"Nice plie." Niff, to me.

"Disney Charades is hard. The kids ones are easy, but the rest you won't know unless you're Michael." Niff, on the Disney game. Michael's worked for Disney for many, many years.

"Wack it, girl! " Niff, to Abs, while miniature golfing.

"Yeay! I added it by myself!" Niff, figuring out the bill.

"Which one's the Viper?" Me, to Niff.
"The blue one." Niff
"Which one's Raging Bull?" Me, to Niff.
"The orange one." Niff and her way of identifying roller coasters by their color.

"They ate all of their heritage this weekend: German, Italian, and Chinese." Michael, about me, Niff, Abbers, and Cishy.

"Big Giant Giant Peach." Abbie's name for "James and the Giant Peach."

"$13 buys a damn good glass of wine." Niff, at the awesome wine we had at Pizza Man.

"The tire's winning!" Abbers, when a tire fell off of a car and was rolling away during a NASCAR race.

"Under! Under!" The kids, to me, when big bugs come around.

"The glove! The glove!" Cishers, jumping onto the glove-shaped floating thing in the pool.

"This is a comfy glove." Niff, on a water raft the shape of a baseball glove.

"I don't like going to bed not knowing where the flipper is." Niff

"Okay, you have to say it." Lady at Germanfest in Milwaukee, to two kids.
"Chug-a-lug, chugalug, chugalug" The two kids chanting while the lady downs a beer.
"Yeay!" Kids cheer.
"Who's the coolest Aunt?" Lady to the kids.
"You!!!!" Kids
(Just one of the strangest things that I've seen.)

"I don't want 16.99–I want single digits!" Niff, looking for bargains at the Old Navy Outlet store.

"Why do you sleep so late, Auntie Eve?" Abs
"Cause I go to bed real late." Me
"Maybe you should go to sleep now so you can wake up early." Abs, at 2 in the afternoon.

"I like the nana splits–they're bigger than the Barbie!" Berbers

"Wow! That was bigger than I was expecting–that was a Hollywood kiss!" Michael, to Abbie.

"I love flesh!" Abercrombie, while eating a rib.

"I want something savory." Michael

"He's blocking my rampage, man!" Niff, on a policeman blocking her freeway entrance.

"I don't think that other one could have been better–there's no way!" Niff, on us seeing Legally Blonde instead of America's Sweethearts.

"I want a pink fluffy phone now!" Niff, after seeing Legally Blonde.

"Now I want popcorn, but then I'd have to get chocolate to go with it." Niff, at the movie theater.

"Don't question my makeup technique." Niffers

"28, 29, 20-10. Mom, I got 20-10!" Abbers, on the number of cards she had at the end of a memory game.

"I can feel my muscles getting tougher." Abs, on the swings.

"My tummy's not hungry anymore–it's not rumbling." Abbers

"It's warm, but not very hot." Four year old Abbie.

"Should I wrap it all and split it up?" Waiter at Pizza Man
"No, we're going home together." Niff, about her and me
"Woah, that's a little too much information..." Me

"It'd be nice to come out of a bar without smelling like an ashtray." Niff, on California smoking laws.

"Wow! You just may be Miss America!" Mom, on me telling her I was one of the "final candidates" for a job.

"I discovered you and my dad have the same middle name." Me, to Kevin.
"What's his middle name?" Kevin

"I don't want to feel large tomorrow when I wake up, so I'll have the salad." Kimi

"Well you gotta pay for the froof. I can't afford froof, I can barely afford a roof." Onray, on the apartment Kevin found.

"I had a final realization that I was going to leave Synapta.... or that Synapta had left me." JohnCline, on taking another job. (Okay, this one's not entertaining–actually, pretty depressing– but it's a good quote.)

"The world, according to you, is like my head." Onray, about my "your head" retorts.

"Usually we'd be rolling on the ground three times by now." Stephanie, on Corie's new dance we learned a few counts of.

"I can't do the box." Kimi, on a part of a new dance we learned.

"It was amazing! And I'm not even trained to see things." James, on watching a DCI show.

"I know it's you–you sound like a cartoon." Onray, to me.

"I think we had something special... Something that was worth all the heartbreak... " Joe, talking about Synapta.

"In computer science, flipping a bit is to turn it from a 0 to a 1 or vice versa." Joseph, explaining to me.
"Aaah–like a digital pancake!" Me

"Next time we elope." Tutu, on the commotion of having three wedding ceremonies in one day.

"Now that we're married, I can add him to my insurance. That was the only good thing about getting married." Tutu
"Hey, the honeymoon was good." Tuan

"I don't even play volleyball anymore because I don't have insurance." Shane

"I can get the money in a year when I come back or I own your soul or something." Werner, to Shane, on buying his futon.

"Wine or beer?" Tuan, to non-drinker Shane.

"You have plans every lunch and dinner. You could have a job socializing." Mom, to me.

