Welcome back to Overheard in D.C. — The 51st edition! Send the quirky, funny, embarrassing, and otherwise entertaining stuff you overhear to overheards@51st.news. Make sure to include where you were, who said it, and a little context.
"Fired for DEI" can't be a real thing and yet
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One mother to another as they watch their kids sled in a park in Northwest:
"I haven't gotten fired yet for DEI, so there's that."
That's his LinkedIn bio
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Overheard at the FedEx in Adam's Morgan:
"He works for the Pentagon but not on the killing part."
Hippocrates:
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Outside the Kennedy Center, a man talking about a bladder removal surgery he had performed recently:
“Stupid uterus was just flopping around and getting in my way.”
If you weren't already!
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Overheard at Midlands:
"I guess I could just self-medicate for the next four years."
We've got a runner
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A family coming from the zoo is dealing with a toddler throwing a tantrum in their stroller:
Child: "I want down Dad." Dad: "Sorry bud, I don't trust you."
Colleen is a 51st co-founder and a former DCist reporter. Her work has appeared in NPR, Street Sense Media, and The Washington Post. She currently lives in New York, where she's pursuing an MFA.
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