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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.
D.C. has a plethora of law enforcement agencies: All kinds of police forces, investigators, and so on. They also use all kinds of modes of transportation.
Walking through Georgetown on a beautiful spring Sunday:
A D.C. police officer passes by on a horse.
Boat-shoe Bro No. 1 says to Bro No. 2: “That’s where our taxes go in Obama’s America.”
Bro No. 2 replies: “Dude, horses have huge dicks.”
After the jump, medicine, beards, and the H-word.
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Big Pharma does amazing work these days
Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the corner of 9th and E streets NW:
Two 35- or 40-something women waiting to cross the street.
Woman 1: “Doesn’t he have allergies?”
Woman 2, in a “no, you’re wrong” tone: “That’s Superman!”
Woman 1 nods as they cross the street.
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This sounds more like a Red Line problem
On the Yellow Line heading into town around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday:
The train comes to a halt in the tunnel between a bridge over the Potomac River and L’Enfant Plaza station. The train operator comes on the loudspeaker: “Attention customers, I suppose we’ll get there eventually.”
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Extra protection?
At Bravo Bar in Columbia Heights:
A 20-something girl playfully smacks a 20-something guy in the face.
Guy: “You hit my ass harder than that earlier today.”
Girl: “Your ass didn’t have scruff on it.”
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Selfie
Early Tuesday morning at Tryst in Adams Morgan:
Three women in their mid-20s are finishing breakfast, clearly on their way to work. As they walk out, one says to the others: “So I’m following this hedgehog on Instagram.”
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Theological debate
In a D.C. government building:
Two District government employees are talking.
Man 1: “Look it up! It’s there.”
Man 2: “Don’t talk to me about Jesus. And Karma is NOT in the Bible.”
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The way we live now
Getting off a bus at Florida Avenue and First Street NW:
A young woman in her 20s wearing athletic shorts is on her cell phone, catching up with someone who seems to be asking if she was seeing anyone new.
Woman: “Well. (Long pause then laughter.) I’m dating CrossFit.”
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Burn
On a restaurant patio in Alexandria during brunch:
Four 30-something women are chatting about a Miley Cyrus concert.
Woman 1: “Winning the tickets was actually more fun than going to the concert.”
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Oh, interns.
On the 17 Metro bus in Northern Virginia:
A young-20s man is taking on the phone, maybe to a parent or grandparent. He describes his unpaid Capitol Hill internship, his networking successes, the job applications he keeps sending out.
Then: “Hey, did you hear that David Letterman is retiring? (Pause.) The funny thing is that I might be on Colbert’s show, if I get famous. (Pause.) Well, he’s going to do the show for a long time, like Johnny Carson.”
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This is actually an interesting point
Saturday afternoon on 14th Street NW, past the Bang & Olufsen store and one of the many designer furniture galleries:
Three 40-somethings with southern accents are walking and talking.
Forty-something woman to the two men: “These aren’t yuppies, they’re hipsters. Yuppies are our generation.”
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Yes
At the Lincoln Memorial:
Tourist to other tourist: “These are the steps that Rocky ran up, right?”
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And finally, the tourists are getting sassy
Near the Tidal Basin while viewing the cherry blossoms:
While viewing the Cherry Blossoms, a European woman comes up to a mom and her adult daughter to ask directions.
Mom: “Oh, that street. I think it’s down that way.” (She points south.)
Tourist: “Do you think or do you know?” (Marches away.)
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