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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 us. We’ve been doing it since 2006, and you can check out the archives here.
D.C. now has legal pot (depending on who you ask) and that’s definitely reflected in some of the aromas around town. And even though it remains unambiguously illegal to sell it, that isn’t stopping some folks.
Overheard of the Week
On U Street, 9 p.m. on a weeknight:
Guy in group of four 20ish people: “Ever since I started selling weed, I’ve been like, ‘fuck smoking it.'”
After the jump, tourist kids, business types, and Whole Foods, naturally.
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Yes, Probably So
On the Red Line
A little boy (around age 8) and his mom get on. Little boy: “Eewwww, this train is even dirtier than the last one!”
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Harsh
In the office
Two coworkers are discussing the Washington football team’s loss to the Packers.
Guy 1: “They didn’t play so bad.”
Guy 2: “What do you mean? They got beat!”
Guy 1 makes some awkward excuse about the team’s play during the game.
Guy 2: “Oh, I see what you’re saying. They played terribly because they’re a terrible team, but they didn’t play terribly for a terrible team.”
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You Should Feel Bad
On the Silver Line, waiting at Tysons Corner platform going into D.C.
Train operator on the loudspeaker: “Passengers please use all available doors. To the passenger who is painting her nails in the head car, please move to the second car so the operator does not have to smell it.”
A young 20-something couple gets up and sheepishly moves to the second car. Doors close.
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The Kind At Room 11 Is Fantastic
At the Heurich House Christmas festival, where a group of six 20-somethings are milling around while having some German spiced, mulled wine
Woman: “Jenny! Jenny! What’s this called again? Gluggenheim?”
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The Rare In-person Humblebrag
In Meridian Hill Park before Christmas
A man who looks in his 20s is jogging with his friend: “I hate getting holiday cards from foreign leaders.”
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Paging Abbott And Costello
A group of about half a dozen girls in their late teens are walking along the National Mall towards the Washington Monument
Girl 1: “There’s the Washington Monument.”
Girl 2: “What’s the Washington Monument, [girl’s name]?”
Girl 1: “Right there. That’s the Washington Monument.”
Girl 2: “But…what IS the Washington Monument?”
Girl 1 (in a “you’re an idiot” tone): “It’s a monument? To Washington?”
Girl 2: “Right, but… what’s a monument?”
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Intern Problems
Two interns are standing in line at Longworth Cafeteria
1st intern: “I have no money right now, so I am just using my parents’ credit card.”
2nd intern: “I have, like, 30 dollars sitting in my Venmo that I can’t use.”
1st intern: “Why can’t you transfer it to your bank?”
2nd intern: “I don’t know my routing number.”
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Seems Reasonable
Middle-aged woman in a downtown office talking to a friend on the phone
Middle-aged woman on the phone with a friend: “I’m a person and I need respect. If I have to break your neck to make you understand that…maybe I just need to walk away.”
