Photo by The Q

This may be a tourist or a local, but in any case, he’s totally right. And he may not have been talking about taxation without representation, but he’s still totally right.

Overheard of the Week

On the Orange Line on Saturday morning:

A father says to his two sons: “When we get down to the National Mall, don’t make eye contact with any congressmen. They will ask you for money and not give you anything for it.”

After the jump, weird bars, weird colleges, and weird shoppers.

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Common mistake

At the security station at an office building downtown:

One security guard to another: “Hookah, hookah, not hooker! Geez! Yes, it’s a hookah bar.”

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Where did you go to school?

Rosslyn, eating lunch in the park:

A group of 20-somethings are gabbing about hangovers. A guy walks up and says something unintelligible about the blossoming trees.

Woman: “Oh yeah, those are Bradford pears. They smell just like semen. My whole college town smelled just like that. Semen.”

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It’s not a school trip if somebody doesn’t sneak booze

Outside of the Hard Rock Cafe at 10th and E streets NW:

Several high-school age boys gathered around the apparent chaperone, who is stating in a stern tone: “That’s the third time that I saw Mike falling out of the bathroom!”

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You forgot Quebec

On a northbound S9 bus:

Teenage girl: “DCPS is the worst. I think we were, like, 51st a few years ago!”
Teenage boy: “Haha, 51st! Like, uh, counting Puerto Rico and, uh …?”
Teenage girl: “Um, no.”

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It’s important to plan ahead

Two women in their 20s are talking on the Red Line to Shady Grove, about 11:30 p.m:

Woman 1: “So I finished my plan to divorce him.”
Woman 2: (freaks out) “Oh my god! You’re getting a divorce? What happened?”
Woman 1: (calmly) “I’m not going to divorce him. I wanted to have a plan ready just in case.”

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There’s a new crime boss in town

April 18 at the Courthouse Metro Station, about 1:30 p.m:

A mother and her stroller-bound daughter are talking to a WMATA employee near the turnstiles.

Mother: “Thank you so much!”
Employee: “You’re welcome! Where y’all headed?”
Daughter: *baby talk*
Employee (bending down over stroller): “Aww, you going to court?”

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In this case, the tourists are right

On the Yellow line Friday morning when a train is stopped at U Street:

A tourist reads Metro signs to her eight-year-old son: “It says ‘problem resolved, delays continue.’ Well, it’s just contradicting itself.”

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And finally, wut?

At the Target on Jefferson Davis Highway in Alexandria by the sporting goods section:

Blonde mom walking slowly around the aisles pushing her infant son in a shopping cart.

Blonde mom: “And we asked all the Ethiopian people ,’Where do we get soccer outfits?'”