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The weather is nice, so school groups and families are all over the place in our fair city. You could make the argument that it’s a good thing, all these folks are seeing how our government runs, learning about our history, and the like. But sometimes they come at the information from their own points of view.
Overhead of the Week
In the Capitol Rotunda on a tour:
Fifth grade girl walking into the rotunda: “This is soooooo much better than Macy’s! Even the nice one!”
After the jump, utility trucks, douches, and funny Express guys.
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Zing
Sunday afternoon on the 1300 block of Kenyon Street NW:
Man and woman are exiting a cab that is blocking most of the street. The driver of a Verizon utility truck behind the cab honks persistently and yells furiously for the cab to move over to the side to let him by.
Woman: “You’re never on time. Why start now?”
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Both dumb and hurtful to D.C., at the same time
Union Station:
Tourist mom to tourist daughters, pointing to Capitol: “And that, straight ahead, is the state house.”
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The charge: excessive cuteness
Court House 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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How to be a douche
Dupont Circle:
Suit guy in espousing career advice loudly on his cellphone: “You never say something unless you know it’s right. You never ask questions unless you know the answer.”
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Yes, and?
Saturday afternoon by the Washington Monument:
A girl in her mid 20s is talking on her cell phone: “They were full-on banging, and it was, like, 8:30 in the morning!”
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Thumbs up, sir
At Union Station Metro entrance, about 8:15 a.m. in the rain:
Express distributor: “Don’t forget your free paper umbrella!”
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Small victories
In the elevator in an office building in Dupont Circle:
Two attractive 20-somethings got on the elevator.
Woman: “How was the new staff orientation?”
Man: “They told me that I wasn’t the most boring person in the group, so I guess it went good.”
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Birth control, people
On the D6 bus westbound in the morning:
Woman talking on cellphone: “You can beat your child, it’s not gonna kill her.” (Pause.) “And if it does, it don’t matter.”
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And finally, Otto’s jacket?
Shaw, 11 a.m. on a Sunday:
Two roommates are cleaning up their patio after a house party, still reeking of booze, hookah, and hookups. Two kindergarten-age neighbor girls stop by: “You smell like my teacher.”
