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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, and check out the archives here.
Donald Trump. He’s annoying, he puts his name on everything, and he doesn’t really describe any policy decisions he’d make. But maybe this tourist figured him out.
Overheard of the Week
Peet’s Penn Quarter, Saturday mid morning:
Midwestern looking mother, grandmother, and young boy are sitting together.
Woman: “What are those things in Harry Potter that eat your soul?”
Other woman: “Dementors. Why?”
Woman: “I was thinking of Donald Trump.”
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After the jump, college kids, office peeps, and great ideas.
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Any place could be with some imagination and paper bags
On the 54 bus going between Columbia Heights and U Street:
A young twenty-something man is striking up a conversation with two young twenty-something co-workers. He begins to describe Georgetown and, in particular, Dumbarton Oaks in depth, describing how its a beautiful place to visit.
One of the young women is deeply involved in her phone and only half-listening: “Is that a bar?”
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Fall continues to be the worst
Walking down the street in Foggy Bottom at about 6 p.m. on Monday:
A group of tipsy male and female students are walking and drinking out of red plastic cups. One mentions that it’s a nice day.
Guy, boisterously: “It’s called dick-sucking weather!”
Other guy: “Uh, excuse me, I think it’s called cuddle weather.”
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Please take this to heart when arguing loudly outside
2 p.m. Tuesday near City Center DC:
Two 30-somethings are in a very angry, loud public argument.
Woman: “You’re not listening to me!”
Man: “You’re not listening to me! So why are we talking; if we’re not listening to each other why are we talking?”
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An excused absence
In an office building in D.C.:
Woman: “Can I leave work early so I can go punch someone in the face at Metro?”
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Cool, see you in jail
Lunchtime on a Thursday at Barcode in Farragut North:
Two late-20s/ early-30s guys are talking and seem unaware that the somewhat communal-style tables might be a reason to lower the volume of your voices.
Guy 1: “Have you ever heard of the Naked Man from How I Met Your Mother?”
(Proceeds to describe the Naked Man date move.)
Guy 1: “I mean, it’s supposed to work like two out of three times, according to the show. I HAVE to try that. Man, there is a lot I have to do before I get married….”
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Current events!
On the Metro between Eastern Market and Smithsonian:
College-age male visiting from Chicago for the Million Man March sits down next to a female GW student. He immediately strikes up conversation: “Do you talk to people on the Metro often? What should I do while I’m in D.C.?”
She is uninterested but indulges him.
Female: “Have you been to the Capitol Building?”
Male: “Is that like an unfinished building?”
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Glad we cleared that up
On the Orange line:
20-something man talking to 20-something woman: “I hate fake boobs. They defy the laws of gravity. Boobs are supposed to hang down, not stick straight up!”
Woman nods in agreement.
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Adorably literal
On the Red Line
A family is talking and the dad says “It’s a jungle out there.”
Suddenly a little voice piped up and says determinedly: “It’s not a jungle. Jungles have trees!”
