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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.
Over the past few weeks, it’s become clear the level of distrust people have towards government—or whatever it is.
Overheard of the Week
At the Maryland-Ohio State game last week:
OSU fan dad to his son (age 8-ish): “And see on the horizon? That’s the Capitol building. That’s where they take our rights away. Or it might be a water tower. But I’m pretty sure it’s the Capitol.”
After the jump, Pinterest fans, kids, and weirdos.
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Ugh
Northbound on 37 bus through Cathedral Heights during rush hour:
Male 20-something says: “Well, you have to understand that he graduated high school in 2009.”
20-something female nods in agreement and affirms: “Yeah, that’s really old.”
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Ooh, sexy
In downtown Silver Spring on Sunday afternoon:
Middle aged man on phone: “Well of course I want to get in your hoo-ha, but in a non-regulatory sort of way.”
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Hell yeah!
In Foggy Bottom:
Woman one: “Pinterest like levels you up.”
Woman two: “Yeah it makes you all crazy and crafty and shit.”
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Oh God no
Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 6pm, Tuesday:
Two mid-20’s women patiently listening to a recent grad and new DC resident wax about his internship and professional dreams. Then:
Newcomer: “Do you ever talk to anyone on the metro during your commutes? It’s so strange to me that no one talks to each other. I want to hear their stories! And network!”
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Was he tremendous?
At Friday’s Cavaliers, Wizards game:
Two mid-40s DC journalists trying to get some perspective on a Trump
presidency:
Man 1: “So, Hoover was like the closest historical example, right?”
Man 2: “I dunno. Was Hoover a complete idiot?”
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Well, this explains some things
Two 50ish men on the orange line towards Vienna during rush hour a few weeks ago:
Man 1: “I just got back from Sedona.”
Man 2: “What country is that?”
Man 1: “Arizona…”
Man 2 (embarrassed): “Oh, right!”
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I mean, nobody likes Safetrack, but…?
On the Red line:
Two businesswoman types are discussing Safetrack problems.
Woman #1: “I had to walk everywhere for months, and of course I could smell everything that ever happened.”
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Kids get it
In Capitol Hill neighborhood on Friday afternoon:
Three school kids around 10 years of age walking down the street:
Kid 1: “The Congress is all Republican, and the President-elect is Republican too. What is this?!”
Kid 2, sounding depressed: “It’s awful.”
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Serenity now!
At Bourbon, Adams Morgan:
Two 40 something regulars trying some from the new hispster bottle of whiskey.
First: “Try this, it tastes like nothing.”
Second: “Good God, it tastes like nothing. It is the Seinfeld of whiskies.”
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Worse things come from there
18th Street just south of Mass Ave, near the back entrance to the Mad Hatter:
Two early 20-something women walking south: “Not like those little-ass tacos you get at the Mad Hatter…”
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🙁
Two twentysomething men walking down Pennsylvania Ave after work on Tuesday:
They encounter a protest and squint at the signs.
Guy one: “Oh it’s against the Dakota access pipeline. There’s too many things to protest these days, I can’t keep track.”
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Halloween, the new Valentine’s
In a Foggy Bottom Whole Foods cafe:
Female student: “I was out on Halloween and this girl in a gorilla suit went down on Tim.”
