Photo by SG13 PhotographyYou may not have kids, but it’s always nice to see dads and their daughters hanging out and bonding. Especially when it involves this.
Overheard of the Week
Top of the 9th inning at the Nats game Saturday night:
Middle-aged man is sitting with his daughter (8 or 9 years old)
Just after the man repeatedly shouts for some Lynyrd Skynyrd to be played in between innings:
Daughter: “What’s wrong?”
Father: “Daddy doesn’t listen to enough Skynyrd these days and it makes me sad.”
Daughter: “Why?”
Father: “‘Cause I drive a 1990 pick-up with a radio.”
After the jump, tourists, rage fodder, and doo-doo.
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What a ridiculous idea!
At Qualia Coffee in Petworth:
A man and woman in their early 40’s are having a business meeting and talking about riding scooters in D.C.
Man: “Last night I almost hit this girl crossing 15th Street. She just came out into the road.”
Woman: “People are crazy here! They act like we’re in California where people stop for pedestrians.”
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
In Capitol Hill coffee shop:
Woman to counter person: “I was just in New York. They have calorie counts everywhere. Everywhere you look, calories…I couldn’t figure out what to order.”
Counter person: “Calorie counts?”
Woman: “Yeah. It’s Bloomberg, because of Bloomberg…a socialist. Socialist!”
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There’s that
Sunday outside the Eastern Market Metro:
Twenty-something woman on the phone: “You did not get fired for being a woman. You got fired because you suck at your job!”
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A different kind of Mile High Club
On a flight into DCA:
On landing, one 20-something female asks the other, “Hungry? Do you want a Chewy?”
Second 20-something female: “No, I want a laxative.”
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Who hasn’t done that during a harried morning?
At North Capitol and K Street a few weeks ago:
The D4 bus is stopped at the intersection. Bus driver opens her window and looks at the car next to the bus with their windows rolled down.
Driver: “Ladies, I don’t want to alarm you, but there’s a dead pigeon on the top of your car. You might want to roll up your windows.”
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One would hope so
At the office:
The new boss walks back into the office openly carrying his container of Charmin Wipes.
One co-worker remarks to the other: “Nothing says ‘positive work environment’ more than knowing every time your boss goes number two.”
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Dating advice from suits
Walking down M St near 21 Street NW at lunchtime last week:
Two thirty-something D.C. types in suits having a serious and loud discussion:
Man 1: “So you wonder if you can date her while you’re dating this other chick?”
Man 2: “Yeah. But she is 34.”
Man 1: “That’s great, she’d be ready if you want to get serious…”
Man 2: “She has a kid.”
Man 1: “Oh! That’s good. So she’d be cool if you just said, ‘I just want to f*ck you’ and still see this other woman.”
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Probably the best way to respond to this question
In Lafayette Square during the morning:
A woman, standing on the sidewalk in front of the fence surrounding the White House asks a Secret Service officer “What building is that?”
The officer, who is walking down the street, turns around without stopping and says, “The White House,” as if she asked him the time.
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A lot of people feel the same way over the last week or so
Homeless man walking down 13th St NW in the middle of a downpour:
“Stop raining mother f*cker! I’m gonna kick your ass! Stop this mother f*cking rain!”
