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"@ red sox game. There's something bad with come on eileen played on an organ!" Boston Stacy's text |
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"I LOVED our time in Florence. It was great b/c you can eat and drink a lot, but yet you walk so much that it doesn’t even matter ;-)" Steph
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"That's good I can watch the rain fall down while I sit in the conference room--gives me something to entertain myself." Yed
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"Who knew we'd be excited being behind 14 points." Yed, on the Warriors coming back during a playoff game.
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"This is WILDFLOWER. What happens at W, stays at W. The Woodstock of triathlons." David
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"Here's the cutest baby contest thing." Me, sending a link to Laurie of my nephew.
"Awww which one was he?" Laurie
"The WINNER of course." Me
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"I will for sure text you from the races if I see Mr. Bachelor or Tessa. It
will be entertaining for me to try to track him down ;-)" Steph, about Wildflower.
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"I'm gonna put in ear plugs cause I'm an old man." Yed, on our way to a concert.
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"I came out of retirement like Sammy Sosa." Yed, on playing softball.
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"When you're drinking with bums that's a good night." Brian, on Yed's last year Kaboom stories.
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"Unless there are really hot chicks or really good drama I won't bat an eyelash." Yed, on the reality show about personal trainers.
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"We can take bets on what will be built first--downtown Sunnyvale or the new Niner stadium." Me
"Niner stadium." Yed
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"That was bad. Bad bad bad bad bad." Rick, on the losing playoff Sharks game.
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"How's Mike the early 90's rap star?" Doodle
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"OMG I can't believe I said hooch. I sound like you now." Me
"WOOHOO. I'm trying to bring hooch back woohoo one person at a time." Nicki
"Like justin bringin sexy back?" Me
"Yep." Nicki
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"Crazy hk girls part 2." James, starting to tell me a story.
"Ha think you're foolin yourself thinkin this is 2--more like 4plus!" My response
"You're right--this is at least crazy girl 5." James
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"How are the wedding plans going? Any big fights yet? Sophia and I had quite a few. I think every phone call in the week before the wedding ended up with someone hanging up on the other." Triple G
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"It's a drum." Me, hitting Mike on the head.
"It may be empty but it's not a drum." Mike
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"It opened a whole new world of things to be pissed about." Eric about really good speakers Matt got.
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"Part of the hip in hippy is fot hypocrite." Eric, on experiences with some people in Santa Cruz.
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"It's like the over 40 candy." Rob, about Advil.
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"It's like a Pepto Bismol nightmare and I'm in it." Stacy, in the Pizza Orgasmica super pink bathroom matching her pink top.
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"You were gonna take a picture of me weren't you." Stacy, in that pink bathroom where she blended with the walls.
"I was thinking about it." Me
"I could see it in your eyes." Stacy
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"2 weeks, 5 days left! Until 'Double Daddy Day!' (I like that you said that... I'm going to have to use that...)." Daniel, expecting his second child.
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"It's just like being at the game--even Jo's into it." Kyle, on all of us cheering at Yed's watching the Warriors game.
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"He's pretty cute--for a white guy." Jo
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"However much that guy pays for his haircut, it's too much. It looks like a two year old cut it." Mike, about one of the Utah Jazz players.
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"It's all about the Warriors, baby! They've got the Bay Area's undivided support." Yed, on the Sharks loss in their NHL playoffs.
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"If you keep making these, I can stop going to KFC." Mike, liking my seasoned wedge fries.
"I'll take that as a compliment." Me
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"I have never seen so many people with 0% body fat!" Hope, reporting on her Wildflower weekend.
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"I think I spend too much money sometimes. But then, I'm enjoying whatever it is I spend the money on, and maybe that's good." James
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"May have to quit SGI so I can do all of this partying!!!" David, on upcoming party events.
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"Hard to recognize people in spandex when you don't normally see them that way!" David, about manning a station at Wildflower.
