The Culture Issue

December 1, 2005

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Overheard at Cottage

Guy 1: I think you have a coke problem.
Guy 2: I don't have a coke problem. I have a masturbation problem. I went home last night, blew two and a half grams, and jerked off for ten hours.

Overheard at the Yale Game

Guy: Did Michigan steal our helmet design?
Girl: Yeah.
Guy: If we steal their athletic success I guess we can call it even.

Overheard in Cafe Viv

White Girl: I just want you to know there is a really good chance that I am related to Taye Diggs.

Overheard at Alchemist and Barrister

Preppy-ish North Manhattanite: There's something so colonial about gin and tonics. British explorers used to drink them when they were civilizing the African natives.
Preppy North Jerseyite: I know--every time I drink one I feel as though I'm shouldering the white man's burden.