Photo by clio1789

Most of the time the “stupid tourists” overheards we get are the same old thing — “gee, where is the Washington Monument” (right behind you); “this FBI T-shirt is so cool” (no, sorry), and so on. They often get obvious things wrong, like calling the Capitol the White House, saying the Washington Monument is where the President lives, the Potomac is the Mississippi, stuff like that. But sometimes, under the idiocy and the fanny packs, there’s a subtle point about race in America.

Oh, no, wait, they’re just dumb.

Overheard of the Week

At New York Ave .and 15th St NW:

Tourist lady, pointing to the U.S. Treasury Department building: “The White House looks a lot different in movies.”
Tourist man: “Yeah, it looks whiter.”

After the jump, guns, babies, bleach, and the number H.

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