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"Dear future guests from the United States, Just in case you still might try to find out how to best get from California to Berlin, I would like to help out with some directions. Please be prepared for step 29!" Gisela.
"29. Swim across the Atlantic Ocean." Part of the Google maps directions--ha!
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"Ellie & I were at that damn triathlon from 7:30am - 3pm and didn't see the freakin' bachelor!! So upset. Everyone else I have talked to saw him there and I am the one that is obsessed with celebs!!" Steph, at Wildflower.
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"If it wasn't for the bike ride... I would maybe try one out. BUT...I am DANGEROUS on a bike." Steph, on triathalons.
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"Hi Married Lady!" Me, to newlywed Stacy
"Hi Almost Married Lady!" Stacy's response.
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"We all have our moments, but you and I are usually happy, carefree people who like to make everyone happy." Cute Boston Stacy's perspective.
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"I went back to brunette for you!" Red haired Boston Stacy.
"You DID? To go w the red? I'm excited." Me
"Yeah although I'm sure the stylist would have suggested it anyway for my wedding, but yeah, you were the reason I seriously made the consideration a reality." Stylish Stacy
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"What kind were you drinking?" Boston Stacy, about my adventures in beer.
"Oh just light stuff in the park: bud light, miller light and then a blonde at a pizza place. Omg that sounds funny" Me, quoted on Stacy's suggestion.
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"The cat fights are pretty much over now. It's all tears & sobbing." Stacy SF, on the Bachelor being down to 3.
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"Now I know why they're doing well. It was just so easy. I mean, I could easily spend hundreds of dollars a day." James, on iTunes.
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"I mean, I can keep up with most jerks, but I don't like to." James
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"I am looking forward to the fall too...your bachelorette party, your wedding, and football! All fantastic things! :-)" Krissy
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"You crack me up! Checking personal mail more than work. Just don't let work get in the way..." SF Stacy, to me.
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"I'm excited about being able to drink almost anywhere." Stacy, going to Berlin.
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"I'm not sure when I'll see you again... in Berlin I think." SF Stacy, to me. Just sounds so funny.
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"Whoa, is the quote distribution list somehow automated now? I never knew ekosol.com got so high tech... I was curious if you had some nifty way of just inputting a quote and then automatically emailing the person." Kevin.
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"He likes Tessa's personality and wants to sleep with Bevin." Me, on the Bachelor's remaining choices.
"Don't forget, he'll need someone to birth his beloved children, that is what Danielle is for..." Peanut Stacy
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"I found some smores pop tarts in the vending machine so I've got that waiting for me when I get back." David, on being ok without more dim sum.
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"I ate the most so I can pay more." David, on lunch
"I had the salad and a soda." Laurie
"You think you out-ate me? Nice talking to you." David
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"Thanks--I had a good time. I'm happy now." David, after our lunch at a new Chinese place.
"Maybe that's why we're friends." Me, being excited someone else is excited about lunching and food.
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"I went on a photography frenzy and we did our part to support thru the booze and we did 3 tours." Nicki, on her New Orleans trip.
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"The other day I did your grilled veggies thing and everyone including mike liked it better than the actual meal--big hit." Me
"Woohooo awesome that everyone liked them including mike the non veggie dude." Nicki
"I know it was very exciting." Me
"Heehee he'll be a granola californian soon." Nicki
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"I wish my name was boozer--that'd be fitting." Rodd, watching basketball.
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"I have this little rule. It's called never take 101 unless it's after midnight--and even then..." Eric
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"It's a little bit repetitive. There's torturing, there's a dead guy, Jack Baur..." Gisela, about 24.
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"My hips are fat." Me
"But your hips don't lie." Mike, always spewing out lyrics.
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"I can't believe Yed has a bottle of wine and 3 beer each plan for us training up to the city." Me
"Yeah he's really serious about this drinking thing now." Mike, about post-triathlon Yed.
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"My new motto: start with one drink it till it's done." Laurie, sharing her drinking plan.
