Margaret says she and her high school classmate Gertrude had a “well-established mutual loathing” — but of course, that’s no reason not to sign each other’s senior yearbooks!
(God, I love teenage girls. Frenemies 4-eva!)
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December 19th, 2007 · 107 comments
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#1
niccole
i knew girls like that… i can ‘almost’ say they were b*tches then and still are today!
Dec 19, 2007 at 9:46 pm rating: 13
#2
anony-mouse
All that’s missing on the end is “LYLAS.”
Dec 19, 2007 at 9:54 pm rating: 1
#3
Grimfool
Is her name Gertrude, Sue (she writes “and im sue you feel the same”) or . . . Jerluide? She’s definitely dotting an “i” somewhere near the end of her signature!
Team Basic Handwriting Skills?
Dec 19, 2007 at 9:59 pm rating: 1
#4
Canthz_B
What’s up with all of those stars? Is Gertrude really Bootsy Collins?
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:07 pm rating: 4
#5
Crash
C’mon, give the girl a break…after all, her name is Gertrude.
She’s gott’a be rememberd for something other than that.
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:07 pm rating: 7
#6
Canthz_B
“Hi Gert, I hate how you hit on my man…wanna sign my yearbook? Cool, I wish you (all?) the best in life too.”
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:10 pm rating: 10
#7
Uuber
Give good old Gertie a break! Maybe Margie was to blame for the loathing…
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:11 pm rating: 0
#8
secondsout
I would be interested to know what the three dots after “interesting person” represent. As in, what was left out? Maybe “you are quite an interesting person; that fungus crawling up your back is fascinating!”
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:12 pm rating: 2
#9
secondsout
Margaret says that Gertrude always made passes at her (Margaret’s) boyfriend. What she doesn’t say is whether said boyfriend accepted these passes. hmmm….
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:14 pm rating: 2
#10
Crash
Oh I’m sure they are both very nice, friendly and interesting girls….
Just ask any one of Magaret’s boyfriends…
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:18 pm rating: 3
#11
Wade
Gertrude?
Margaret?
How did you get a copy of my great-grandmother’s yearbook?
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:21 pm rating: 9
#12
Canthz_B
interesting people
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:29 pm rating: 3
#13
hannah
This is almost exactly how I feel about my flatmate who is moving out next week .
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:45 pm rating: 0
#14
amy d
Gertrude, you are quite the….interesting…person, yourself. I can almost say that I won’t kill you this summer if you don’t KEEP YOUR TRIFLING HANDS OFF MY BOYFRIEND!!!! Hope to see you soon. Love, Margaret
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:48 pm rating: 7
#15
Wade
Are you there, Gert? It’s me, Margaret.
Now that we have graduated, I would like to help you with guys, since you tried (and failed) so many times to steal my boyfriends. Repeat after me: “I must, I must, I must increase my bust”.
bff kbai
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:50 pm rating: 13
#16
Kelly
I bet that high school drama was fucking delicious.
Dec 19, 2007 at 11:42 pm rating: 2
#17
Zsa
what a dis to Margaret! Even b-rated friends leave KIT and a phone number (even if it is fake)
Dec 19, 2007 at 11:46 pm rating: 1
#18
lola
Gertie? I always wondered what my mother-in-law’s name was. I usually just call her “bitch” or “alcoholic bitch” for more formal occasions.
This note was very similar to the pre-wedding pep talk MIL gave me: “Out of all the people in the world for my son to marry, I never would have picked you. But I’m sure you wouldn’t have picked me either.” What was your first clue?
Dec 19, 2007 at 11:59 pm rating: 9
#19
groovyyaya
I can translate those three dots (elipses). They mean “Why the f have you asked me to sign your yearbook? Are you SO desperate for signatures in your yearbook that you would ask ME to sign it? Dear lord girl, it wasn’t me that was hitting on your boyfriend… that skanky boy thought that I wanted his ass every time I asked him to pass my assignment forward. Get over your pathetic self”
Dec 20, 2007 at 12:56 am rating: 1
#20
chonny
Sweet, man-stealing Gertie even took the time to sketch out some delightful little star graffiti for her dear friend Maggie. Though I would’ve gone for the hearts with the arrows through them, I commend her extra effort. I’m pretty sure high school girls invented passive aggression.
Dec 20, 2007 at 10:02 am rating: 1
#21
Juliet
After reading these some of these comments I feel like I am watching “Mean Girls” all over again. LOL!
It’s semi-awesome.
Dec 20, 2007 at 10:58 am rating: 0
#22
GhostWriter
This here’s a story about Mar-gar-et and Gertrude
Two young Sophomores with nothing but a bad mood
They’ve said it round-about, can’t hide their attitude
And here is what happened when they each signed a yearbook.