"I have another thing to do with my old CDs–coasters forever." Dad

"That knife? That's a girl Swiss army knife!" Mark's mom, to Eric.

"I'm glad you're back. I have something special in my pants for you." Eric, on getting me a flashing Kalua bottle pin.

"And I couldn't bring a Swiss army knife in here!?" Eric, after seeing fire twirlers inside the SF club 1015.

"Cause he has a nice butt." Quinh, on her reason for tipping the waiter well.
"Wait until you see me leave." Eric

"I'd cash in all my quotes for girls to say what you guys are saying about our waiter." Eric

"To cute waiters. They make the food that much better." Quinh

"It's places like this that make San Francisco the best damn dining city in the country." Eric, on the Greek restaurant Mezes.

"Jose's even better than a mosquito net." Eric

"This little lantern is so cute." Me, on the little lamp on the table at a Greek restaurant is SF.
"Too bad you brought your small purse." Eric

"Do you wear that for Clifford?" Me, on a cute top Jo was wearing.
"No, I wear less." Jo

"I got another seven pages of my head written out today." Eric, on writing notes about one of his projects so he would remember it when he went back to it.

"Isn't she cute? I did good, huh?" Dalmer, showing me pictures of his new baby girl.

"She was lazy, we had to induce. I don't know why–she's not lazy now!" Dalmer, on his new daughter's birth.

"I want money too... Let me know if you figure out some way to get it without working." Onray

"You're a poor person who has to move. Put your money away." Pam, to Claudia.

"Fiji? Fuji?" Pam, guessing Malty's honeymoon spot.
"Tahiti." Malty

"Garlic and ice cream don't mix." Pam

"What day is today? Wednesday? I have to get up and go to work tomorrow! Who else does?" Pam looks around the table of a bunch of us with no response.

"Oh, damn Skippy." Loeb, using a supposedly common phrase that I'd never heard of.

"Kirsten bought me flowers and a pets.com sock puppet." Loeb
"My love is priceless." Loeb

"I used to think I needed a man in my life, but now I realize that all I need is Eve to send me e-mails every once in a while that tell me she loves me and misses me." Lisa

"I'm close as it is to insanity–I don't need the extra push." Lisa Loeb

"I meed more wine." Malty

"Not for me. I'm gonna read The Hobbit again." Me, in response to Malty pitching The Red Tent.

"Going to strip clubs is like bowling. You don't want to go too often because then it's not much fun." Eric P.

"Don't blow your nose like there's no tomorrow." Dad, to me.

"Oh, no. I'm a lame horse." Dad, on walking funny.

"Don't worry if it's too dark–my shoes will light the way." Kevin, on his brand new white tennis shoes.

"I really like these shorts. I'm glad I got two pair. I really wish I'd gotten a full house." Kevin

"This is what I love about living here: coming out of a 60 degree restaurant out into 90 degree heat at night." Cam

"My TV gets two channels: Playstation and VCR." Cam

"Imagine a bra. Dallas is at one breast, Fort Worth is at the other, and Arlington is in the middle as the fastener–it's a front closure bra." Cam, describing where Six Flags is located.

"That's like saying: 'I'd like a girlfriend,' and getting the response: 'Boyfriend okay?'" Cam, on ordering a Coke and being asked if evil beverage is okay.

"She's Irish. Op, nope, she's Texan." Kevin, on a singer in a bar in Dallas.

"I'd say something if Eve weren't here." Kevin
"That's OK, I heard you." Cam

"I was 20 last time I went to Six Flags Over Texas." Cam
"Wow!" Kevin
"I was 16 the last time I went to the Alamo before you guys came." Cam
"Yeah, but the Alamo doesn't have rides." Kevin

"It's Cam's house. Hello! Cam?" Kevin, wondering if there are hidden cameras in his cousin's apartment.

"What did he say that was smackworthy?" Kevin, about his cousin Cam.

"You're so positive and uplifting. Is it Texas? Maybe I should move to Texas!" James, to me when I was trying to cheer him up over the phone.

"Would you like your M&Ms alive or dead?" Guy working at Amy's Ice Cream.

"Omigosh, he's wearing a black cowboy hat!" Me, spotting a Texas policeman at the side of the road.
"Yeah, he's a bad guy." Kevin

"These wars are defining moments of the game." Kevin, on the card game war.

"It looks so small." Me, on the symphony's stage on 4th of July.
"Don't worry, it'll get bigger as we get closer." Kevin

"If I burn myself once more, I get a toaster oven." Kevin, on burning himself twice already.

"It was hot, so we wanted to go to a place that was cool and took a long time." Dad's reason for going to a French restaurant for dinner.

"Texas always smells so good because someone's always bbq-ing." Kevin

"This state is so damn hot." Kevin, on Texas.

"Can we go back to the Bose store real quick?" Kevin, to me.
"Sure, why?" Me
"Cause I've noticed you've bought something in every store you've been to." Kevin.