Eavesdrop DC

Guy to girl: she was hot! H-o-t-h.

Wisconsin Avenue and Friendship Blvd:
Three girls, late teens, presumably from out of town:
“Did we pass it? I think we passed it. This doesn’t look like Friendship Heights.”
They look around – “That is Saks Fifth Avenue! We are on Fifth Avenue! We definitely went too far.”

Overheard in a Home Depot in Silver Spring (in the door section)

Man 1: This is the exact one I used to have, until that damn arsonist stole it
Man 2: Umm, don’t arsonists usually burn things?
Man 1: I don’t know, he must have been out of matches or something.

Guy 1: You’re an asshole.
Guy 2: I know. That’s why I bought a Mac. That way people know I’m an asshole as soon as they enter the room.

–George Mason

Two young professional females in an elevator at a national intelligence agency:

YPF 1: I’m totally up for any mentoring I can get.
YPF 2: You’re so right. I love being mented.

Nice grandma woman in her 70’s walking her dog. The puppy is refusing to move from the spot its standing.

Woman to the puppy – “C’mon Chaz you douchebag”

Overheard on the street outside Ford’s Theater.

“Hey, It’s Ford’s Theater. That is where Jefferson was stabbed.”

On the 32/36 bus, at Penn & 13th.

Tourist Kid: Mom, what state is Washington in?
Tourist Mom: Well, Washington, DC is a city AND a state.
Me: (as I’m getting off the bus) Not quite.

Guy: So I just read the new Mark Twain autobiography.
Woman: Oh that’s sounds interesting. Who wrote it?

-Reagan National Airport

Liquor Store at corner of 22nd and P

Two guys are looking at the beer case.

First Guy: We need toilet paper, too.
Second Guy: We should just pick up a phone book.
First Guy, wistfully: Yeah, those things last forever.