Verbatim for Nov 10, 2005

Overheard before Foss went to see "For Colored Girls Who've Considered Suicide"

Foss: Do I really have to watch some play about black girls killing themselves? I'm going to gas myself halfway through it.

Overheard in a New York bar

Random Guy (in response to Foss' repeated attempts to get him to chug his Heineken): Is that kid gay or retarded?

Overheard in the internet ether, circa 2003, in an ostensibly "apologetic" email that would later cement the case for two years of probation for email fraud and harassment

Foss: You are a classless bitch.

Overheard at lawnparties, as Foss chokeholds Rufus, the 20-pound dog belonging to Michael, the creepy Frist guy

Michael: I don't take shit from anyone. Not even you!

Overheard as Foss discusses working out with a member of the Nass staff

Foss: I will make him run or lift until he vomits pieces of his stomach.

Overheard at Ivy Club

Girl Economics Major: Are you going to work for an investment bank this summer?
Guy Economics Major: I don't think so. Investment banking is okay, but my real passion is consulting.

Overheard on IM

Son (in reference to his grandparents’ threat to boycott Thanksgiving): I'm going to tell them I'll euthanize them if they don’t come.
Mom: Ok, but don't use the word euthanize, sorry to say I don't think grandpa will understand.
Son: Well, it’s not that common.
Mom: Please, I wrote a paper on euthanasia in elementary school.

Overheard in the Prince office

Guy 1: So, have you been to the Market Clout website?
Guy 2: Yeah, what exactly do they do?
Guy 1: I think it’s a facebook group or like a women's health organization.

Overheard on the Market Clout website

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