tales from the dismal science

a genuine diary extract

“Overheard out of context between two business economics students: ‘Wait, wait, wait. You went out with a guy from finance?’ Apparently that’s a deep place to sink even for a business student.”

if you die there's no problem

a genuine diary extract

“On peut rater deux des sept cours pratiques ce bloc. Le professeur nous a conseillé de les garder pour le cas où – « If, for example… say… a relative dies. Of course, if you die there’s no problem. »”