Overheard in D.C.: Conspiracy Theories
There's a lot of conspiracy theories out there involving D.C.: it's a giant Masonic symbol, some Illuminati or Skull and Bones or the New World Order controls the government, and Georgetown, GW, and Maryland don't play each other in basketball for some valid reason. But this is a new one. Because WMATA clearly has the resources for something this complex.
Overheard of the Week
Boarding the Metro at Woodley Park during the Conservative Political Action Conference:
Two young women and a very loud man, all carrying blue CPAC goodie bags, are talking about SmarTrip cards.
Young woman #1: "They're totally government manipulated. They can watch you anywhere. The security cameras like turn while you walk and collect your data."
Loud man: "I don't even have EZ Pass."
Young woman #2: "Yeah. It's the government. It can, like.... It's just creepy."
After the jump, sexy stuff, double entendres, and college.
I'm going out of town for a few weeks, so esteemed weekend co-editor Kriston Capps will be taking over Overheard for a little bit. As always, send the good stuff you hear to overheardindc(at)gmail(dot)com
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Hotttt
4 p.m. on Saturday at Columbus Circle:
A 20-something couple is talking.
Girl: "So do you want to get a couple of bottles of wine and some Sudafed and go to my apartment?"
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Hopefully they were joking. But one never knows.
At the Library of Congress:
Tour guide: "And here we have a mosaic of Minerva, with another goddess by her knee. Some of you may be wearing her shoes."
Tourist: "The goddess Adidas???"
Tour guide: "Um... no. Nike. Moving on..."
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Parenthood
On the Metro Monday morning:
Two high school age are girls talking.
Girl: "And when we got there he had a bowl already loaded and I was like, 'I don't do that. My mom told me you don't smoke anything you haven't seen loaded.'"
Slight pause
"So he made another one up in front of me."
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Oh look! Another annoying jaded person!
At the Chinese New Year parade:
"Oh look! Another opportunity to look at meaningless displays of culture!"
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Hey-o!
In a Federal office building downtown:
Guy to himself/group of cubemates: "Man, I'm not hungry at all, but I really want to put something in my mouth."
Cubemates burst out laughing.
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Depends on if they're 21 or not
Near the waterfront in Georgetown:
Woman doing exercises outside, to her fitness coach: "...So my boys want to know: since girls don't have the extra rib, can they get a six-pack, or a five-pack?"
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Memo to campaign managers!
At the Starbucks in Chinatown:
Woman to two others: "So I didn't know the candidates, but I drove around the Gayborhood and looked at the yard signs. That's how I knew who to vote for."
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Clearly Gtown does not have a strong subtlety program
Thursday before the Syracuse game, waiting for the Georgetown shuttle bus:
Undergrad girl: "Do you want some APPLE JUICE?"
Undergrad guy: "No thanks, I don't like apple juice."
Undergrad girl: "No, it's beer. It's just in the apple juice bottle so no one will know."