Photo by Ted Eytan
There’s bicycle sharing in in New York now, and food trucks have won in D.C. The country will never be the same.
Overheard of the Week
Waiting in line at a food truck in Rosslyn:
A guy walking past says hi to a guy in line.
Guy in line: “What? You went to a brick and mortar? Don’t you believe in Liberty?”
After the jump, it’s summer, so there are tourists, interns, and other related goofballs.
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So many tubes
At a marketing firm in McLean, Va.:
One sales guy to another: “You know how big the internet is, right? It’s fucking enormous.”
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She has a point
In Rosslyn on Sunday afternoon:
Woman in her 20s into her cell phone: “My choosing to stop sleeping with you after you move in with your new girlfriend does NOT make me unenlightened, you ARROGANT PRICK.”
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Legislating al fresco
At the Jefferson Memorial:
College-aged tourist: “Is this the Capitol?”
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And they haven’t even gotten to the Green Line yet!
Red Line Metro, between Grosvenor and Medical Center, about 9:30 a.m.:
Tourist: “This train is going underground. It’s like we’re going to Hell! Good thing we have Jesus in our hearts.”
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Thanks, Yogi Berra
On the 32 bus near the burned up, fenced off Frager’s on Penn. Ave. SE:
Young woman: “That place burned down!”
Bus driver: “Yeah, about a week ago. Don’t you watch the news?”
Young Woman “I don’t watch the news. It’s got too much going on.”
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Bro-test Young Things
Two semi-attractive bros walking past the line into the Brightest Young Things-organized party for the National Geographic Society’s 125th anniversary:
Bro 1: “Dude, we gotta cut this line.”
Bro 2: “I dunno bro, I don’t think the ‘we’re hot’ factor is gonna work for us tonight.”
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Animals are hard
On Saturday, June 8 during the SUPERNOVA arts festival in Rosslyn:
An artist was walking around with a cow during an outdoor performance.
Woman around 45 years old: “Ahhh, look at the Bambi.”
10 minutes later, man around 40 years old: “Is that a goat, or what?”
About 10 minutes after that, woman around 50: “Is that a camel?”
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That’s a very convincing argument, go on
On 7th Street just south of the Mall about 11 p.m.:
A U.S. Park Police officer has a car pulled over that was driving without headlights. The officer asks the driver if they have been drinking and the driver responds by saying just water.
Cop: “Are you sure you only had water?”
Driver: “Absolutely, just water, you know, the non-alcoholic kind of water.”
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How soon we forget!
In the Friends of the Library bookstore:
An older man, the bookstore clerk, is answering questions from an even older customer.
Clerk: “You can just slide it into the VCR, these all should work.”
Customer: “Into…?”
Clerk: “Do you have a VCR?”
Customer: “What is the difference between VHS and VCR?”
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And finally, don’t strain
Riding the Orange Line during rush hour from Rosslyn into the District:
Middle-aged man to his lady friend: “AT&T is crap. I can’t even get service in my bathroom.”
