Photo by JamesCalder.

There are some similarities between Metro and the dentist. You don’t always want to go, but you need to or you’ll have problems in the long term (like a root canal or getting fired). The chairs aren’t particularly comfortable, and it can be painful. It’s almost as hard to find a good train car as a good dentist. And, occasionally, they they offer similar encouragement.

Overheard of the Week

Waiting on the platform at Farragut North for a mechanical delay to be cleared during Friday evening rush hour:

Metro train operator over the loudspeaker: “We’ll be moving in just about five minutes. Don’t worry, you’re all doing great.”

Keep reading for IMF party time and kids spilling the beans.

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Economists gone wild

On a Blue Line train Sunday afternoon around 4:

Two men in business suits were coming from an IMF meeting.

Businessman: “….next thing I know I wake up in the Octagon Museum with no pants.”

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Peak of the peak!

A 30s-ish couple going down the escalator to the platform at Friendship Heights metro between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m. last Tuesday:

Woman: “Is it still rush hour?”
Man: “Yes, but it’s not uhh…”
Woman: “Not rush rush hour?”
Man: “Exactly.”

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What about the people on the street trying to get you to join PETA? Conundrum!

Outside the Wonder Bread Factory on Saturday night during Nuit Blanche event:

After petting a large white dog resting in a red wagon, a woman says to her boyfriend: “Seriously, I only have love for animals. I don’t love any humans, only animals. [awkward silence] Oh, I mean except you. I do love you.”

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___ is the new ____ is the new annoying

On the 52 bus on 14th Street, approximately 6:30 on Saturday night:

Female twenty-something, riding with a couple of friends in the back of the bus, discussing sushi as a possible option for dinner: “After all, you know that raw is the new cooked.”

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Ah, kids. Got to love them

At Arlington National Cemetery:

Ten-year-old Girl Scout, confessionally, to troop leader: “I don’t want to join the army. I don’t like fighting. Except for with my mother.”

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He’s probably kind of right. Except for Hooters

At 7th and H Streets NW:

About 10-year old (ish) boy with his mother standing and looking at the Verizon Center: “So… this is what China looks like?”

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The Red Menace

In Columbia Heights:

Mid-20s guy on his cell: “Actually mom, I do wish we lived in a Communist society — at least then we’d have healthcare!”

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They’re really pulling out all the stops to try to get people to open accounts

In a bank in Chinatown:

Customer to teller: “You know, I best be gettin’ that Brazilian before my man be coming home. Uh-huh, I should look into that for the you know.”
Teller: “Mmhmm.”
Bank manager to another customer waiting: “You know how it is… girl talk.”

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And finally, answer this question: what event is he talking about?

Waiting for the State Department Shuttle to Rosslyn:

A middle-aged, gray-haired suit on phone with son or daughter: “Your mom wants me to go alone because if she goes she’ll have to get Botox.”