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With ten federal holidays during the year, it can be easy to forget the exact date when they take place. And then there’s this.
Overheard Of The Week
Two middle-aged women exiting the Farragut West Metro station during a Monday morning commute.
Woman 1: “So we’ve got next Monday off, too.”
Woman 2: “Oh, is that for President’s Day?”
Woman 1: “No, I think it’s for the day that Christopher Columbus got murdered.”
After the jump, purses, mottos, love, and more.
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The horror!
A couple in their 20s standing on the patio of Town Hall in Glover Park start tossing snowballs at each other. A snowball hits one woman and splatters all over her.
Woman shields her purse behind her body and screams at the top of her lungs: “Stop! It’s a Louis Vuitton!”
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Probably not
At Town on a Friday Night during bear happy hour, a couple waiting in line to order drinks at the bar.
Guy with blonde hair: “Ugh. It smells like body odor and Jolly Ranchers in here.”
Brunette guy: “I think that might be their motto.”
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Real love
At the National Zoo.
A dad to his son: “What’s wrong with you? Get away from that railing! If you fall in and that cheetah gets you, I’m not going in there after you!”
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So … no?
On the corner of 14th and K streets NW on Monday during the evening rush hour. A presumably homeless man is on the corner selling Street Sense.
Man 1: “STREET SENSE! GET YOUR STREET SENSE! HELP THE HOMELESS! (Turns to a man walking down the street.) You, sir, care to help the homeless today?”
Man 2: “I am homeless.”
Man 1: “Alright, then.”
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Yes, it did
At Pica Taco on Florida Avenue on February 4th around 8:30 p.m. Three 20-somethings are leaving.
One guy to the others: “9/11 really changed a lot of things.”
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