Photo by Angela N.
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.
The panda is gone, again. Tearing up our hearts, again. Thanks a lot, China.
Overheard of the Week
Sunday afternoon, around 5pm:
It’s a very busy day at the zoo, 73 degrees and basically everyone is there to say goodbye to Bao Bao.
Man (presumably dad), with young boy, about 6 years old, looking at lone zebra standing in its pen: “See, that’s better than seeing the panda.”
We can’t have Overheard in D.C. without your submissions! Email your Overheards to overheard(at)dcist[dot]com and don’t forget to include who was talking, to whom, and in what context.
After the jump, protests, kids, workers and more.
——
Commonplace
After the “No Muslim Ban 2” march a couple of weekends ago:
Protester: “Thank you!”
Police: “See you next week!”
——
Right, of course
About 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Department of Justice offices in Chinatown:
Two older women are in the elevator talking: “My mother really like globes so of course I had to get her a terrorism mug.”
——
Duuuude
Riding in an Uber pool:
Two 20-something guys who smell very strongly of weed get in.
Guy 1: “You know, there should be a Planet Earth show, but just about buildings!”
Guy 2: “Yeah, it could be from the perspective of aliens who are coming to Earth and seeing these buildings for the first time and thinking, ‘Well what are those?'”
——
Whatever, she’s dead to us now
At the National Zoo to see off Bao Bao:
Woman tourist looking at Tian Tian: “Is this the one that’s leaving? Pow Pow or whatever his name is?”
——
Grossly poignant?
Heading out towards Maryland on the Red Line:
Two twenty-something guys are bemoaning the status of their careers and personal lives.
Guy: “My dad always said ‘love is like a fart. If you force it, it’s gonna be shitty.’ And you know, that has really stuck with me.”
——
Target audience
On Saturday afternoon on 7th Street near the Convention Center during a high school girl’s volleyball tournament:
A few girls on a volleyball team were walking towards Chinatown and one of them exclaimed, “I f*cking love Hooters!”
——
Weird joke or the future?
On the patio of Public Option on Rhode Island Avenue:
A man walking by to a patron: “Hey, you got thirty cents.”
Patron: “No, all I got is Bitcoins.”
Man: “What!”
Patron: “Yeah man, it’s all Bitcoins these days.”
——
I like this guy
At the Georgetown Hospital emergency room waiting room:
The TV is playing Trump’s speech.
Security guard: “Why are we watching this? I’d rather watch the Teletubbies.”
——
The Reflecting Pool makes many people reflect on important events
At the Reflecting Pool:
Two guys wearing Jack Daniel’s hats are walking past the pool.
Guy 1: “Charlie Manson is gonna kick soon.”
Guy 2: “Yeah.”
——
A good question
At Washington Harbor in Georgetown:
A group of eight people in varying degrees of professional dress to casual dress exit an office building walking towards K street.
Woman 1: “Where are we going?”
Man (all-knowing local?): “Let’s head over to Georgetown.”
Woman 1: “Where is that?”
Man looks around a bit, then poins to the intersection of M and Thomas Jefferson: “It’s up at that light.”
Woman 2: “What is Georgetown? A place or a restaurant?”
——
Holiday for all?
On the corner of Connecticut Ave and Macomb on Presidents Day:
A 30 something guy waits to cross the street while overlooking blocks of gridlock outside the National Zoo.
A lady comes up beside him: “This is crazy! The Zoo should be closed, the beasts need to be released, and put an end to torture.”
30 something laughs: “Are you talking about the people or the animals?”
——
Been there
Two twenty-something women are walking along Wisc. Ave across from the National Cathedral:
Woman 1: “I am so hungover from last night that I feel it behind my eyeballs.”
——
