"Did you turn your phone off, Deed?" Me, to Dad when we boarded the plane.
"Yes, a long time ago–before you were born." Dad

"This is the best seafood I've ever had." Dad, on Benj's recommended Mama's Fish House in Maui.

"This is what they call impregnate the golf bag–fill every space in town." Dad, on putting dirty clothes in his golf bag.

"They say that consumer confidence is down. No one is buying, except for Eve. They should give her a medal for her patriotism in Hawaii." Mom, on my shopping sprees.

"Omigosh–237! Me, in Maui.
"What, Milpitas?" Dad
"No, gas!" Me, clarifying it was the gas price and not the freeway.

"OK, I changed my mind now that I put my glasses on–shes not pretty." Dad, on a waitress.

"Only this day at this moment do I like chocolate. " Dad's response tome being surprised he was eating part of the chocolate dessert mom and I were sharing.

"I am a year round QVC shopper–everything QVC, even my underwear." Mom

"You have to have ocean view. If you have anything else, you might as well stay home." Mom, on hotel rooms in Hawaii..

"Corals have sex?" Dad, learning things at the aquarium.

"Watch out for the wind, it blew you away." Dad, to me.

"I hate dumb tourists–good tourists are OK." Dad

"How can you stand yourself being so thin? Don't you feel like you have no substance? Your legs look like toothpicks." Mom, to Dad.

"This is not a store about need–no one needs anything in this store. It's about want." Lady in a froofy jewelry store

"Is this an eating tour?" Mom, on me planning out all of our meals at good restaurants in Hawaii.

"Money is no object when you're trying to impress girls." James, on acquiring parts for his Halloween costume.

"It's to soon to party, but I'm getting excited. I may not need to kill anyone tomorrow." Eric, working on a frustrating project.

"Yeah, it's so stupid. What a bunch of sausages." Anjali, expressing her frustration with boys.

"You are very masterful at changing the subject." Dad, to me.
"I learned it from Mark." Me

"The bar exam is close to cruel and unusual punishment." James

"Yeah, you're okay, you're different–you like your parents." Jose, about living at home.

"Geez, all this Vegas talk inspired by the movie last night?" Me, to Kimi about us seeing "Rat Race" the night before.
"Vegas and I feel the need to buy a squirrel..." Mers

"Get to work." Mom, to me on IM when I was showing her a few of the different smileys.

"So, who's birthday is coming up? Another trolley run? Just let me know ahead of time so that I can coordinate my laundry night to fall upon a different day." Stopher

"Should I bring some chips or dessert or hard liquor?" Kimi, coming to my house to watch TV and eat turkey burgers with me, obviously showing Hope's influence on her.

"You don't know how badly I want a job so I can go out and eat a steak." Kevin

"Man, all joking aside–Yed really is dead inside." Ryan

"There's a whole wide world of pepper out there waiting for you." James, to me when I told him I just recently discovered pepper and was really excited about my peppery bratwurst and my cracked pepper bagel I ate that weekend.

"It's really windy." Ryan Ca.
"Oh, no! Does that mean you can't fly?" Me
"I'll get to fly, it's just scary." Ryan

"I'm not into my job, I'm into my life." James

"I would give anything to be back in the baby room! It's boring, but the babies are so cute and they don't talk at all." Niff

"There are like 20 kids for 2 teachers and about 70% are pure nightmare children." Niff, on her day care job with 3 1/2 year olds.

"It's hard stuff, this grown-up crap....I wish the most important thing I dealt with every day was what color my scrunchy was...." Lara

"You are in big trouble. Stop playing with my head!" Christie E.

"Have you seen my stick? I have my own stick." Christie E.

"What does Coolio sing? (or rap)?" Me, to Anjali.
"Doesn't he sing some paradise song? Pimpers paradise or something." Anjali

"I'm drinking a gin and tonic. It's been happy hour in Britain for 1.5 hours already." Boston Lady, at 2:30pm her time.

"Hey, do you have scooters around?" Bunst, asking about my new job.

"What!? He's a Republican, he can't like Coolio!" Ryan, about Jose.

"She was colder than my iced tea, which isn't very cold." Ryan

"It was weirder than if my grandma had called from the grave." Ryan, on his friend calling out of the blue.

"I'm too old to be drafted? I didn't feel old til that." Ryan

"It's like a Geo Metro with wings." Ryan, about a Cesna 152 plane.

"I don't want to work is part of the problem, but I want to work." Flors

"You can call me on my little phone." Classic Kimi, about her cell phone.

"This is dangerous!" Anjali, on me taking down quotes.

"He sends me e-mails on Sundays." Michele O., on her manager.
"Woooaaah!" Marcus and Anjali, in synch.

"Do you guys have issues?" Michele O., in a meeting
"Oh, we have issues!" Marcus

"Some departments have pictures. I was staring at them to see if they'd be nice people." Anjali, sharing her past job searching technique.

"I was drinking it for a while and I found a difference." Michele O., on nonfat vs. regular macchiatos.
"What, in the fat intake?" Me
"No, in my pants." Michele

"I want to hear how your life is in the nicest place in the world..." Werner, in Austria, missing California.

"Oooh, I like the one with the sledge hammer." Christie E., when she saw a group of firemen walking on the street.

"I drove a U-Haul last night and I like it better than my car. I want a truck." Christie E., who has a Suburu Outback.