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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Overheard at GWU on
The First Day Back
From Spring Break


Standing in line at Starbucks. Two women:

I swear I was drunk seven days straight.

Cool.



In an elevator. A woman talking into a cell phone.

How's your day so far? What? What?... I'm in an elevator.... No, not an oven, an elevator. I'm in an elevator. How's your day been? ... An oven? No, an elevator.