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Kids can be annoying little jerks — just see last week’s Overheard in D.C. for examples. But sometimes they can also be unintentionally awesome.
Overheard of the Week
At the Zoo:
Two little kids, probably 7 or 8 years old, watching the lion who is sleeping or moping around lazily.
Kid 1: “Get up lion! Do something!”
Kid 2: “Yeah, get up, stop being like my dad!”
After the jump, Metro fun, Eye-talian food experts, and more!
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You’re saying the Hooters sign in Chinese isn’t authentic enough for you?
Crossing the street at 7th St. & H St. NW:
A teenager says to his two friends: “So if we’re in Chinatown, why don’t we see any Asian people?”
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Unless you drive your car drunk on Metro tracks! In which case, woooo
Coworkers on elevator in Rosslyn:
Male: “…Metro’s just no fun after a couple of beers”
Female, after an awkward pause: “Neither is driving!”
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Zing
The Hair Cuttery at Potomac Yards
A late-20’s mother is getting her hair done while her 8ish-year-old daughter stands nearby.
Daughter: “I don’t like you with short hair.”
Mother: “Why not? It looks good and it’s more comfortable during the summer.”
Daughter: “I hope when you get old, it falls out.”
Mother: “Now that’s not a nice thing to say. I’ll still have hair when I’m old.”
Daughter: “Yeah. Somebody else’s.”
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Insert sad trombone here
Monday, about 8:50 a.m. on the platform at Union Station:
A tourist family (mom, dad, young son) are waiting for the Shady Grove-bound train.
Boy: “How much longer?”
Dad: “Just one more minute. Can you wait one minute? I’m sure there will be bathrooms on the train.”
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I also like the bowties that you can eat
At 14th and F downtown:
Two tourist moms, both in their late thirties-early forties, are walking behind the rest of their families.
Mom No. 1: “When we get to New York, I have to find a good Italian restaurant so I can have risotto.”
Mom No. 2: “What’s risotto?”
Mom No.1: “It is really tiny pasta shaped like rice.”
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Ladies, I bet he’s single! Or will be soon.
On the Green Line between L’Enfant Plaza and Navy Yard this morning:
One teen guy to another: “I ain’t havin’ a baby, SHE’S havin’ a baby. That ain’t my problem, know what I mean?”
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Borders sells booze?
Beer/wine store in Bethesda, on a Saturday night:
Man buying a bottle of wine: “No more magazines?”
Clerk: “No, they don’t sell anymore.”
Man: “Why? Some kind of new law?”
Clerk: “No, internet. That stuff’s all free now.”
Man: “What, the magazines are free?!?”
Clerk: “No, that stuff is all free on the internet, nobody buys magazine anymore.”
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What day is it?
At a U Street bar on Monday night:
Two guys are having a conversation about grooming when one randomly asked: “So you’re the only one who got his ass waxed today?”
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We’ve all been there?
On Saturday afternoon on the Blue line:
A little kid keeps making loud giggling noises.
Annoyed guy under his breath but still quite audible: “Shut the fu*k up!”
Kid keeps on giggling.
