overheard quote of the day

“and, yes, i wanted to tell that i profoundly believe in free trade”

“ok, stop thanks, i don’t need any confession …”

AR to an overexcitedand overnervous student of his who wanted to get a reccomandation letter.

overheard quote of the day

yeah, it must be like this….the phd is like the magister, you take it before the master..it is far less than the master, it is only three years. yes, yes, i am sure, it is like what you have in italy, the ..  no, wait a second, i am not sure any more, but for sure it is far less than the master.

friedhemsplan-thorildsplan, on the tube in front of me, a He talking with a She, obviosuly quite oblivious of the fact that i was eavesdropping.

overheard quote of the day

“Perhaps my signature is not as good as it once was, it gets cloudy and crooked. I am 75 years old.”

Gerald Anderson, St. Paul

overheard quote of the day

diffulties in finding a job, that s nothing to rejoice of. you should enjoy when he’ll have to face the perfect instance of bad luck: a testicle that falls, impotence…this you shoud rejoice of. the bad score on his dissertation, that he caused himself, it is nothing. the perfect instance of bad luck.

EP on revenge

overheard quote of the day

oh well, now your dog bit me and i should apologise because my bag scared him!

a man in a bar, after being bitten  by a small dog, and accused by the owner to have “scared” the four legged thing

overheard quote of the day

i was glad i did not have to talk to you all the time

TC to the girl who brought him along to a party.

overhear quote of the day:

i did not mean that we were using that Limoges dinner set every evening.  we did have hierarchies of plates as well: on weekdays, we used the Ginori.

overheard quote of the day:

“but, it’s good that they won, this will make them contempt and keep them away from the political scene. you know, they were used to be such a big power, with this they are going to be happy for the next 5 years.”

OG on Russia winning the Eurovision contest.

overheard quote of the day:

“would you mind stop being myopic?”

a She to her He