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"Isn't that cute?" Laurie, on her baby Coors light can.
"I hate to say it but for a beer, yeah." Yed
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"It's gonna be so much fun: the trolley, Santa Barbara, the wedding in South Carolina--my whole summer is all about you." Laurie, to me--ha!
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"I could've used another beer." Mike, upon arriving at the train station in San Francisco.
"At least we know for next time we need four each." Drinking planner Yed.
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"I want some greasy sausage from a vendor." Taylor, on waiting to eat at Kaboom.
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"I'm getting more and more scared of beef--I don't know why." Laurie
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"I think that's they way to go." Yed, on seeing a group of people have beers in brown bags walking to Kaboom out of the Safeway.
"I think we just experienced a crime." Mike, on seeing security come out a few minutes after looking for shoplifters. :-O
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"It looks like a headache waiting to happen." Taylor, on Jaeger bombs.
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"What are we gonna do with you--we have drunk people telling you you dropped your phone." Yed, at Kaboom.
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"What is an aries? What is a taurus?" Girl talking to Yed quizzing the rest of us.
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"Is that the crazy chick's beer?" Taylor, to Yed.
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"Look at that Bay Bridge. Holy s**t it's f***in cold." Taylor
"It is f***in cold." Yed
"Suck it up." Hope
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"I can't believe I got hit by a car tonight." Yed, walking back to the train.
"Twice!" Mike
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"I remember that good pizza I liked when we were in Wisconsin." Me, to Mom.
"It was [some restaurant's name]." Dad
"No, she wasn't born yet." Mom
"Oh that's too bad--you missed a good pizza." Dad
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"Do you want me to stay home so you can enjoy your Mother's day and not be annoyed?" Dad, to Mom.
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"You're gonna see me in Mike's clothes for the rest of your life." Dad, on wearing some of Mike's clothes he wanted to get rid of.
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"That's my fringe benefit being married to mom--I get a free meal on Mother's Day." Dad
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"I like downtown Pleasanton--it's so pleasant." Mom
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"Let's wait for the eyes." Dad, on the crosswalk signals in Pleasanton.
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"You're nonsensical." Me, to Mike.
"I'm just trying to keep up with you." Mike's reply
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"Wow 8 o'clock that's gonna be a big night--I can't wait." Yed, on the Office and Grey's Anatomy finale Thursday.
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"Man, you're fast! You're always the first to respond to my evites and the first to do stuff when I send out E-mails! -You're my biggest fan!" Daniel, to me, about his big website update.
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"But you'd have to get me to SFO before your wakeup time Sun..." Boston Stacy, on planning a trip out here with her plane leaving at 11:45am.
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"I'm actually going to get my haircut tonight to start getting it in shape for your wedding." Boston Stacy--hee
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"Well. I haven't ventured above 40 yet. But maybe it is all about breaking the seal." Yed, on prices when buying bottles of wine.
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"I decided I like your SR-17 band." Me, after listening to Mike's iPod playlist.
"SR-71. Yeah they're good. Too bad they broke up." Buzz kill Mike.
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"She was pure comedy on the phone." Steph, about her friend with 2 babies.
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"I'm afraid that I will actually have to work for a living if I leave..." David, on still being at SGI.
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"Oh man tv is gonna rock tonight. I already wanna watch tv." Nicki, replying to my "Super finale day" IM status.
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"I don't have a lot of great aspirations. No desire to make work my life. But at least want to migrate out of my office space world at some point." Yed.
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"Gisela and I just had a tropical cocktail this afternoon for 1 EURO each while looking at shirts for me!" Eric, in Berlin at a department store with a bar inside. I think I'm gonna like Berlin, ;-)
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"Be happy when the time come because I'll be relaxing in the cloud (above heaven)." Dad, after hearing about someone he knows passing away.
"Oh dear no leaving me man. I'd be so saaaaad." Me
"Relax, eat grass. Not dope." His nutty response.
