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: 

At the Columbia Pike farmers market in Arlington, a 30-something woman at a register holding some small pumpkins:

Cashier: “Is that all?”
Woman to cashier: “Yes, just the small pumpkins … my husband is a fall girlie, so I need to get them.”
Cashier: “Well these are nice for decorating and stuff.”
Woman: “Yeah, he’s ridiculous.”

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Ummm ya, the personal IS political! 

On a pleasant afternoon on the lawn with the backdrop of Georgetown University’s stately Healey Hall, two probably undergrad women are chatting earnestly: 

Woman 1: “I’m glad you dumped him. He was stuck in second-wave feminism.”

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Nightmare blunt rotation 

Table of young 20-somethings out for dinner on Saturday in Chinatown:

Woman: (inaudible)
Man: “I’m not telling you.”
Woman: (inaudible)
Man: “No! I’m not telling you that.”
Other Man: “Not everyone thinks about the Roman Empire that much.”
Woman: “But you just spent several minutes talking about the War of 1812.”

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Well, he has his Golden Bachelor trauma arc locked in

Two stylish 20-somethings walking down Connecticut Avenue on Saturday, just south of Dupont Circle:

Her: “I just found out that my mother’s been cheating on my father for, like, YEARS. So, good for her, I guess.”
Him: (after a long pause): “Yeah, relationships do evolve.”

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Exactly what I’d expect a Van Leeuwenite to order, tbh

30-something woman to her (apparent) boyfriend getting ice cream in Union Market on a late Saturday night:

“We did NOT come to Van Leeuwen’s for mint chocolate chip!

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Hope [friend] doesn’t see this

A mother walking with her 6-year-old son down the sidewalk on Columbia Road around 5 p.m. on Friday

Son: “Can we do something fun?”
Mom: “Well, we’re all going to [friends] house for dinner in a little bit.”
Son: (without missing a beat): “But that’s not fun at all.”

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Two weeks in a row with an anti-cat overheard and it’s started to feel targeted

In Old Town Alexandria, two young women walking quickly down the street near the Art League. 

“He’s the guy who thinks firefighters can light up kittens.”

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Hope this helps! 

Overheard at a 7 a.m. Mount Pleasant yoga class: 

Woman #1: “I’m going to Southeast DC today, across the Anacostia River. To Dupont Park. I’ve never been.”
Woman #2: “Oh I have! Have you never been to Aneglika?! It’s a movie theater.”
Woman #1: “… Like near Union Market?”
Woman #2: “Yeah. It’s across the bridge.”
Woman #1: ….

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