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. Check out the archives here.

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Given the state of the world after more than a year of a pandemic, we are now taking submissions for eavesdropping on video conferencing calls and all of the other newfangled ways we’re staying in touch.

Overheard of the Week: 

Overheard on Rhode Island Ave. and 14th Street NW: 

“They didn’t even feel it. They were so excited about the treats that they didn’t even know they were getting shot in the butt.”

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*Teary-eyed emoji* 

At the Wilson Pool, two girls about 9 or 10 years old are playing “Olympics”, racing in the smaller pool: 

Girl 1: “I’m gonna be Lydia Jacoby ’cause she swims really fast!”

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D.C. tourists return

Overheard at the National Gallery of Art, in the French Impressionist galleries: 

Woman to security guard: “Do you know if any of these are reproductions, or are they like, the real thing?”

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You’re so close

A young man is outside the national portrait gallery: 

“So people in the D.C. district can’t vote?”

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The world, thereabouts

A couple is discussing a woman they met earlier, while walking down King Street in Old Town Alexandria: 

Man: “Where did she say she was from?”
Woman: “She was from Nova Scotia or Russia. Somewhere in that area.”

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Civics 101

Two 20-somethings are walking along U St NW:

Woman 1: “I think they do digital marketing for campaigns and like, PACs. You know what a PAC is?”
Woman 2: “Uh, duh, I know what a PAC is. I watch John Oliver!”

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This one

Overheard in a local pottery studio: 

One woman to the room: “My Metro station would make the best drag queen/stage name ever: Franconia Springfield.”
Teacher: “Um, Foggy Bottom?”
Next student: “What station would not make a good drag queen handle, really?”

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