August 15, 2004
Submitted by PurpleCow on Tue, 08/17/2004 - 8:11am. Tragic
"You are smarter than the average piglet."
~A guy in my pew at church, to his girlfriend. Now THAT'S a compliment.
August 10, 2004
Submitted by PurpleCow on Tue, 08/17/2004 - 7:15am. Funny
"In real life, the water doesn't look like that."
"Yes, it does. The guy who drew this spent a lot of time working to make this water look realistic, and you're just knocking his creative efforts!"
"I am NOT! Okay, forget I said anything. The map is absolutely beautiful."
~Girl and guy commenting on the color of the water on the maps of NYC at the top of the Empire State Building.
August 10, 2004
Submitted by PurpleCow on Mon, 08/16/2004 - 3:11pm. Beautiful
"Why is it called Amsterdam?"
"Because it's full of hamsters."
~Two very annoying teenage guys in the line for Empire State Building tickets.
August 9, 2004
Submitted by PurpleCow on Mon, 08/16/2004 - 2:25pm. Bizarre
"The Phantom could, like, totally get a bucket of water and sweep!"
~A girl in front of me in the line for POTO. First of all, I can't quite see Erik keeping house in his lair. And secondly... who SWEEPS with a bucket of water? Isn't that usually called mopping?
August 8, 2004
Submitted by PurpleCow on Mon, 08/16/2004 - 1:38pm. Um...
"What does he want to do for a career?"
"Well, he likes Oprah."
~My grandma and uncle in the car on the way back to New York
July 25, 2004
Submitted by PurpleCow on Wed, 07/28/2004 - 1:57pm. Tragic
"OH, MY OVARIES! Oh, wait, I don't have any."
"What are ovaries?"
~Female youth leader and youth pastor. I have no clue WHAT this convo was about.
July 23, 2004
Submitted by PurpleCow on Wed, 07/28/2004 - 1:41pm. Beautiful
(the last of the ones from the two weeks not-at-home)

"I want to go home and take a shower."
"What? You want to bow down to my awesome power?"
~Two girls talking in the annex of the church
July 23, 2004
Submitted by PurpleCow on Wed, 07/28/2004 - 12:46pm. Um...
"I'm all alone now, though! So you have to steal another one and put it on your left foot."
~A girl in the church yelling to a girl two seats behind her
July 23, 2004
Submitted by PurpleCow on Tue, 07/27/2004 - 6:35pm. Bizarre
"I am very disappointed by your thief-like conduct. Never mind the fact that I blew a kiss to Drew. You are NOT nice."
~A guy in the church yelling to a girl two seats behind him
July 23, 2004
Submitted by PurpleCow on Tue, 07/27/2004 - 6:18pm. Um...
"Do I have a hole in my bottom?"
~A girl to her friend at the beach. Actually, I knew she was referring to the bottom of her pants, but still it sounded rather amusing