Sh*t People Say in DC

hutch wrote:

azaghal1981 wrote:
Nobody mentions the awful sound at the Blowtel or how shady Steve Lambert is.

cause nobody other than you gives a shit.

There is a post about the Blowtel's awful sound on this board at least once a week not by me.
I'll give you that the shady Lambert thing is not as big a complaint.

I think it's hilarious. Funny how not much has changed. Some of these things have been said for the past 25 years; therefore, I don't think everyone knows about Blowtel, azag, sorry.;)

I once debated Anacostia - in DC or MD?

(Sethy - the guy looks like Justin)

(I also like the Arlington rap video that someone else put out)

MindCage wrote:
Only thing I found backwards was saying Shaw was upcoming after Columbia Heights…kinda backwards…

Other than that, they pretty much got it all!

How do you figure that?

Anyone care to explain what the hell that mambo sauce is and god damn those slice pizzas are huge  ;D

They did mention the Blowtel and said it was "intimate." But yeah, over all, hilarious.

Nomeimporta wrote:
I think it's hilarious. Funny how not much has changed. Some of these things have been said for the past 25 years; therefore, I don't think everyone knows about Blowtel, azag, sorry.;)

I once debated Anacostia - in DC or MD?

(Sethy - the guy looks like Justin)

(I also like the Arlington rap video that someone else put out)

I agree that this encompasses a broader age spectrum. Still funny though.

May have missed it because it was so fast and multi-faceted and I didn't feel like going through it again to see if this just got by me but here's something that I've long noticed that often gets mentioned in DC.

Whenever there's some sort of march, protest or some other sort of rally that the entire world may be discussing, instead of hearing the locals talking about the subject of the rally, more often than not, it seems that instead, they bitch about the traffic congestion that gathering will cause.

Of course, if that gathering is a massive concert, all bets are off. Though traffic does find its way into the talk, instead, it's about the best way to get to or from the Mall or site holding the event. But, true to form, not much at all about the purpose for the concert. Just what bands and their set times.

oops . . . read the thread title walkie.

Jaguar wrote:
Whenever there's some sort of march, protest or some other sort of rally that the entire world may be discussing, instead of hearing the locals talking about the subject of the rally, more often than not, it seems that instead, they bitch about the traffic congestion that gathering will cause.

Yes, because traffic congestion affects everyone, regardless of lame ass clause, moron. Rallying is lame anyway.

Thousand wrote:

Jaguar wrote:
Whenever there's some sort of march, protest or some other sort of rally that the entire world may be discussing, instead of hearing the locals talking about the subject of the rally, more often than not, it seems that instead, they bitch about the traffic congestion that gathering will cause.

Yes, because traffic congestion affects everyone, regardless of lame ass clause, moron. Rallying is lame anyway.

Perfect example of the asshole side of DC… which is not all of DC, thankfully.

I would say that 99.99 of marches in DC, "the entire world" is not discussing.  Maybe the entire world of US-based protest bloggers.  And yes their biggest and only impact is generally that they fuck up the efforts of thousands of working stiffs to get home, so complaining about the commute is a legit activity. 

wml7 wrote:
Anyone care to explain what the hell that mambo sauce is and god damn those slice pizzas are huge  ;D

It's a weird barbecue sauce that you find in those shitty wing/chinese/sub carry out shops all over.  Kind of tastes like a combo of siracha/catsup/mayo/bbq sauce.. but all those shops make it a bit differently.  I do a lot of work at gas stations in dc and used to eat at these places all the time; can definitely attest that this stuff has been around for a while.  I just googled it and apparently it's a DC institution and is making great inroads on this side of the river (not southeast) as of late.

Thousand wrote:

Jaguar wrote:
Whenever there's some sort of march, protest or some other sort of rally that the entire world may be discussing, instead of hearing the locals talking about the subject of the rally, more often than not, it seems that instead, they bitch about the traffic congestion that gathering will cause.

Yes, because traffic congestion affects everyone, regardless of lame ass clause, moron. Rallying is lame anyway.

There's a clause?  :o

Jaguar wrote:
Whenever there's some sort of march, protest or some other sort of rally that the entire world may be discussing, instead of hearing the locals talking about the subject of the rally, more often than not, it seems that instead, they bitch about the traffic congestion that gathering will cause.

when "lesbians for a glutten-free tomorrow" or "dog-lickers united against tax reform" protest in philadelphia or new york, we understandably don't hear about it.  when they come to DC, and eventually they all do, we are forced to deal with it - it's in our face.  since we don't care about the cause, the only thing left that affects us is the logistical impacts.  just because someone is protesting something doesn't mean we automatically need to be sympathetic to the cause. 

Geesh, I can't believe how many of you have totally missed the point!

The video was an informal and comical sociological observation of things said often in DC. No value judgements, just specific types of discussions you would hear in DC. That's it. It has nothing whatsoever to do with whether any of the topics discussed were worthwhile or of interest to all but something, in some manner, would be often talked about in DC. Therefore, YES, what I wrote about would absolutely be 'shit people say in DC.' It doesn't matter why or what people's attitudes are towards the subjects but you can damned sight bet that anytime some gathering takes place, especially a big one, people will be talking shit about it in DC regards to traffic. Plain and simple.

Some of you are over-analyzing and have completely lost the concept of what the video was about.

I can't believe you guys aren't hip enough to know its just a derivative of this…  ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRvJylbSg7o

slappy wrote:
I can't believe you guys aren't hip enough to know its just a derivative of this…   ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRvJylbSg7o

trolling fail.

sweetcell wrote:
trolling fail.

Indeed it would be, but, there wasn't an attempt to troll.

So it looks like it's now a trolling detection fail.

Stillwater wrote:

MindCage wrote:
Only thing I found backwards was saying Shaw was upcoming after Columbia Heights…kinda backwards…

Other than that, they pretty much got it all!

How do you figure that?

Shaw was gentrified and hip back in 2003 or so, while Columbia Heights became all the rage about 2 years ago…

MindCage wrote:

Stillwater wrote:

MindCage wrote:
Only thing I found backwards was saying Shaw was upcoming after Columbia Heights…kinda backwards…

Other than that, they pretty much got it all!

How do you figure that?

Shaw was gentrified and hip back in 2003 or so, while Columbia Heights became all the rage about 2 years ago…

Shaw, hip in 03'?? Maybe if you were willing to wear a bullet proof vest like Walkie.

the only time i want to wear a bullet proof vest . . . is around these parts where i live starting about thanksgiving until God knows when.  everybody who can hold a gun, whether compentent enough to do it or not has one and is out walking/running/crawling around in the woods or wherever the damn thing is running to until it is dead, eaten and the head mounted someplace.  some drink while playing their gun games, which always makes it more interesting for the rest of us.  they sometimes shoot each other and sometimes they shoot from their damn cars not caring what else they might hit.  take that, district.