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Written by alyssa and mary   
Tuesday, 26 April 2005
we don't really jot down quotes anymore, but we did it for a long time.  we wrote down snippets of things we overheard other people say, or things that we (or our friends) said that we thought were hilarious.  here's a look back at some of them (randomly selected!). we'll save more for later.

 "If I had a 70's house, I'd put a sign out front that read, 'directed by Sherwood Schwartz'."
"You'd have to put it in that crazy 70's hula font!"
- Alyssa and Mary, 1/11/00

"Mary... I had a girlfriend named Mary once. Actually, to be honest, I had two."
- homeless looking guy in PB who wanted to be our friend, 1/11/00

"I like it when you get waxed mom. I like the 'UNNHHgh' sound you make when they pull the wax off."
- an 8 year old boy to his mom in a salon

 "Nevermind, I forgot what I was trying to say... why was I just trying to explain communism?"
- guy at Filipi's talking to his friend, 1/19/00

 "Stacey, will you please pull up my pants?"
- Alyssa, 1/22/01

 "I don't think I could write a children's story because I'd want to say 'bitch' all of the time."
- Mary at 976, 1/25/01

 "Donald? ... Donald? Hey, can I tear you away from the gucamole dip for a second to let you know you have a package?"
- recepionist at mary's work on the phone, 1/31/01

 "You know, I was thinking about how people say 'when hell freezes over,' but when it's cold out they also say, 'it's cold as hell out.'"
"You should write that down."
"You can write it."
"Damn."
- Mary & Alyssa at Fridays, 1/31/01

 "did you know when i was little that my dad used to make me sit in front of him at the movies because i was short?"
- mary 02.10.01

(to another co-worker who smokes)"go call dr. kervorkian, it's probably cheaper."
- mary's co-worker 02.14.01

"if i were a girl, i'd fall for him so bad."
- mary's co-worker 02.15.01

"i hate this hill. when i get out of your car, i just fall."
- mary 02.16.01

"you look pink like rare meat."
"i hope not."
"okay, medium rare."
"i don't want to look meaty."
- mary and alyssa 02.18.01

"it's not a meat face! don't look at my meat face!"
- alyssa 02.18.01

"we're going to the bathroom."
"don't fall in."
"i don't think there are any guys to meet in there."
- stacey, mary, and alyssa 02.18.01

"what are you doing in there?"
"we're discussing how to take over the free world."
- guy inside the conference room to guy outside the conference room at mary's work 02.22.01

"everyone likes hockey!"
"no one likes hockey."
"well, i like hockey."
- mary's co-workers 02.22.01

"that's a big meatball."
"it's like a meat meteor... no a meat-eor!"
"yeah, a meat meteor."
"no, a MEAT-eor."
"yeah, i got it."
- alyssa and mary 02.23.01

"if you see any good nachos in there, save them for me!"
- movie theater guy into walkie-talkie 02.23.01

"dress codes at bars at least serve a purpose, they get scumbags like me out of there."
- mary's co-worker 02.28.01

"a cookie for your troubles... no? not even a chocolate chip cookie?"
- mary's co-worker, 03.02.01

"lady kyten... what character is that from?"
"the ultima games."
"haven't heard of them. is that like dungeons and dragons?"
"yeah, sort of."
"at least you're in the right job."
- co-worker and mary 03.05.01

"you look a lot better today. yesterday you looked like death came over you."
- co-worker to mary 03.07.01

"i just want to be loved, is that so wrong?"
- mary's co-worker 03.08.01

"so they put you in the gas chamber after that?"
"yeah, it makes you tear up and cry and everything."
"oh."
- some guy and receptionist 02.02.01

"eureka! ... it's the cheese!"
- alyssa, after finding a hunk of cheese in the nacho dip 01.31.01

"hey, can i sit next to jeff? i need to make fun of him."
- guy at the movies 02.10.01

 "no, he wasn't a midget. he was a flipino elvis."
- mary's dad, 1/15

"hello, the anti-christ has arrived."
- guy in pb, entering flipi's, 1/20

"there were lots of puppies there."
"did you eat any of them?"
"NO!"
- mary & alyssa, 1/20

"are cats white meat?"
- alyssa, 1/20

"you know its sad when you're in tijuana and you see two guys arguing on the street and the one guy is trying to talk the vendor down from a 50 cent taco to 25 cents."
- mary's co-worker, 2/8

"i'd rather live in tijuana than mississippi. god that place is horrible, it's like in a third world country, all the people are living in shacks."
- mary's co-worker, 2/8

"hey this school just signed adam west! he's kind of old, but at least he's got four years of eligibility... i wonder when they're going to sign robin?"
- mary's co-worker, 2/8

"when i look at it, i just want to jump on it and go right through."
- passerbyers, 2/8

"god damn it, this is the hardest clippy i've ever had in my life! are you going to write that down? god damn it."
- mary, 2/10 @ friday's

"the gentleman up front would like to buy you whatever you'd like. you can take me home tonight."
- coffee server lady @ dizzy's 3/10

alyssa sneezes while mary counts her scrabble points.
"damn, i was hoping to throw you off."
mary glares.
"well, you didn't! i see through your nefarious plan! ... really, i just like to say 'nefarious'."
"nefarious - isn't that a joey word?"