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"So, maybe this isn't stuff for the quotes page, but hopefully interesting, nonetheless." James, on experiences in China.
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"That's why I like to travel--to eat the food of all the countries." Dad. Guess it runs in the family!
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"Next week all bets are off." Mike, on eating no holds barred in Europe.
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"Are we there yet?" I'm ready to eat the food." Me, on the plane to Italy.
"Me too." Mike. At least we're on the same travel page. ;-)
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"I can't believe we're doing my full heritage in six months." Me, on visiting China, Italy and Germany.
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"The french fries here are spectacular. I haven't had a bad fry yet." Krissy, in Florence.
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"Is it cooked?" Krissy, seeing red on top of my chicken and thinking it was raw.
"Yes--it's prosciutto." Me
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"Oh that was good. I love food." Mike, after his first Italian dinner of our trip.
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"I'm ready for gelato." Mike, after dinner.
"You already had two cups today." Me
"I told you--three a day." Mike--a man with a mission. :-O
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"Sometimes I turn off my TV and stand by the door--they're entertaining." Krissy, on the feuding sisters who live next door.
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"I'm a dork." Me, asking Mike to take a picture of me and my limoncelo.
"You are. But that's why I love you." Dorky Mike
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"Let the general pay--the general owes me." Mike, on Krissy paying for dinner with her corporate GE card.
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"I'm on the four meal a day plan." Me
"Totally." Mike after seeing me eat twice before 11am.
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"What's your favorite thing we've done so far?" Me, to Mike
"Yesterday was fun with the place and the stuff." Descriptive Mike
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"We should do a food and wine world tour." Me
"Aren't we already?" Mike
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"The best food in the world is here." Mike, while in Italy.
"That's subjective." Me
"I know it is subjective and my opinion is Italy has the best food." Mike
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"This is Italy--any space between people gets filled up like sand." Carlos, about the mob of people waiting to get into a popular restaurant.
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"The bistecca is so delicious but I can't put anything else into my body--meat wise." Krissy, at Il Latini.
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"This place is gluttony." Carlos, at Il Latini with the huge platter of roasted meats.
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"That's not rabbit." Carlos
"It's not chicken." Krissy, making a face.
"What is this?" Krissy, trying to settle the disagreement with the waiter.
"Chicken." Waiter
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"With kiss or without?" Waiter, on having his picture taken with me.
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"I'm focusing on the sweet stuff." Mike
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"It's not as thick as a port but it's portesque." Carlos, on the after dinner sweet wine.
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"I can't lean back. It's in the perfect eating position." Mike, about his chair at the restaurant.
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"If we give him 10 Euro he'll be ecstatic." Krissy on tipping the waiter at dinner.
"He wasn't so ecstatic--I wanted him to be ecstatic." Krissy, disappointed post top giving.
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"At least you read the quotes--Mike doesn't." Me
"I do sometimes. And I'm there for most of it." Mike
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"I can't believe how incredibly stupid these special effects look." Mike, watching Airwolf.
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"Wow, now Knight Rider is on? I love this channel!" Mike, watching tv in our room in Berlin.
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"How come David Hasselhoff doesn't do his won voiceovers?" Mike, on Knight Rider in German.
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"You're an engineer and you didn't think to double tie it?" Me, to Mike on tying up my halter top strings.
"I'm an engineer, not a boy scout." Mike
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"Are we waiting for Stacy?" Gisela
"You want to go get her?" Me, to Yed.
"I think her nose is powdered." Christiane
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"Did you study art history while you were there?" Christy, to Mike about the 6 months he lived in Florence.
"He didn't even go to most of the museums!" Me
"I don't believe in art." Mike
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"Are we gonna cheers again or are we over that?" Me, not knowing what would happen for the second round of drinks in Berlin.
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"I don't think Ryan would be mature enough to be around the white asparagus." Eric
"Or the canoodle for that matter." Christy
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"You wouldn't know about that would you?" Chris, to Mike during a white trash conversation.
