Modesty is a virtue.

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Let’s give it up for the most modest people on Earth, who are always reminding us of their modesty.

Overheard of the Week

At Madam’s Organ, a man who recently moved here is talking about how he doesn’t think he fits into the “typical” D.C. crowd

Man: “I make six figures and have a good job, but I don’t go around talking about it. That’s just not me.”

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Get that peer reviewed

Two 20-somethings eating ramen at Sakuramen
20-something: “And what I learned from that is that you don’t have sex with men from Massachusetts. They have serious mommy issues. Two is a good enough sample size. It’s prominent.”

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The state of New Year’s resolutions in February

At the bar at The Eastern on a Thursday
“I gave up drinking on weeknights, but obviously I’m already failing.”

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A resume booster if nothing else

On the 30N toward Friendship Heights on a Monday night
Girl on bus: “Yeah, I worked there but figuring out the paperwork was really hard so I never got paid. But I did work there.”
Guy: “Yeah, you have to talk to them. You still have to put it in your tax forms. They could make you pay the state part.”
Girl: “Yeah. I think it’s fine. Someone told me it was fine.”

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*Bashfully removes ten-gallon hat*

Two 30-ish women walking past Arena Stage on a nice Sunday afternoon

Woman: “I just need a guy in a cowboy hat not to hit on me for five minutes.”

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Soccer balls are indeed round

A mid-20s bro on the phone on M Street in Georgetown
Bro: “But I don’t want a well-rounded education. To me, well-rounded is knowing soccer.”

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You’ve got this

There’s a conga line at a Dupont bar around 2 a.m.

20-something, after person in front of her bails out of leading the conga line: “How am I supposed to do this now?!”

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Who’s gonna tell him?

At Fat Pete’s in Cleveland Park

3 year-old boy: “I don’t like the Metro. I only like the Red Line”

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Wise words for all

Around 6 p.m. on a Saturday evening, two 20-something women are perched at the bar inside Old Ebbitt Grill, having drinks and munching on a large plate of calamari
Woman 1, showing Woman 2 a pic on her phone: “Have you heard of Bob Ross?”
Woman 2: *nodding in agreement* “I really need to get some more Bob Ross into my life right now!”

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Hoping she goes with space boots

Two young undergrad women near Foggy Bottom, around lunchtime, heading towards the White House

Woman 1: “So what are you wearing tonight?”
Woman 2: “Jeans and boots, obviously”
Woman 1: “Obviously.”
Woman 2: “But not fashionable boots, just boots.”
Woman 1: “Right, not fashionable. But which ones?”

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