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"I don't know what's funnier, the Bindi Irwin comment--which, really, is so inappropriate--but it's so funny! Not only are her actions strange and weird and creepy, but the look on her face--it's like she's channeling something...  But then, of course, I have to know what the students were wearing at the Wawa that freaked you out.  And I have these, like, disturbing images in my mind of--I don't know--bad stuff!  Nothing we would ever wear OF COURSE.  Everything WE wore was in really good taste.  But I wanna know what the W&M students were wearing, pleeeease!!"
~Jen S., in a voicemail message to Ashley [09.25.08]

"Richmond's not on the euro, either."
~Don, teasing JC1 for his ridiculously random comparison of Croatia's capital city, Zagreb, to Virginia's capital city [10.11.08]

"It makes you slip your vertebrae out of alignment and go nuts.  You were like a jellyfish that night."
~Sarah M., about what happens when "Put Your Back Into It" comes on around Ashley [05.24.08]

"Speaking of West Wing, I was watching the Bravo marathon on the eliptical matchine today with tears running down my face.  Let Bartlet be Bartlet.  LET BARTLET BE BARTLET!!!"
~Annie D. [11.01.08]

"I swallowed a goldfish for this one cuz I wanted to be COOL!"
~Annie D., on her loyalty to Jen [11.07.08]

"What, did you run here?"
~Christina to Jen, when she deplaned wearing spandex leggings and an NKOTB wifebeater [11.07.08]

"They weren't spandex."
~Jen's response to last week's fave quote [12.03.08]

"I don't like an austere Christmas.   It's got to be gauche."
~Guitar Boy [12.06.08]

"I just wanted to share my love for the Prevster.  What other vehicle could have taken me & a gang of my friends (and 2 buckets of chicken) to Lollapallooza 94 AND carried home an entire kitchen's worth of cabinets in 2008?  It is a wonderful vehicle worthy of our love and admiration."
~Jenn G., in "Ode to the Previa," a blank verse poem about the family's 17-year-old van, which has played a part in the lives of many A&A.com readers [12.11.08]

"You need to know your enemy."
~Ashley's favorite foreigner, when asked why he'd noticed that the TSA personnel at Dulles airports were wearing a different-colored uniform [12.18.08]

"I wish that shi[zz] was streaming live, 'cuz I am intrigued."
~Rooker, upon learning that the Green Leafe was to hold a New Year's Eve party with the theme "Absinthe and Lingerie" [12.29.08]

"She was Canadian, so that was--you know--weird..."
~Annie D., from tales of her friend-making efforts in Chicago [01.15.09]

"Right, like I would even consider!   She would probably freak out, run and bite Obama on the leg, and I would
end up in jail!!!!"
~Sarah G., about Souci the crazy poodle, in response to an email from the Humane Society warning people that it's against the rules to bring dogs to the inauguration [01.16.08]

"Nobody probably pays attention to her 364 days of the year, so... party on..."
~Annie D., about a woman in a bar off Bourbon Street who kept lifting her shirt for strange men [02.21.09]

"Not every unattractive woman is a tranny, okay?"
~Potter, about the same woman [02.21.09]

"This is like my dream come true."
~Ashley G., about getting Guitar Boy to step foot inside her happy place, Forever 21 [02.28.09]

"You skim, I skate by!"
~Ashley G., to Anne about their greatest talents (and occasional downfalls) [03.17.09]

"It makes you laugh, but that doesn't mean it's funny."
~Ashley G., to Guitar Boy, about his middle school sense of humor, which generally involves bad words [03.25.09]

"G-chat is the friend-stealing equalizer."
~Annie D., [04.18.09]

"If I lost my sense of taste and smell, it's like... what's the point?"
~Cara [04.30.09]

"I feel like I'm you... making these bull**** distinctions about things..."
~Guitar Boy [04.10.09]

"Dude, I still get embarrassed every time I pass that building."
~Rooker, regarding the National Press Club, where we celebrated NYE 2003 in what came to be known as the most cracked out night of our lives [05.16.09]

"He's not cute.  Let's be clear about this.  But he LOVES literature..."
~Anonymous, about her extracurricular crush [06.16.09]

"It's a sad day when your sorrows won't drown."
~Sarah M. [11.20.02]

"I need help... I can't reach my beer."
~Daddy G. while holding his first grandchild at his beloved basement bar [07.20.09]

"She was being a little deferential.  As if she knew you were the leader of the local Arlington coven of gingers."
~Guitar Boy, about a young ginger spotted at the gym [07.30.09]

"I wanna live in London.  I wanna moat."
~Guitar Boy, in response to the unfolding scandal of British taxpayers paying for the outrageous expenses of Members of Parliament, including "moat cleaning" [08.02.09]

"It's almost as good as America's Funniest Home Video.  Almost.  Just straight up people busting their ass is hilarious everytime."
~Cara, about this really
un-funny clip from the Family Guy [08.05.09]