"No, my family tree does branch out." Mike
"Is that just what they tell you or do you know for sure?" Chris
"Are you gonna let the guy from Ohio talk to you like that?" Yed
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"Eric, kill it!" Yed, offering Eric the rest of his meatloaf dinner.
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"You want my asparagus?" Me, to Eric
"I'm not a garbage can." Eric, while eating it all.
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"Who would advertise Hollister? I've been there 4 wheeling but I wouldn't advertise it. And I have a nice butt." Yed, about the Hollister brand sweat pants with the brand written across the butt.
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"Dude, you're old. I can take you." Yed, going head to head drinking with Chris.
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"You want another beer?" Yed, to Mike.
"Not without a diaper." Eric, about Mike needing to use the restroom.
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"Dude, that's messed up!" Yed to Chris who downed a glass of beer at the bar after Yed has been challenging him all night.
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"Eric, look at this one--it's humungous." Me, pointing out a super cool Coke umbrella in Berlin.
"Their umbrella technology far exceeds ours." Eric
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"Are you awake?" Stacy, to Yed on our bus tour.
"Yes." Yed's response
"Did I wake you up?" Stacy
"Yes." Yed
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"I need a sausage." Me
"I need a coffee." Yed
"I need a bathroom." Stacy
"I need a beer." Mike
"Or a beer would be the other thing." Yed
"We have so many needs." My conclusion about all of us on our bus tour.
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"It was so cute. I wanted to pet it." Stacy, on a small diet Coke can she had on the plane.
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"At least we're in a country where no one understands him." Stacy, on Ryan's drinking self.
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"What's your DR strategy?" Yed, on me writing down my quotes in a little notebook.
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"We can get out of the madness and create madness of our own." Yed, in a crowded place.
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"I get to be Lucky Pierre." Yed, sitting between Stacy and I in the back of the cab.
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"Wow, we're cheaper in Germany. Guess we're eating a lot less--but drinking a lot more." Mike, comparing the beginning of our trip in Italy to being in Germany.
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"It looks like it's going to rain." Andrea. 2 minutes later there was a huge gust of wine and it stormed!
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"There's no way you could have candles hanging from the ceiling in the US--its a lawsuit waiting to happen." Christiane, in Germany.
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"Are you quoting him?" Stacy, while guy was speaking German.
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"I've got little green bugs landing on me." Stacy, at the wedding reception.
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"You wanna hook a brother up?" Yed, to Stacy while she was pouring water.
"Did that make the quotes page?" Yed
"It was funny cause it was water." Me
"So--it's sparkling water." Yed
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"Building a foundation." Yed, drinking another glass of red wine while everyone was still on champagne.
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"I met Eric in kindergarten." Me, at Eric and Gisela's party.
"Ah kindergarten is a German word." Gisela's cousins
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"Ryan, go lick the wall." Yed, egging him on.
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"We were there drinking longer than we were sleeping." Mike, about the wedding reception.
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"I'm still drunk." Stacy, at breakfast--4 hours after the party ended.
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"I can't believe I had three mimosas for breakfast." Me, a bit loopy still myself.
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"I'm not in the internet cafe cause I'm in Scott's internet cafe." Ryan, in Yed's room in Berlin.
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"I'm always up for a bathroom opportunity." Stacy
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"You've got the lion's nuts, you've got the horse's nuts, you've got the man's ass." Always inappropriate Ryan, all excited about one of the statues outside one of the buildings in Berlin.
"That's almost like the trifecta." Mark
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"Is anyone else sweating?" Ryan
"Yeah, it's all about the undershirt." Yed
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"Is that kid unsupervised? It's Europe, I guess it's OK." Ryan, in a park in Berlin.
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"Too young, right?" Ryan, to me joking about a naked girl a bit over one year old playing in the fountain in the park. :-o
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"Dude, this is like a testament to wang." Ryan, about a statue.
