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Overheard of the Week
About 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday at a dentist’s office in Van Ness:
A group of people are huddled around the receptionist’s desk taking about Charlie Sheen revealing that he was HIV positive.
Dentist walks in: “Well, I’m going to need hearing AIDS from listening to you assholes talking all day.”
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After the jump: cute kids, drunk dudes, and other weirdos.
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Never forget?
At the office:
Coworker: “Oh God, it’s International Men’s Day.”
Everyone else: “You mean just like every other day?”
Boss, sarcastically: “It’s great that someone is finally recognizing the contributions of men.”
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Adorbz
On the Green line:
Little girl to her older sisters, apropos of nothing: “My favorite color is yellow… and orange and gray. And black. And brown!”
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Clearly you have never been on the Red line at rush hour
On the Silver line heading downtown around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday:
Three twenty-somethings, two women and a man, get on the train at Ballston.
Stepping into a semi-crowded train, the man says, “This is very spacious and comfortable. The total opposite of New York.”
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Is it?
Rush hour on the Silver line:
Two twenty-something guys drinking cans of beer wrapped in napkins, most likely traveling to a sporting event:
Guy 1: “Ever since I was arrested for drinking in public I’m really nervous about getting caught.”
Guy 2: “Oh, but it’s so worth it!”
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Collective experience
On the Metro this morning:
A man is tearing up.
Stranger 1: “Are you ok?”
Man: “I’m fine, I’m just listening to the new Adele album.”
Stranger 1: “Oh, that makes sense.”
Stranger 2: “That was me this morning. Some grandma gave me tissues and a butterscotch to make me feel better.”
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Nostalgia!
On the D6 bus towards Stadium-Armory:
Two early-twenty something guys talking about an upcoming conference they’re going to.
Guy 1: “Do you think they’ll make us wear name tags?”
Guy 2: “I don’t know, name tags are so 80s.”
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Unclear on the concept. Multiple concepts.
At 15th and New York on Friday around lunchtime:
Two mid-20-something women are talking.
Woman 1: “What were those things they put in our salad? They looked like eggs but smaller.”
Woman 2: “They were baby eggs.”
Woman 1: “BABY eggs??!! Awww, that’s horrible!”
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Hilarious
Outside Tune Inn on Pennsylvania:
A group of 30 or 40-somethings are leaving the bar.
Guy: “So this is a funny story. It’s from 9-11. The 9-11.”
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Artisanal, small batch, farm to table
At Tortilla Cafe on 7th Street SE:
Man: “Last Thanksgiving we got a prize turkey.”
Woman: “Oh, from where?”
Man: “Oh, we bought it,” he responded. There was a long pause and then he added, “Well actually, it was from Bojangles.”
