Guy on phone: I don’t vote for people who put their name in quotation marks on the ballot… Well, yeah, if it was ‘Killer,’ then I’d definitely vote for him.
http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2007/06/but-would-you-vote-for-pokey.html
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Guy on phone: I don’t vote for people who put their name in quotation marks on the ballot… Well, yeah, if it was ‘Killer,’ then I’d definitely vote for him.
http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2007/06/but-would-you-vote-for-pokey.html
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Grandpa to grandson: … And no one but nobody can be a young leader if they crack their knuckles!
Washington, DC
Preppy girl #1: Wow, now we all have the same necklace! We should all wear them the next time we go out!
Preppy girl #2: Yeah! We’d be like the Power Rangers or something!
Preppy girl #3: Or we’d be like douchebags.
Eastern Market
Washington, DC
Overheard by: office peon does d.c.
American history professor: Whoever is writing ‘vah-jay-jay’ instead of ‘Virginia’ in the notes they are submitting, please stop.
eavesdropdc.blogspot.com
Hobo: Damn, shorty, you lookin’ good!
Black girl, groping white boy passerby: I don’t like the dark chocolate — I need a boy I can see my reflection in!
Washington, DC
Overheard by: D.B.
Child, about diorama: Mommy, is that real?
Mother: No, it’s all lies. Let’s go.
Museum
Washington, DC
Man on cell: … So I just put her in the closet, because she’s very quiet…
Military Road and 41st Street NW
Washington, DC
Ciggy #1: The time you and I went and bought cigarettes — was that the night you went in a toga?
Ciggy #2: Haha, oh my god, yes! Oh, wait… Was that the lesbian night?
Washington, DC
Old woman: That’s the problem with men — they treat kids like little adults instead of like–
Younger woman: –Kids?
Old woman: No. Like terrorists.
Washington, DC
Mom: Do you remember what the name of this river is, Billy?
Son: Is it the Platonic River?
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Keith
