Photo by Jonathan Thorpe
Welcome back to Overheard in D.C., DCist’s weekly column of funny, strange and poignant things that our readers and staff overhear and send in. We’ve been doing it since 2006, so check out the archives here.
There’s been an undercurrent of parents vs. singles struggle in D.C. for some time (e.g. mommy happy hours at Wonderland, restaurants banning kids) but maybe we finally have our Dag Hammarskjöld. Hire this lady as ambassador.
Overheard of the Week
In Adams Morgan on a weekday afternoon:
Mother talking with her 10 to 11-year-old son: “…when you’re in a bar and people say, ‘chug, chug, chug!’ and then they put a funnel in your mouth with a hose attached to.”
After the jump, interesting diets, D.C. arguments, and tourists.
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Paleo: not sexy
In the Chinatown Walgreens:
A woman in her late twenties on her cellphone while browsing the travel size shampoos: “Yeah. Yeah. I know! I swear, I’ve been having sex dreams about that bread.”
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Sounds like a fun date idea
Saturday night on the bus:
A couple in their twenties struggling to have a conversation.
Guy: “I’ve always wanted to hijack a bus. Ya know, full of people. Give them a cool tour of D.C. I wouldn’t threaten anyone…unless they tried to get off.”
Girl is silent.
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Philistine
At Lost Dog Cafe in Arlington:
From a group of co-workers enjoying what sounds like a post-presentation lunch: “Dude, if you’re watching curling there’s not enough porn in your life.”
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Congress in miniature
On the Blue Line on Saturday night:
A super drunk couple got on the Blue line at Foggy Bottom while having a very loud argument apparently about socialism.
Guy: “Do you know where we’d be without money? In Chicago…in the fucking cold…angry at everything”
Girl: “I appreciate that, but I just think everyone should be paid a living wage.”
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A one week vacation to party is such a chore
On the Red Line toward Glenmont on Thursday:
Two college girls are talking about wanting to go see some theater performances.
Girl to the other: “I feel like after spring break things calm down a bit and I can really do the things I want to do.”
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This makes some sense for foreigners. Americans, not so much
In the park outside of the Russell Senate Building:
A foreign family asks a bystander in broken English: “What building is that?” pointing to
one off in the distance. The Capitol.
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Global warming
A couple of weeks ago on a snowy day in Trinidad:
One youth to another while walking (wading) through the snowy streets: “At this point, I’d almost rather be shot than deal with this shit.”
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And finally
A dad and son are talking while walking down the street in Capitol Hill:
Kid (yells suddenly): “Aww nards!”
Dad: “Yup. wait, did you just say nards?”
