[QOTW] 2020 Quote of the Year Nominees

[QOTW]

2 Quotemasters. 6 months. 16 “weekly” emails. 160 quotes. 100+ honorable 
mentions. Countless laughs. All of this year of QOTW has been leading up 
to this moment. That’s right: it’s time to vote on the 2020 Quote of the 
Year.

And this year, we need QOTY more than ever. While Spring Hancock and 
graduation at the First Church have been canceled, QOTY remains to mark 
the end of the Commonwealth school year.

This week, we present the nominees, which consist of every winning Quote 
of the Week from this year. Next week, we’ll publish the winning quote 
along with some other awards. Voting will work a bit differently this 
week, so I’ve posted some instructions below, but first, here are the 
2020 QOTY nominees:

1. Vivian: “Feminism’s meeting in...”
Avery Mangum: “WHERE?!?!?!”
Kate: “IN THE KITCHEN!!!!!”

2. “It’s your cold, unforgiving Soviet eyes.” —Chris, on determining 
Michael’s ethnicity

3. “I am so mad at you, Collin, I’m going to draw a graph.” —Anand

4. “The helium is not a 5-year-old, Chris.” —Anand, after Chris offered 
an idea on how to “trick” helium into separating from CNG

5. “Unfortunately, we’re learning today.” —Mr. Singer

6. “When God misses a minus sign, Mr. Barsi accelerates across the 
entire universe.” —Collin

7. “If your showers don’t have mushrooms in them, it’s not Hancock.” 
—Nathan on why Hancock should stay at Winona (RIP)

8. “When I watch the Republicans, I just think about all the renewable 
energy we could generate by hooking up a turbine to George Washington as 
he rolls over in his grave.” —Ms. Haber on the Unitary Executive

9. Miles: “The Vatican should send a team to the Olympics.”
Milo: “But they are completely made up of ... old clergy.”
Miles: “With a little divine intervention, anything’s possible!”

10. “Unlike Tie Day, Condom Day is not an opportunity” —Mr. Wharton

11. “This is boring.” —Nina Letarte, visiting her father’s Stats class

12. “Vacations for which you are not paid are called being unemployed.” 
—Milo

13. “I am completely fine with my narrow-minded, Cartesian worldview.” 
—Mr. Perez on the “deadly disease” of magical realism

14. “I’m confused, are we being recruited to make face masks or dental 
dams?” —Milo, during a confusing conversation

15. “The only thing I’m hearing from is my cat and I don’t think it 
understands proscriptions.” —Ms. Budding, after posing a question to a 
silent history class

16. “How well do you know the mysterious teachers who live... uh—teach 
here?” —Mr. Sherry, on the secret teacher colony underneath the 
Commonwealth stairs

And finally, last week’s winner:
17. “There is no ‘good old days’. Just nostalgia and dementia.” —Ella 
McKee

Due to the large number of nominees, we’re doing QOTY voting via Google 
Forms. Please go to this link to vote (instructions are included on the 
page): https://forms.gle/7pnvvB2wfdcuGcaV7 If you only choose to 
participate in QOTW voting once this year, this is the time you should 
do it. The Commonwealth community (read: Chris and me) is counting on 
you to do your civic duty.

Yours truly,
Wilder “don’t forget to read The Leek” Perkins

PS: Happy Memorial Day!

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