Role of Farce

Overheard!

Ivan:  So with this theory going around about guys who have long-term Asian girlfriends really being gay or bisexual, I guess that me having a Chinese girlfriend would make me bi.
Hayk:  No, your wanting to have sex with me makes you gay.

"I admit that the human security problem will not be solved by killing people."
A well-decorated military officer speaking at the Jebsen Center conference on counter-terrorism in Africa

"Size does matter."
Professor Schaffner

"What does this word mean: Antilegomena?"
"It's someone who... isn't a leg man."
Fletcher trivia junkies

"At this point I've just pushed the fuck-it button."
Hasham responds to an editorial inquiry as to how the internship search is going

"I was just trying to be a nice, polite Asian boy."
Jeremy, responding to teasing of his antiquated mannerisms while querying a Boston lady for directions

"I thought there would be more Jews than that. You see so many of them."
Fletcher's favorite Armenian, upon the revelation that there are only about 12 million in the whole world
"There aren't that many Jews. You see them around all the time because they're always up in your face."
Yanina clears that up...

"Is this Dmitri Smirnoff?"
A question you might be asked by an FBI agent if you had lunch with a Soviet embassy employee back in the day, according to Prof. Glennon

"Vegetarianism should be a theory, not a practice."
Jimmy's response to recent food inspection by vegetarian

"Whoever wrote about lack of action on the ski trip was obviously not in our condo."
Complaint about lack of sleeping spots in their condo given the excesses, in reference to recent Ledger article

"I should just never have gotten myself into it. I always spread myself too thin."
Fletcherite on the tendency of shooting themselves in the foot
"So basically you were trying to be Superman, but you got supermanned!"
A friend offers their perspective...


"I think the pornography lens works very well for civil society, so lets use that one."
Prof. Wilson sets the stage for another Development Aid lecture

 

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