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You may be aware that there was an election recently. Being D.C., if you like that sort of thing, you were able to talk about it all the time. If you aren’t into politics, you were probably pretty annoyed. And thankfully, a lot of folks kept their ears open and heard a lot of wacky stuff about politics over the last week or so.
As always, Overheard in D.C. relies on you to send in the good stuff you hear to our special Overheard in D.C. email address. And please tell us who, where, when, and in what context. The more detail, the better!
After the jump, more elections, jobs and horny people.
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Sad trombone
Lunchtime on Election Day, standing in line for a food truck at Metro Center:
Two square-looking guys in suits are talking.
Guy 1: “I don’t know man, I’m worried.”
Guy 2: “Don’t be. Karl Rove says Romney is going to take it easily. And he knows! He’s the mastermind of everything.”
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Morale is clearly high there
At the Farragut Metro Stop at about 5:30pm on Tuesday 11/6:
Metro employee handing out flyers to riders as they enter the station: “Are you tired of your friends asking you for money? Tell them Metro is hiring! We pay gooood!”
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Speaking of labor! Hey-o!
Thursday, 7:30 a.m., walking down the hallway in the Dept. of Labor building:
A woman loudly says from inside one of the offices: “My son has 2 baby mamas and a girlfriend!”
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Final proof that the terrorists did not win
At the White House around 1:30am after the election results came in:
Older gentleman to his companion while walking through the crowd: “Oh yeah, there’s way more people here than there was for Osama Bin Laden!”
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Times are tough for young people
On the H4 bus to Mt. Pleasant during evening rush hour:
Recent college grad male to recent college grad female: “My brother, who likes to give head more than I do, has already paid off like half of his college debt.”
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Not helping biker-driver relations
In Georgetown:
A bicyclist blows through a stop sign while balancing a cell phone against his head.
Yelling into the phone, “No! That’s just the wind. It shows you how fast I’m going.”
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Insert gay marriage is destroying marriage joke here
The afternoon of Nov. 7 near Dupont Circle:
Young woman on phone: “She’s married to fucking. She’d fuck anything. She’d fuck a goat.”
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Interns: inexhaustible source of comedic gold
In a non-profit office in Alexandria:
Intern: “Weather, man. It controls everything!”
Everyone stares at him.
Intern: “I mean it’s like physics!”
Everyone stares
Intern: “…or biology?”
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And people said younger folks would be less interested in the election this time around
On Connecticut Avenue just south of Dupont Circle:
A man in his late twenties on his cell phone: “I hate that we spend so much time talking about politics now… I liked it better when we talked about titties.”