(a little while later)
"oh, yeah, you have 'allegeries'. right."
alyssa & mary, 3/11 @ friday's

"hey buddy, i know you're bad at math but eight divided by four is two, not three. you need to see someone about that ..."
- mary's co-worker, 3/12

"r.e.m., weezer, and tool are all putting albums out on the same day. it's like the second coming of christ. it's like the great conjunction in the dark crystal where the three suns become one. i've said this about ten times today and i've only known for a couple of hours."
- alyssa, 3/13

"join the air force! maybe you'll get to do this, or maybe you'll get to clean toilets."
- mary, 3/16

"i'm not wiccan, but it's cool to make lists and burn things."
- alyssa, 3/16

mary shakes her corona and watches her lime.
"i like to watch it fizz. too bad its not dr pepper."
- mary, 3/17

"you guys like darts?"
"no."
guy walks away.
- guy approaching chicks in a bar, 3/17

"fuckin fuckity fuck."
- mary, 3/17

mary throws her napkin down.
"that's some reckless abandon there."
"fuck you."
- alyssa & mary, 3/17

"that guy isn't superman. superman wouldn't dye his hair blonde. i bet superman is comfortable with who he is. he's not trying to get the ladies."
- mary, 3/17

"i slept between the two of them, it was so much fun."
- overheard @ 976, date unknown

"do you remember your first kiss?"
"oh yeah. that was so good."
- overheard @ 976, date unknown

"i am so the black sheep of my family."
- overheard @ 976, date unknown

"i've never put my tongue in a nine-volt battery."
- overheard @ 976, date unknown

"we should get arbor day as a holiday."
"yeah, and flag day."
- mary's co-workers, 3/22

"i like twigs in salad, but not in bread. you know, that nine grain bread.... that has like ... rocks... in it."
- alyssa, 3/22

"mmm, wood."
- mary, 3/22

"my roommate's skipping town."
"aw, he got fucked!"
"i love the sympathy here! now i got a two-bedroom apartment all to myself."
"aw well, what are you going to do?"
"kick it."
- mary's co-workers, 3/23

"hey, what are your thoughts on skipping town? we won't miss you."
"i'm staying here!"
- mary's co-workers, 3/23

"i envy that guy. what's his name? he's in all those 'usa up all nights'."
mary's co-worker, 3/23

"if i had a needle, i'd stick it in his ass."
- alyssa, 3/24

"leave my stain alone bitch."
- alyssa, 3/24

"the water made it sucky."
- alyssa, 3/24

"it's system of a down."
"what?"
"system of a down!"
"what?"
"dude, fuck you."
- alyssa & greg, 3/24

"greg, you're making my middle finger hurt."
- alyssa, 3/24

"i wish i had a headrest."
- alyssa, 3/24

"your site is about nothing, but in a good way. it's like the seinfeld of websites."
- scott, 4/1

"i'm never having children with you."
"yes you are. i'm pregnant! and boy is it gonna hurt."
- christina & scott @ the spaghetti factory, 4/1

"how come no one ever says 'who's your mommy'?"
"i don't think anyone cares."
- people walking by, 4/5

"that guy's so clean! he's like eddie haskell coming in here with his brown paper bagged lunch with his name on it."
"hey, you should be taking notes from him."
"i do, i look up to him."
"only when you're passed out."
"well, yeah."
- mary's co-workers, 4/6

"say it was anonymous and in parentheses write 'his name was bill'. or 'his last name was german and i don't mean his last name was german, it was actually german'."
- bill, 4/7

"can we get another dr pepper, this one tastes terrible."
"oh okay - what does it taste like?"
"just... gross."
"can i try it before you take it away?"
- alyssa, waitress, mary and alyssa again, 4/7 @ friday's

"he wears shoes that are way too big and i said, 'those shoes make your feet look huge'. he said 'that's the idea' and i said 'no chick is gonna fall for that'. he said, 'mexican chicks do'."
- stacey, 4/7

"if they have cider they can make hard cider - just leave it outside for a while."
- some guy at that buffalo restaurant in julian, 09.11.00

"look at the red truck, it's so big. red truck. look at that red truck."
- julian guy

"i'm like a seal. i have a layer of fat on my body."
- unknown julian quote, alyssas handwriting

"it looks like i have ufos in my soda."
- mary, 09.11.00

"i feel like we're on an obstacle course except there are no obstacles."
- mary, 09.11.00

"today when i was cleaning my car, i found a sticky note with quotes from you two. stacey said 'i need a stick shift,' and mary said, 'why don't you just say you need a dildo?' i was like, 'whoa, mary said dildo.'"
"dildo."
"whoa."
- alyssa, mary, and stacey 03.12.01

"i think it's in canada or minnesota or some accent state."
- alyssa 03.15.01

"it's a bit nippy... or uh... hot."
- alyssa 03.15.01

"what's with all these catholic kids?"
- alyssa 03.15.01


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