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"Oh we can't steal these--they're all accounted for." Stacy on our meter of beer glasses.
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"It's the alcohol and the sleep deprivation." Ryan, about having the shakes.
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"Was I even at the party?" Me, not remembering stories people were telling about it the next day.
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"You know I'm gonna just lay off of the sausage for a bit." Stacy, in Germany.
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"Anyone want to share a sausage salad? It's like 3 Euro if we split it." Ryan
"I'll give you .5 Euros for a bite." Yed
"Everyone's paying for a bite of your sausage." Mike, encouraging Ryan
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"What are you gonna get?" Me, to Mike at a restaurant in the old area of Berlin.
"Wienersnitzel." Mike
"Aren't you gonna have that for dinner later?" Me
"And your point is...?" Mike
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"You only bring $10, your cell phone, and a card that says your blood type." Ryan, on being in Brazil.
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"It is better if you go inside." Waiter, to us sitting outside. A huge hail storm came soon after.
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"The Friends Against Aviation said it was alright." Ryan
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"Do they announce who the pilot is before or after they close the doors? Cause if it's when it's open I still can get out." Mark, to pilot Ryan
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"Do you like the red man or the green man?" Stacy, to me on the walking signals in East Berlin.
"I like the yellow man." Mark, pointing to Yed.
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"This is another reason not to drink beer--it makes me too full. Vodka never does that to me." Me, after 2 small glasses of beer.
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"When I get home I'm sitting my butt on the couch." Mike, on our walking all day every day time in Europe.
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"Earmuffs! They're talking about the Office." Yed, running away since he hasn't seen those episodes yet.
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"We so need beer gardens at home." Christiane
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"I'm telling you riding a waverunner a little tipsy is really fun." Chris
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"Oh yeah, that's a good one--this us always a winner." Ryan, on a joke he was about to tell.
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"The lederhosen are advanced--they have improved over centuries." Gisela's cousin George.
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"This country likes to control your condiments. I like to have control over my condiments." Stacy, in Germany.
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"I wasn't fat until the doctor weighed me." Me, making fun as part of stories we were telling at the beer garden.
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"That lighthouse just paid for your ticket." Yed, to Ryan on the tram.
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"You go from pizza and pasta and wine to meat and beer. I was always happy to come here to have something different." Mike, on visiting Germany when he lived in Italy.
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"It's good but definitely not as good as the food in Italy." Mike, on German food.
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"Dude, that was crazy the face that it went on til 5 and we left at 3 and were drinking for 8 hours!" Mike, on Eric and Gisela's wedding party.
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"I knew there was a Euro at stake." Ryan, on playing out his dare.
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"Sometimes I don't write it down at the time and write it down after." Me, on delayed quoting.
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"I can't believe you had four snitzels in four days." Me, to Mike, on his Germany eating habits.
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"Do you think my feet will be Hobbit or normal today?" Me, to Mike post another big walking day.
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"It will be approximately five or six minutes." Guy at our Hamburg hotel who called us a cab.
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"Our return journey begins." Me, to Mike
"Along with my 33 hour birthday." Mike, all excited
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"Why are you calling me?" Me, to Dad while I was in the Heathrow airport during a layover.
"I wanted to see if it would work. We have one minute to talk--they're gonna charge us anyway." Dad
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"Do they not have heat in this country?!" Mike, in Heathrow's frozen tundra boarding area we were waiting in.
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"I'll make it happen! One word: LIGHTHOUSE!!!!" Ryan's trolley party reply.
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"Yay! Looking forward to falling off my first trolley party!" Laurie, on booking a hotel in the city for after the party.
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"Too bad you can't Tivo your life so you can play it back for yourself when you don't remember. It could be T-EVE-O." David
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"Yeah for yummy food! Italian food is just so delicious. If I lived there, I would be 500 pounds." Kimi
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"I think sometimes when girls cry, boys suddenly lose brain cells and just don't understand what to do." Kimi
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