in the Louvre."
Visitor: "What's that? Really?"
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Real John Nashes here
On the escalator at Target in Columbia Heights:
Two girls, maybe 15-17, are talking.
Girl 1: "I got a A in my math class with all the letters."
Girl 2: "What kinda math have words in it?"
Girl 1: "The math with letters that you calculate degrees."
Girl 2: "That don't sound like any kinda math... you bullshitting."
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Preeetty sure that isn't going to work
In a stall of the women's restroom at Old Ebbitt Grill:
Toddler: "Da da da! Brrrrraaaaaaaap! Mamamamama!" (and other indecipherable gurgling)
Mom: "What did I tell you about touching toilets?!"
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How many times have I heard that!
Two women in their late 20s/early 30s walking up 18th Street:
Woman #1: "Yeah, we were smiling and having fun and playing and and next thing I knew, he was peeing in my face."