15 January 2009

She must not have been away*

Now, were you trying to buy Spain . . . or was Spain trying to buy you?
Overheard yesterday at 17th and Rhode Island NW:
"Girl, stop grillin' me. What is this, the Spanish Acquisition?"
[Eavesdrop DC]

*Overheard in Amsterdam, March 2007: "No Ricardo, we're not in Spain, we're away."