5.11.2004
Overheard since last Thursday
"Do you have 'Renee' by the Lost Boyz?"
And then, one week later ... "Do you take requests? I know this is stupid, but do you by any chance have 'Renee' by the Lost Boyz?"
A crowded bathroom underneath Fenway Park's leftfield bleachers. There are queues snaking in and out, and every urinal is occupied. It smells awful. Spontaneously, a chant starts up: "U.S.A., U.S.A., U.S.A..." Mid-piss fist-pumping ensues.
Hey, can I have a dollar?
No.
How about a cigarette?
Sorry.
Hey. You know what? You two guys look like heroin addicts.
(Silence)
What? Do I look like a heroin addict?
"Rubberband Man." This was during Pokey Reese's at-bats over the weekend at Fenway. Tonight, he came out to "Dirt Off Your Shoulder."
"Is Bill Murray coming to our class today? Is he?" (The answer, oddly enough, turned out to be yes.)
And then, one week later ... "Do you take requests? I know this is stupid, but do you by any chance have 'Renee' by the Lost Boyz?"
A crowded bathroom underneath Fenway Park's leftfield bleachers. There are queues snaking in and out, and every urinal is occupied. It smells awful. Spontaneously, a chant starts up: "U.S.A., U.S.A., U.S.A..." Mid-piss fist-pumping ensues.
Hey, can I have a dollar?
No.
How about a cigarette?
Sorry.
Hey. You know what? You two guys look like heroin addicts.
(Silence)
What? Do I look like a heroin addict?
"Rubberband Man." This was during Pokey Reese's at-bats over the weekend at Fenway. Tonight, he came out to "Dirt Off Your Shoulder."
"Is Bill Murray coming to our class today? Is he?" (The answer, oddly enough, turned out to be yes.)
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