4.30- somewhere

"If it was up to me I would have pulled the plug on some of the orphans"

-someone reflecting on various options on how to redistribute their "new" SMALLER income. Thankfully wisdom from spouses prevailed and the plug was not pulled.

4.29- around Christine

"Money comes and goes, but horse crap is forever."

-wisdom in husband choosing from a girl who turned down a Ferrari having SMU grad for a guy who wasn't afraid of her when came and saw her "very dirty" at the horse stables.


thanks to Christine Willard for keeping those librarians in check
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4.28- Coppell

"they're Coppell ducks"

-Allison complaining about the snooty suburban ducks, after she took Sarah to feed the ducks with some stale bread and the ducks snubbed it.

4.27- hills

-do you hear that?
-no.
-it sounds like some sort of cat.

-Amber trying to identify the unknown whininess that was emanating from somewhere in the distance; it turned out to be Trey listening to Jeff Buckley.

4.24- around jeff

"I started talking about Socrates and God."

-Jeff Brown on how he found himself excelling at the fine are of "killing the party".

4.23- Waldos

"figures that something invented in the middle east conserves water"

-Nicole Waldo after learning that the water in the hookah doesn't run dry, no matter how long you smoke it.

4.23- brown town

"i thought that was your new profile pic"

Leah Brown having a brutally honest moment upon seeing the above picture on my facebook quote farm update.

4.21-Daskam house

"so the Vietnamese Jerry McGuire would say 'Show me the Dong'?"

-Brian Daskam trying to understand the possible implications after learning that 'Dong' was the Vietnamese currency.

4.20-Hill house

"she has the power to make lemon juice shoot into your mouth, so your face goes... *pucker*"

-Brendan's explanation of his sister, "Lemon Juice Girl's", super power.

4.20-Daskam house

"so am I to understand that the drink and the act are both illegal in Dubai?"

-Brian Daskam's distaste for the increasingly fuddy-duddy, old fashioned Dubai, upon finding out that some tourists got thrown into jail for having "sex on the beach".

4.16- library

"It's ok, he's had his shots."

One librarian's response to the other's concern that the Obama's new dog came from a Kennedy.


thanks to christine willard for keeping up with the librarians
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4.15- Janis

"this would make a good cat treat"

Zach Jackson at the Janis Seder dinner trying to swallow some gefilte fish.

4.14- class

'for example, "I make bed with my girlfriend" '

-one of my english international students giving me the opportunity to think FAST on my feet by answering the question, "what does 'make the bed' mean".

4.13- Church

"is it spicy?"

-brendan hill's (5yrs) theological profundity as he watched us dipping the communion bread into the juice.

4.10- janis'

"this is like Jew salsa"

-watery eyed and sniffling, Kevin Roden at the Janis Seder dinner as we tried to "man-up" on the bitter herbs.

4.10- hill house

"poop breath, poop breath...brenden has poop breath"

- sang by Sarah (3yrs) about her big brother after he had his adenoids taken out and the healing process gave him breath worth singing about.

4.9- somewhere

"If your Catholic enough to be doing the Divine Hours, you're probably not hip enough to have an iPod."

-a friend frustrated by the lack of a podcast version of the Divine Hours.

4.8- Roden house

"I love El Guapos, but I always come out smelling like obesity"

-Brian Daskam

4.7- library

"I'm all for helping students, but if it interferes with knitting and cupcakes, I don't know."

-more insight into the secret lives of librarians.


thanks to christine willard for always keeping us up to speed with the librarian world.
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4.6- Denton

"happy recession, I guess"

-Brian Daskam after I was so excited and surprised how little traffic I experienced driving from downtown Dallas to Denton in the middle of "rush hour".

4.4-Dubai

"NO emo, Aliza. emo is a disease."

-Dave to his 2yr daughter as she was requesting "emo yish".


"see. she's already got the emo disease."

-Dave fully concerned after he failed to understand her request to be for the "Nemo fish" she began to whine and yell.


thanks to Gloria as always,
la finca

4.3- Georgia

"she's got her children, and her period. A woman has NO business in the White House."

-one a them "progressives" from Georgia during the election, on her thoughts about Hillary Clinton.

thanks to Christenn in Ireland for sending this along
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4.2-California

"I couldn't hear what she said... it was in black and white."

- while watching Casa Blanca, a woman comes out of the closet with her "hearing blindness".

thanks to Brian Washam for sending this along
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4.1- Dubai

" i'd rather have a hysterectomy."

-Dave having to defy biology to accurately describe his feelings towards the offer to go on a cruise with his wife's whole extended family.


thanks to Gloria for keeping Dubai well represented on the QF.
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