Photo by miamabanta

It’s officially summer now in D.C., with all that comes with it: tourists, interns and heat. Tourists and interns are, of course, fertile sources for this feature, but in honor of the quest of one lawmaker to get the National Gallery of Art to take over the Federal Trade Commission building, here’s a dadaist situation.

Overheard of the Week

At the Au Bon Pain in Crystal City:

Two men in suits eating lunch: “The potato comment really got to me. A potato should be no bigger than a light bulb.”

Keep reading for movies with the kids, pick-up lines, and more.

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Maybe try Cars 2 next time, Mom and Dad

At Hangover II at the Regal Bethesda 10:

About 6-year-old boy is sitting with his parents.

Boy (really loudly): “What’s ejaculate mean?”
Dad: “SHHH!”

Audience busts out in laughter.

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What a weird coincidence

At 15th and S Streets NW:

One cyclist to another, while running a red light at 15th and S and cutting off a group of pedestrians: “This is how I ran into a pedestrian once… ”

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Good try, but a better one might be “I hear Hawk ‘n’ Dove takes fake IDs”

On the Metro:

Male intern: “So, my Dad is going to run for Senator Mikulski’s seat once she retires.”
Female intern: “Oh, cool.”

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Just go home.

A group of tourists at Union Station, discussing how they had gotten split up by the Metro doors closing:

Tourist: “My brother can be very rude sometimes. I mean, couldn’t he have held the doors open?” [looks at phone] “Oh, he says we can meet him at the Chinatown Gallery. What stop is that?”

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Yuh-oh

On New York Avenue where the Bolt Bus lot used to be:

Mom and kid are walking by.

Kid: “Was that 9/11!?”
Mom: “Noooo. No no no. No.”

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Not anymore it isn’t.

Tuesday morning, on the D2 bus to Dupont Circle:

Two young interns are commenting (loudly) on an advertisement looking for participants for a medical study.

Intern Girl 1: “Oh my god, that sign is hilarious. ‘Use cocaine? It’s confidential.'”
Intern Girl 2: “Yeah, I know… [pause] We should totally tell [guy’s name] about that!”

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Gee, thanks for that image, Dad

Saturday around 9 p.m., walking down Clarendon Blvd. in Rosslyn:

A large blond tourist family is chattering happily.

Father to son: “And then he looks up, and there’s a dead body over him!”

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And finally, what, no “The”?

In line waiting for Shake Shack at the Nationals game:

Middle aged man talking to middle aged woman.

Middle Aged Man: “…I really like it for the art and movie reviews.”
Middle Aged Woman: “What’s it called again?
Man: “DCist. D-C-i-s-t. It’s like the City Paper, but online.”