February 15, 2004:
Proud members of Quote of the Week,Lend me your ears! While much love may be passing through your minds on this day remember too the joy and wit of yesteryear, the greatest of which was chosen to be uttered by Julian: "Walks should be aneurisms of fun. I am so trademarking the phrase 'aneurisms of fun'"
Never fear, there is still more! This weeks nominees are:
* "Happy Commercialism Day! Not to be confused with Consumerism Day, which is Christmas." - Andrea Lam, on valentines
* "These eight-year-olds are awfully simplistic in their Constitutional analysis." - Max, on the speakers at a pro-gay marriage forum for kids
* "Remember, the point of parent teacher conferences is NOT to have parents walk in, and then tell them 'screw you!'" - Ms. Das
* "Do I ask you personal questions about detailed aspects of you anatomy?" - Mr. Davis, to me after I asked what was wrong with his finger
* "He goes into a Puerto Rican district and calls out 'Maria,' and only one head pops up?!" - Someone in Daniel's "West Side Story" cast, complaining about the balcony scene from said musical
* "The pet rock is essential; it is a symbol of American culture." - Donna
* "In the cookie box of the world, you are a crumb." - Liz W.
* "I seem to remember you using the word 'english' in a strange context last class too." - Rhett, on Mr. Phillip's vocabulary.
* "If I throw you out the window, you would be flailing and everything, but your center of mass would fall nicely like a stone." - Mr. Phillips
* "I'd like to think that my academic achievement can't be summed up in three sig. figs." - Ben Orlin, on his GPA.
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- Reilly "the good kind of insanity" Grant
February 15, 2004: Honorable Mentions
Some more quotes, I'm too tired to be witty:* "It's short for 'Commonwealth of Massachusetts Insane Asylum and Correctional Facility...School.'" - Andrea Lam, to a visitor
* "Are they really that emotionally dependent?" - Andrea Lam, on Dana Hall fencers
* "[Micheline's] hair is like a cancer, it keeps on spreading. And you can't kill it." - Becky
* "I didn't know that there are many Republicans who sleep under benches." - Harry Alper, nn seeing Wesley Morgan napping under a bench near the library.
* "Any questions? Good. Ah'll be Bahk!" - Ms. Das
* "Aren't you just one of those sorry little facsimiles of your parents?" - Mr. Davis
* "Arf! Arf!" - Mr. Davis grabbing for a piece of chalk from Micheline.
* "I believe there are certain gestures which are thought to be superb; this is one." - Mr. Davis, raising his coffee cup above the basement.
* "Go and be free!" - Mr. Davis, to a pair of ballons recently defenestrated.
* "I used to think porn was, like, the abbreviation for popcorn." - an anonymous Amherst MA resident
* "A... Chinese guy." - Nick Illic, when asked what a painting from ancient China could be representing
* "Ice cream!" - A friend of mine named Justin, when asked what a Spanish verb meant in English
* "I don't sniff poop. Poop sniffs me." -Liz
* "Can we grunt?" - Josh
- Reilly "24-hour SciFi marathon survivor" Grant
