[QOTW] Quote of the week, October 10, 2004

[Quote of the Week]

Welcome to the Columbus Day Weekend edition of QOTW. Every email is
special here at
QOTW and this one is special because tomorrow we will celebrate Columbus
Day. Let's
take a moment to appreciate Christopher Columbus and all the things he has
done for
us. But while I know that all God-fearing folk appreciate Columbus,  I
expect that
some of you long-haired, freedom-hating hippies will spout all sorts of
evil, communist rhetoric about how he killed all the "Native-Americans"
and enslaved all
the ones he didn't kill. So if you must complain please do so in a funny
manner and
submit your quote to QOTW through the form at www.qotw.net .

In QOTW news, last week's winner is Becca Thal with her quote: "Your AIDS
ribbon is
drooping; it's like it figured out, 'Oh man, I'm terminal.'"
Congratulations to
Becca on yet another victorious quote.

And now I present to you  this week's nominees:

"When a Northerner wants to sound stupid he uses a southern drawl; when a
Southerner
wants to sound stupid he exaggerates his own accent" - George Dahl

"Single-ply toilet paper in the admissions office: that's how you know
it's a safety
school." - Becca's mom

"Yeah, the people in my head hear voices all the time." - Danielle

"We are *all* Mr. Davis' children!" - Garrison

"He enjoys seppuku and long walks on the beach." - Norris, writing a
profile for
Garrison on the TIF bandsite (seppuku is ritual Japanese suicide by
self-disembowelment.)

"The 'juniors starting clubs' club is meeting today in the annex" - Ben
Hirsch,
after many juniors in a row announced club meetings in the annex at lunch.

"Where's the firing squad?" - Garrison on all the sophomores lined up
against the
wall at snack.

"We won't be able to take the French students to New York to see the art.
And all
they have is Paris." - Mrs. Grant on the lack of enthusiasm for the New
York art
trip.

"[The investiture conflict and courtly love] are kind of the same things.
In both
cases the Catholic Church wanted to have the last say in who gets to dress
and
undress whom." - Ben Miller, on the themes of Medieval history.

"They're together?!?!" - Ms. Jackman, on hearing the names Tammy Faye
Baker and
Barbara Streisand mentioned in the same sentence at a GSA meeting.

Now vote, because in the words of Art Spander, "The great thing about
democracy is
that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid." And if you
don't know
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Harry "not Kate's brother" Alper

A special thanks to Ben Orlin for showing me the ropes and counting the
votes.