Eavesdrop DC

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.

Meter man at 10PM: “You can run from the Ticket Man but you can’t hide! Come on people, Baby Fenty needs a new pair o’ shoes.”

(Editorial note: where in the district do you still have to pay meters at 10 PM?)

Two guys in an office. One types a few things and then exclaims “Damn! Why does everything have to be so complicated for the sake of complication?!”

Other guy nods wisely and replies. “Just like Avril Lavigne says.”

On a local college campus. Two students walk by an older man handing out pocket Bibles.

Girl 1: Everyone always hands out the New Testament. What ever happened to the Old Testament?
Girl 2: Face it, no one cares about the Old Testament anymore.

Staffer showing a tour group the remodeled Oval Office: “There were
only two altercations to the desk…”

–White House

Overheard at the National Zoo in the Asian Trail:

Kid: “Let’s go to the curiosity station! I’m curious… are there dead cats?”

Half dozen girls in the Panera at Falls Church gawking over Justin Bieber and ranking each other over who loves him the most.

Girl 1 randomly turns to another and says: “By the way, I am so sorry your birthday is on 9/11. That’s like, the saddest day. But your birthday is going to be great!”

5 minute argument ensues over whether that was mean or not.

Girl, about 5 years old, spots a bumper sticker behind an exhibit case with the phrase “Liberal Media”

Little Girl: “Mom, what’s the liberal media?”

Mom: “Those are the people who make up fake stories in the news and don’t tell the truth.”

“If I see another white-girl with fro-yo I’m gonna puke.”

–Columbia Heights