[QOTW] Quote of the Year Round 2

[Quote of the Week]

Dearest readers,
     Now I know you're all probably thinking, or will be very shortly,
"Wait, what is this? I pay good money to get a new serving of quotes every
Sunday/ occasionally Monday or Tuesday, the quoting just isn't what it
used to be-why back in my day emails were out by Sunday, 10 o' clock,
every morning, and they had that delicious little rim of cream around the
top of the bottles-my point is, what is this rehashed quotage you're
stuffing down my throat? I've seen these quote before."
     And my response is, dearest reader, rejoice! These are the quotes
that won QOTW over the past few months, the quotes you already know and
love, which are now in the running for Quote of the Year. Take a stroll
down memory lane and vote for your favorites. There's a rather large crop
due to there having been QOTW difficulties in March, when round two should
have taken place, so the top six will move on alongside the top four from
round one (end of December) to the last and final round of voting.
Afterwards, summer quoting will begin and you will be returned to your
regular weekly serving of quotes. You never know, there may even be a
little cream around the rim. Until then, here are the nominees for QOTY,
starting with last week's winner:

"That's exactly the reason I didn't want to go to my brother's
graduation." -Jenny, watching "Buffy" (the commencement speaker turns into
a giant demon)

"I want to be resurrected as a virile 18 year old!" -Mr. Conolly

"Any similarities between Dylan and Kanga from Winnie the Pooh are purely
coincidential." -Ms. Bluestein

“You are standing on a frozen pond. You hear the ice start to crack. You
try to move, but you can’t. So what do you do? You start a striptease.
Fast! And try to keep some decent clothing on for when you finally reach
the shore.”-Mr. Riahi on rocket propulsion in action

"Yeah, well it's just like being back at Commonwealth again- I sit in a
classroom all day bored as [hell] pretending I care about what's going on
around me...except now I get paid to do it! Wait, this is off the
record, right?" -Ben Miller on proctoring APs

"It's a red shirt, which as a Trekkie I'm slightly afraid
of wearing. If I wind up dyng at the beginning of the episode to establish
the threat, know that my last thoughts were of you." -Alex George, to
Joanna Rifkin (In Star Trek, an unfamiliar red-shirted ensign often
appears only long enough to die and establish the threat.)

“We may share 90% of your DNA with chimpanzees, but we share 99.9% of our
DNA with pirates.” -Mera

"Kelton, come to the bathroom with me, I need your help."-Nolan (to Kelton)

"People these past few weeks have been telling me I'm 'cute.'  So I bite
them." -Andrea, wearing jeans

"Oh my God! Girl clothes, girl pants, HIPS!!!"-Nolan (on Greta)

“Try substitution. If that doesn't work, try integration by parts. If that
doesn't work, get down on your knees, light incense, and pray..." -Mr.
Sherry "reading" the calculus textbook's strategy for antiderivation

"Think of Texas in the Northeast corner of Africa and you get the Egyptian
world view. Perhaps without the boots. Maybe not a felicitous metaphor."
-Rashid Khalidi, Columbia Professor

"Come to "Supernatural" fandom. We have urban legends, leather coats, a
pretty car, and reasonably fetching men... Also, bondage."-Andrea,
Supernatural

"So apart from world peace and a bunker, what else would you like? How
about a nice sundress? Or an accordion. We could get you an accordion. The
local polka band just broke up over 'artistic differences'." -Cybil
Bomberger

"I can't help you right now; I have to put on my gay
persona." –Jean before a GSA meeting

"Slightly less tempting." -Sam Freeman, hearing Commonwealth
students sing the Temptations

"In the cities everyone lives so close together: they can all have sex all
the time. Jenny's looking shocked. She's thinking 'What, Brookline?'" -Ms.
Rome, on 19th century fears on urbanization

"I know at least thirty-one different ways to kill you. I'm pretty much a
Baskin-Robbins of death." -Andrea (Baskin-Robbins of death)

"This will be your best chance to see the smartest man you will ever get
within fifty yards of doing something really stupid." -Mr. Davis

"I don't get it. Is it supposed to be deep?" --Karen Wolf, after mistaking
the Leek for the LitMag

And that's all. Remember to vote by 5 PM Friday, and this is the big
leagues people, so vote. For those of you (I'm speaking mainly to the
froshmores) who don't know how, it's easy: send a reply email listing as
many of your favorites as you want in order of hilarity. Some people (I'm
refering mainly to Andrea) have won QOTW multiple times this session, so
make sure you specify which of their quotes you're choosing or your vote
won't count; you can use the qualifiers I've given or make up your own, as
long as they make sense. It's been a pleasure quoting for you.

-Greta "just because I'm Swedish doesn't mean I care that you bought your
desk at Ikea" Friar