August 31, 2003:
QOTW Members:This is the last week of the summer for me. This means that next week voting will reopen, starting with a "Quote of the Summer" one-week championship, featuring what I dub to be the ten best quotes featured in QOTW this summer. You, the voters, will choose the single best.
By the way, sign up for Honorable Mentions. I can't spell it out any clearer than that. (H-O-N-O...)
Anyway, this week's quotes:
"Well, that was just a random condom, now wasn't it?" -Quinn, in a classic Freudian slip. (Context would indicate she meant to say "comment" instead of "condom.")
"When your parents try to starve you to death, it's a sign of a dysfunctional family." -Julian
"All my candy is slowly disappearing. I'll trade you two bags of peanuts for something useful." -Roz, after stuffing an entire Milky Way from his goodie bag into his mouth
"Katy, you have a speech impedididi... that's ironic." -Allie
"What do you say when an Islamic fundamentalist hits a spectator at a baseball game? The Shi'ite has hit the fan." -Miller
"Now we're teenagers. We sit and watch movies and eat the house out." -Dewey, on human aging
"Wild retarded furry people." -Roz, on monkeys
"It's like polo with spikes. I think I'd be good at that." -Neil, on the ancient Roman cavalry
"'All is clam'?" -Cameron, age 7, misreading the lyrics to "Silent Night"
"Today is extra syllable Saturday." -Jenn, pronouncing "extra" like "ex-ter-a"
-Ben "utility guy" Orlin
August 31, 2003: Honorable Mentions
"I've been moldering in Barrow-in-furness." -Joanna, describing her timein Britain"It's kind of like a hanky, but not for your nose." -Miller, on pee rags
"Ipswich is the most unlikely place." -Josh
"Velociraptors LOVE practicing." -Jude's away message on AOL InstantMessenger
"Hinske should be a beer." -Liz, on the Toronto Blue Jays player Eric Hinske
"You can run away and join a circus or you can run away and join anelection campaign." -Roz
And since that's a pretty meager batch of Honorable Mentions, here are some bonus quotes:
Don't worry, I don't intend to make a habit of quoting myself. It'sprobably the second most arrogant thing someone can do. (The first mostarrogant thing is being Paul Simon.)
-QOTW Management
