Child running up escalator: I’m winning again!
Mom, huffing and puffing on other escalator: Yeah, well, I’m having a stroke, so…
Cleveland Park Metro station
Washington, DC
Child running up escalator: I’m winning again!
Mom, huffing and puffing on other escalator: Yeah, well, I’m having a stroke, so…
Cleveland Park Metro station
Washington, DC
Tourist girl on cell: I found the house I want to live in when I move to DC, but then I found out it was the Smithsonian…
Washington, DC
Girl: Why do they have an ambassador to Vatican City?
Guy: Because it’s a country and stuff.
Girl: Do, like, normal people live there?
Guy: I don’t know…
Girl, thoughtfully: It’s a scary place…
http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2007/04/its-scary-because-dan-brown-says-so.html
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Young woman on cell: Did you just say “The cables must be subjugated”? Uh huh… Okay… Yeah, I don’t think you’re okay to drive either.
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Nic
Professor, about megafauna: I would love to have a giant beaver.
GWU Archaeology lecture
Washington, DC
Student librarian on cell: Hey…who is this? Bill from architecture? Well, yeah, I remember writing my name on your arm, but I like don’t remember why.
Music Library, Catholic University
Washington, DC
Overheard by: So much for quiet in the library…
Dude #1: I have a really bad headache.
Dude #2: You know what cures that? Sodomy!
http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2007/02/i‑think-ill-suffer-migrane-thanks.html
Student: Professor, can you repeat that question?
Professor: I can’t remember! I just make this shit up.
American University
Washington, DC
Guy #1: ‘Drinking the Kool-Aid’ is such a misused phrase. It’s even become corporate speak. Don’t people realize that it’s a reference to the death of a thousand people?
Guy #2: Yeah, next thing you know they’ll be saying, ‘We’re going to offer a Holocaust of savings.’
http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2007/02/too-soon.html
Mom: No! Don’t walk on that! (kid continues to walk on grass) I hope you step in dog shit.
Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
Overheard by: christa
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