“Bro- are you knitting behind my back?”
Overheard walking past a house in an alley on Capital Hill
Sign me up for their frequent flyer program!
September 11th, 2012 · Uncategorized
After takeoff from Dulles Airport
Flight Attendant: We’ll begin the beverage service in a few moments once we’ve reached our cruising altitude. We offer a variety of sodas, and beer and wine are $5. Southwest Airlines is now completely topless, and we except only VISA and Mastercard.
After a few moments.
Flight Attendent: Oh my…I meant cashless…
I hear they have it on computers now.
March 1st, 2012 · Uncategorized
Overheard, downtown DC (Penn Quarter), business attire: “Do you have the… the…” (searching for exactly the right word) “internet?”
And maybe get me a face shield?
October 28th, 2011 · Uncategorized
“Did she tell you how hard it was going to hit you in the face? 68 miles per hour. Do you need me to draft up a legal waiver?”
Boom! Pow! Smack! Face Sweat!
October 24th, 2011 · Uncategorized
Guy in costume store wearing a Batman mask:
“Man this is hot, I don’t know how Batman does it all the time.”
Burr-ned
October 19th, 2011 · Uncategorized
Overheard in rush-hour traffic through an open window as we crawled south on North Washington Street, Alexandria: “NO! It’s AARON Burr, not Raymond Burr! Jee-zus!…”
I’m willing you my self respect.
October 4th, 2011 · Adams Morgan
“You promised your mom on her deathbed you wouldn’t cheat on me.”
–Adams Morgan
It is true.
September 7th, 2011 · Uncategorized
“Stupid things are happening all the time! Why aren’t you posting about them?”
–Overheard in my office by someone complaining that I haven’t posted in awhile.
Lacrosse – now with more racism.
July 18th, 2011 · Dumb chicks
Girl in Pentagon City talking to friends:
“I watched lacrosse for the first time the other day. I don’t get it. They just run around and hit each other with sticks. It’s like Rodney King.”
The Smithsonian is the People’s Museum
July 14th, 2011 · Smithsonian
In the Earth, Moon, Meteorites section of National Museum of Natural History: Man resting arm on a large meteorite to wife, in complete deadpan: “Honey, can you smell what the rock is cookin’?”