This exchange, reported by the Washington Post, between DC Mayor Vince Gray and DC “Mayor-for-life” Marion Barry was too good not to re-blog.
Me: “Mr. Mayor, I was just hoping you could give some voice to our civic anguish and perhaps help us all deal with … “
Gray: “The agony.”
Barry: “What’s the agony?”
Gray: “We lost.”
Barry: “We lost?”
Gray: “We’re gone. Not only did we lose, Marion, but it went down to the last strike.”
Barry: “We’re out of it?”
Gray: “We were up by two runs with one strike to go. One strike!”
Barry: “Ain’t that a [expletive].”
Gray: “We’re gone, man. The Cardinals scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning. … We were up 6-0 and lost.”
Barry: “I don’t like baseball that much. … I’m praying for RG3.”
Gray: “I love baseball.”