We were coworkers at a dotcom startup in 2000. He liked to namedrop Arthur Andersen and his previous consulting work for them. I asked him out and he said, “Sorry, you’re not Jewish and my mom wouldn’t like it.”

—Shannon

Aftermath: Okee dokee. The Enron scandal breaking afterward was pretty awesome.

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