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Overheard of the week

A group of dressed-up college interns is sitting together at Kennedy Center Millenium Stage before a performance:

Man, reading the screen: “‘Go to the KC cafe.’ I don’t want to go all the way to Kansas City.”
Same man, 20 minutes later: “Oh, I guess KC stands for Kennedy Center. That would make more sense.”

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Open for a surprise

Two mid-20s women in Arlington having a conversation:

Woman 1: “I think I want my next car to be a Subaru.”
Woman 2: “Well, driving a Subaru in D.C. is basically signaling to everyone that you felt the Bern.”
Woman 1: “But I didn’t feel the Bern – I voted for Trump!”

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Designed to be deleted

30-something dude at Slash Run talking to his friend on a weekday:

Guy: “The last wedding I went to was a Hinge wedding. The next wedding I’m going to is a Bumble wedding. At the Hinge wedding I was like ‘I’mma download this and then delete it in six months.’”

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Asking for a friend: how much do you make as a T.A. in Ireland?

20-something dude on his fourth (fifth? sixth?) beer, also at Slash Run on a weekday: 

Dude: “If I told any of my professors how much I make as a T.A. in Ireland, they’d quit and move.”

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My document has people asking a lot of questions that are already answered by my document

Two women walking dogs in Georgetown:

Woman 1: “I documented everything, but he was asking a jillion questions. And I kept saying, ‘Like I put in the document, you do this. Or like I put in the document, you do that.'”

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Might I suggest NYT Connections instead?

Two perhaps interns on the Red Line after work a weekday:

Intern 1: “I didn’t get out of bed until 3 p.m.”
Intern 2: “Wait, you didn’t get up until 3?”
Intern 1: “No, I woke up at like 9 to check the stock market. Then I just laid there questioning my choices. I didn’t get out of BED until 3.”

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Call it “National,” call it “DCA,” but whatever you do, do NOT call it…

Trivia at a Capitol Hill watering hole: 

Trivia host: “The next theme is Ronald Reagan.”
Crowd: “Booooooo!”

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No!

Georgetown undergrad men:

Man, in response to the other person asking if he went out last night: “No! We only had three or four and left really early.”

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It may have been the dark ages of medicine, but it was the golden age of jeans

A 20-something man is on his cell phone while walking near Virginia Square metro:

“…1993….the dark ages of medicine….”

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And I hear Squidward’s a barista at Tatte

Children are being led in a musical train game at a children’s music class in Northwest D.C.:

Instructor: “What is the next station?”
Child 1: “Foggy Bottom!”
Child 2: “That’s where SpongeBob lives!”

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