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: 

A group of about 5 or 6 middle-aged men dining at Floriana: 

A conservative estimate 

Two boys about age 12 chatting in Garfield Park:

“I thought I wanted to go to law school, but my father says that by the time I start, tuition will be $5 million a year.”

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^ Synergy

A newly minted lawyer as the line out of graduation in Bender Arena at American University dumped her unceremoniously by the dumpsters:

“There’s a metaphor in here somewhere.”

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And THAT’S what we call a boundary! 

At the San Jose airport waiting to board a flight back to D.C., a young woman is talking on the phone in an insistent tone: 

“I’m going to tell you right now, I’m not going to argue about it.” A pause. She repeats, “I’m going to tell you right now, I’m not going to argue about it.”  Silence.
The phone call ends.

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What’s in a name…

On a picturesque Saturday in the mid-afternoon on the Rapids Bridge in Rock Creek Park. A couple is holding hands, seemingly pondering love, nature’s beauty, and the inexorable passage of time as the rushing water passes between boulders …

…until one of them perks up and exclaims “Oh, I get it now! There *ARE* a lot of rocks in this creek!”

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There’s always that one kid 

A student tour group enters Arlington National Cemetery and at the first glimpse of row after row of white headstones, a middle school student says:

“Looks like dominoes!”

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And both can be deadly 

Two 20-somethings loudly discussing the merits of drinking in moderation while riding the Blue Line in Foggy Bottom around 8 p.m. on a Wednesday evening. The woman mentions she may be switching to just drinking wine to be healthier and asks her companion what he thinks.

Man replies: “My relationship with alcohol is a lot like my relationship with America. I’m very pro it but there are some old issues that should have been worked out.”

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Depending on who you ask, yes 

On the roof terrace of the Kennedy Center after Spamalot: 

Person 1: (pointing at Watergate) “That’s where they filmed scenes for Wonder Woman 2!”
Person 2: “Ah yes, the most significant thing to happen in that specific building.”

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“Puking out of her eyes” is an amazing rebrand for crying 

Two women in their 20s crossing Columbia Road during Adams Morgan Porch Fest. One to the other:

“So she was puking out of her eyes and I was puking out of my mouth. That’s the drunkest I’ve ever… It happens like once a year…”

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Rough 

At Tatte near Georgetown law school. A group of six people are sitting outside having lunch midweek. The youngest two (a male a female) are clearly dating and the rest of the group is his family who she is meeting for the first time. One of the women is the boyfriend’s aunt: