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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Overheard of the Week:

Outside of the Foggy Bottom Metro, a college student to two friends:

“I am WAY too horny to live in a walkable neighborhood … it’s the biggest enabler of my hoe lifestyle.”

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What Our Cats Can Teach Us About Unhealthy Attachment Styles … ‘in this essay I will …’

A couple hiking on a trail at Rock Creek Park:

Man: “Why would you want a cat as a pet, when the cat doesn’t want you?”
Woman: *Nods in agreement*

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Pays to network, I guess

Overheard outside in Barracks Row:

“It’s kind of a long story, but the King of Jordan invited him.”

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Future ‘State Department’ employee?

Boys from two different high school tours in the restroom at the Capitol Visitor Center:

Boy 1: “Where are you from?”
Boy 2: “Chicago”
Boy 1: “Cool, what’s your name?”
Boy 2: “Umm, I’d rather not say here, because we’ll probably never see each other again anyway.”

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Topical, innit

An undergraduate walking outside on the Georgetown campus with a friend:

“I’m pretty sure I’m going to start talking in a fake British accent for that class this semester.”

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:’)

At the National Book Festival, three strangers are in the checkout line in the Main Hall when a mom and daughter walk past the line:

30-ish mom: “So, what do you think about all this?”
Middle school daughter: “It’s like a dream!”
The strangers: *Smile knowingly at each other*

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It takes one to know one

30-something guy longboarding through the Monroe and 13th NW intersection. Maybe on the phone. Maybe not.

Guy: “Out here calling people weirdo. Who gave you the power to call people weirdo? You gotta be weird.”

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