We've come a long way, baby. The archetype of the dysfunctional family may go back farther than anyone can remember. But for the longest time, people just had to cope with passive aggressive animosity. At best, you could have lots of alcohol available to make the proceedings easier. The pharmaceutical companies, however, are always looking out for the best interests of you and yours. Their first success? Numbing emotional response to the point where no one cared. Mother's little helper being a rousing success, they moved on to increasing civility and clearing up that sullen demeanor. So now, if you can't be nice, you can at least be medicated. Family holidays are getting happier every year.
Quote of the Week
In a café:
Dad: "Thanks for all the stuff you did for father's day, how did you get to be so nice?"
Daughter: "It's all the prozac I'm on."
After the jump, Die Hard: The Lost Script, feeling the Coulter love, and the best movie, like, ever.
To eavesdrop is human. To send what you hear to overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com is divine.
Photo by Flickr user liquid7, used under a Creative Commons license.
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Russians/Americans, RFK/Dulles...what's the difference?
Law clerks on a break discussing the new Die Hard movie:
Girl: "Are there four now? I forget."
Guy: "Yeah, the first one was Die Hard, the second was Die Harder, that was the one where the Russians took over RFK..."
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He contracts out condom purchases, too.
Between the Capitol and Union Station, "Hardball with Chris Matthews" is setting up to do an outdoor shoot with Ann Coulter:
Guy: "So I shouldn't buy one of her books?"
Girl: "God, no! Well, they do make good gifts."
Guy: "I'd have to buy it with cash so no one could trace it back to me."
Girl: "Yeah, right."
Guy: "Maybe I could pay one of those bums to get it for me..."
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Don't even get him started on Billy Madison.
Group of college-age hikers in Great Falls:
Boy: "Whenever I think of Hawaii I think of Fifty First Dates."
Girl: "Fifty what?"
Boy: "The movie? Fifty First Dates?"
Girl: "I've never seen it."
Boy: (with nary a trace of sarcasm) "You've never seen Fifty First
Dates? I can't believe you've never seen Fifty First Dates! It's like the best movie of all time!"
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You have to go to Frederick's of Hollywood for that.
A woman and two little kids, each about 6 or 7 years old, leaving a restaurant on Connecticut Avenue:
Little Kid No. 1: "Do your shorts light up?"
Little Kid No. 2: "They're from Victoria's Secret! Why would they light up?"
Woman: "You never know about Vikki."