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Our city is known for many things. Good weather is not one of them.

Overheard of the Week

Around noon on 14th Street on a 90+-degree Saturday:

20-something woman to friend: “It took maybe a year of living here for me to just get over myself and be fine with being sweaty all the time.”

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Not exactly

In a very long line for customs at Dulles:

A couple young women in a high school travel group: “Keanu Reeves is in Toy Story 4. You know Keanu Reeves, he was Kylo Ren.”

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Zing

At Wolf Trap before the Earth Wind and Fire show:

A group of middle-aged men and women are eating and drinking. One person starts pouring some non-alcoholic beer.

Man: “How can you drink that? It tastes horrible.”
Woman: “It tastes better than a breathalyzer.”

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This is not going to end well for this guy

On 14th Street outside Jeni’s:

Two bros swiftly walking south: “THEY don’t know my dad’s a lawyer.”

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Is that how that works?

On a Circulator bus to Nats Park:

A partial season ticket holder is talking to another fan about buying Diamond Club seats, which has free food and drinks.

Other fan: “I just don’t eat enough to justify it and, as a vegetarian, I don’t drink.”

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Come on dog, be reasonable

A weekend morning on 14th Street in Columbia Heights:

A woman walking two reluctant dogs crouches down at the dogs’ eye level and grabs one in the face. “You’ve got to keep moving forward!”

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Old school

Corner of F and 9th by Shake Shack:

Tourist dad to kid: “Hey, let’s take an OG selfie!”

Dad positions kid in front of him and aims camera at their reflection in a window.

Dad: “This is how we did it in the old days.”

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Yep

Entrance/exit at the Environmental Protection Agency around 3 p.m.:

A female employee greets the security guard as she heads outside.

Security guard: “Done for the day?”
Employee, scoffing: “Do I have a smile on my face?”

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I believe it was Shakespeare who said …

In the changing rooms of the Columbia Heights Target:

One young-sounding woman said she was going to buy the same piece of clothing as the second woman.

Second woman: “Why are you copying me?”
First woman: “Because you have good taste! Imitation is the most flattering form of … whatever … right?”

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But also, sort of yes?

Saturday night at The Wharf:

Christian choir Hillsong United is playing at The Anthem and there are long lines of people:

Man in Hillsong shirt turns around confidently to Anthem staffer: “This is Georgetown, right?”
Staffer (kindly): “No, not quite.”

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Bamboo?

At the National Zoo, mid-day, at the panda exhibit:

Tourist kid with Southern accent: “I wonder what panda tastes like.”
Mother says son’s name in the disapproving way mothers do.

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Attention advertisers, here is your new slogan

At a rooftop pool in Navy Yard on a hot Saturday afternoon:

A bunch of twenty somethings are hanging out in the pool, and a guy goes back to the cooler for another drink.

Guy to friends in the pool: “Bro, there are Trulys in here? And I’ve been drinking Natty Lights like a fucking peasant.”

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