Photo by Bill Adler
The Department of Motor Vehicles is generally not a fun place. There are long lines, complicated processes and you often don’t have the paperwork you need. And people always complain the DMV doesn’t know what they’re doing.
But in this case, they got it exactly right.
Overhead of the Week
In the waiting room of the DMV office at 95 M Street SW:
A man to the person next to him: “I’m here to replace my license plate. They sent me a license plate that reads D-R-6-9-6-9. I refuse to be Doctor 69.”
After the jump, dummies, kids, Chinatown, and more dummies.
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These people vote (maybe)
At Dupont Circle:
Walking around the circle, a group of foreign tourists pass two other guys.
Guy 1: “Foreigners.”
Guy 2: (In a deep Southern accent) “As far as I’m concerned, anything east of the Atlantic is owned by Al Qaeda.”
Guy 1: “It’s true.”
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No wonder stop signs are red
On the Blue line, 4:45 p.m,. between Pentagon and Pentagon City:
Grandma to 10-year-old girl: “Do you know how many sides a pentagon has, that shape?”
Girl: silent, looks unsure
Dad: “How many sides does a stop sign have… you know… 6. Penta is six.”
Grandma, to girl: “Right, you know that!”
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Cheaper in bulk!!
At Costco off South Dakota Avenue NE on Saturday morning:
A young woman is shopping with one-year old twins. An older woman approaches her.
Older woman: “Oh how cute! Are these your babies?”
Young woman: “Yes, I have eight total.”
Older woman: “Oh… but you’re all done now, right?”
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Daughter just unknowingly invented a good Chinatown joke
Outside Clyde’s in Chinatown:
A mother and teen daughter walking. They both look up at the sign above Clyde’s revolving door.
Mom: “How about here?”
Daughter: “No. I don’t want Chinese food.”
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Sounds dumb!!
Last Friday, on the Mall:
A couple of tourists are stopped in front of the Smithsonian, looking at it.
Person 1: “What’s this?” [Reading the sign] “The Smithsonian? Huh. What’s this? Should we go here?”
Person 2: “I dunno, the guidebook says it’s like a museum or something. Probably has artifacts I guess.”
Person 1: “Huh. Funny name, never heard of it. Let’s skip it for now.”
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When old insults enter the modern era
Near the corner of 10th and U streets NW about 1 a.m. on Sunday:
A group of early 20s college males are walking by: “Your mom just Facebook messaged me.”
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Right…
At 18th and K streets NW:
Woman in her early 30s to middle-aged woman, both wearing convention badges: “You know, our organization has a lot in common with Tempur-Pedic. I mean, bedding companies, pancreatic cancer—you wouldn’t think there’s a lot of overlap, but there is.”
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It helps to get mellowed out before using it
At the Students for Sensible Drug Policy conference on Capitol Hill last Monday:
Two college-aged girls are talking.
Girl 1: “The subway system in D.C. is actually really good.”
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And finally…
In the Columbia Heights Staples on Thursday evening:
Young woman: “There’s hair??”
Young man: “There’s hair all over your body.”
Young woman: “On the foreskin?”