They headed down, to a get the ol’ hall pass
That’s where they ran into a guy from gym class
Margaret got a man by shakin’ her ass
Gertrude took her honey and run.
Go on, take her honey and run,
Go on take her honey and run…
Billy Mack was elected as the class Prez
You know he knows who’s a hottie, from his fat sis
He ain’t gonna let those two escape his clutches
He drives a little Beemer- real asshole!
Gertrude, whoa, what a thing to say,
Margaret wrote back at her the very next day
Each hates the other one, but
They can *almost* say
“I’m gonna miss you and your interesting ways…”
Singin’ –
Go on, take her honey and run,
Go on, take her honey and run…
Dec 20, 2007 at 11:19 am rating: 9
#23
GhostWriter
Sing along!
home-made video for “Take the Money and Run”
Dec 20, 2007 at 11:23 am rating: 2
#24
Writerrejected
You know that these are the girls who always come back to the reunion together as a Wommyn’s Couple, driving a subaru wagon with children named Sunflower and Ashby, saying: “All that hatred and competition in junior high was just sexual tension! Who knew?”
Dec 20, 2007 at 11:42 am rating: 9
#25
analyst
Did you notice that the entire note was written in lower case (except for the first I) , including her signature “gertrude”, which she subsequently wrote over with a capital G? She did not write over margaret with a capital M, however. This subtle form of PA is the great stuff I remember from high school. It’s along the same line as, “I absolutely love that sweater! WHERE did you find that? WAL-MART?”. (said with a sly grin)
Dec 20, 2007 at 1:23 pm rating: 1
#26
mere
you know, you could just about look past the ‘i can almost say..’, if it weren’t for the underlined “almost”.
thanks for the enememories… BITCH.
Dec 20, 2007 at 1:37 pm rating: 3
#27
Writerrejected
Frenemies for life.
Dec 20, 2007 at 2:03 pm rating: 0
#28
Writerrejected
So sad, the state of modern girlhood.
Dec 20, 2007 at 3:07 pm rating: 0
#29
drinless
team gertrude is almost a
bitch, with a horrific name.
Dec 20, 2007 at 3:56 pm rating: 1
#30
lala
Not all teenage girls were/are mean girls. I hate this stereotype people have bought into.
Dec 20, 2007 at 4:11 pm rating: 1
#31
Jodi Blaze
Emphasis on “Almost”
Dec 20, 2007 at 4:22 pm rating: 0
#32
mamason
I bet margaret’s boyfriend was fucking delicious!
Dec 20, 2007 at 4:26 pm rating: 1
#33
mamason
I have an Aunt Gertrude. She lives on the Jersy shore. She’s a real bitch. She made gross eggs. I couldn’t eat eggs for years after having spent an entire summer w/her. Seriously, how do you mess up eggs?
Dec 20, 2007 at 4:31 pm rating: 2
#34
Writerrejected
Do you think Gertrude Stein was a mean teenager? Her yearbook entry would say: “I almost, almost I, miss you, most, miss you, least, miss you not, Miss Margaret. Almost interesting you. Same same you feel? Almost same about me, you feel. Feel you. Almost. Love, Gertie p.s. I’ll snag your man (and your woman) anytime I want, bitch.”
Dec 20, 2007 at 6:46 pm rating: 9
#35
Mike Kushnir
seriously, this is one of the best notes i’ve seen on here in a long time.
now, i would love to see what margaret wrote in gertie’s yearbook…
Dec 21, 2007 at 4:34 am rating: 1
#36
Lesley
Uch. Did somebody break into my house and steal my yearbook from 1991? Because it has a bunch of messages like that in there.
My favorite quote from my yearbook is when people wrote: “Even Though I Never Spoke To You, I’m Sure You’re a Great Person”. Translated: “Who The Hell Are You and Why Did You Shove This Yearbook In My Face?”
Dec 24, 2007 at 3:16 am rating: 1
#37
robins
geez whitney that sux
Dec 27, 2007 at 11:29 pm rating: 0
#38
Marc
They are bitch**s
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2321924
Dec 28, 2007 at 10:38 am rating: 0
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#40
jelloegg
To # 1.3 -
I was never exposed to stuff like this because I spent most of my time with the guys in high school. And yes, I am female.
Jul 2, 2008 at 2:35 pm rating: 0
#41
vitaminC
Um, I believe it’s 2good2b4got10. Just trying to help out! Thx, ~c
Aug 26, 2008 at 5:55 pm rating: 0
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