"She's a little sharp; I need another beer." - girl at karaoke, Cambridge, MA

Woman to child: You like drag queens, though, right, honey?
Child of about 6: I don't know that many, but I like them.


(Diesel Cafe, Somerville, MA)

"Here, you take the chicken, it's your baby!"
- one girl to another in the cereal aisle at Albertson's Woodland Hills

"Take him down, Gramma! Take him down!"
- girl, very loudly, in Follow Your Heart, Woodland Hills, CA

"I'm sorry, girl, but I'm not staying in any apartment where I need three Benadryl and a shot of tequila just to get to sleep!"
- woman on cell phone, Corner Bakery, Woodland Hills CA

"I feel crappy, yes I do, yes I do,
I feel crappy, yes I do, yes I do,
I feel crappy, yes I do, yes I do,
(pause)
I'm trying to think of a song, and I can't, that's how crappy I feel. I need a crap song."

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[I suppose I should offer to get her some tea or something instead of laughing at her and running off to InPassing ... but that's just the kind of vile spawn I am. *shrug*]

These are from The Archives (a loose collection of napkin-noted remarks from my sophomore year, when I lived with a Latin major and a Sanskrit major). I came across them again and thought they deserved to come back, especially since Jon's around. :c)


"Was Plato impotent or something?"


"Hoo boy, get me some o' that Petrarch!"


"Have you got any togae virilae?"

"Go get in bed and chew your feet!"
- at a Christmas party in North Hollywood, CA

Woman to waiter: Is there something going on tonight?
Waiter to woman: I think there's going to be a DJ here later.
Woman to waiter: Oh, do you know who?
Waiter to woman: [missed this]
Woman to waiter: Cool - when does he get here?
Waiter to woman: (pause) I'm sorry, ma'am, I don't speak English. (turns abruptly, walks away)

"I love linguistics gatherings. Normally, people talk about beer, sports, and women. Here, you've got people talking in Portuguese about pro-drop languages. So cool."

-overheard at reception for linguistics conference; Ann Arbor, MI