"Marshmallow charcoal tastes better than cedar charcoal."
--One very serious little girl crisping marshmallows over the fire at a kids' club campout I had the fortitude to attend this weekend.

"When the keg has been kicked, when the liquor has run dry, when we've fallen outta love with that 'perfect' guy. When the party is over. When we're passed out on the floor. When we can't keep kickin ass in Beer Pong anymore. When the ciggys are gone. When there's no weed in the place. When our mascara is running all over our face. When we've fallen down. When the world has turned cold and we're sitting in our rockers gettin' old. We'll still be friends cause we'll all know the deal. We're each other's girls and we'll always keep it real."

-seen on a buddy's IM profile

"relationships are basically still friendships, just with orgasms attached."
-a.

"my mom called and i made this great connection with her cause i'd smoked up and was all femme-y and shit!"
-random guy at humour magazine meeting

"Wait a sec, these are heavy."
"Come on, we're going to be late."
"The girls are going to be late, so we can be late. Besides, they owe us a rib from way back."
--A teenage guy carrying several pizzas, and another teenage guy, outside Round Table

"But every now and then I'm using Soft Scrub on the dishes and I think, 'you know, this stuff is so much cheaper, and I bet it'd work as well.'"
"It's got bleach in it! Don't let me catch you washing your face with bleach, ever, ok?"
--Two women talking while getting haircuts.

"And he'd be right."
"No, he's a bastard."
"That doesn't mean he can't be right."
"Yes it does."
"No, just because he's a bastard doesn't mean that 1+2 doesn't equal 3 when he says it."
--A girl and a guy talking in the checkout line at Andronico's.

"It cost $400 to put the stitches in! I don't have health insurance, and I don't have another $400 to get them taken out."
"I'm just saying, man, your own face isn't exactly the best place to start dabbling in cosmetic surgery."
--Two guys at Triple Rock.

"I think the theme song for cross country snowboarding would have to be 'The Time Warp.'"
--A guy holding a snowboard in the lift lines at Kirkwood

"I rather wish we didn't have to wait so long for the bus, and then wait again once we're on the bus."
"Oh, you should take public transit more often. It's good for your mortal soul."
--A rather gruff elderly man and a rather beatific elderly woman, on the bus.

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By the way, thank you so much to all of you who have donated in response to my post yesterday. I'd like to particuarly thank the folks who used Amazon honors, because while I can email individual thank-yous to the people who used paypal, Amazon honors is anonymous unless you opt to send me your email address. So, thank you for all your generosity, it is greatly appreciated, but really, thank you all for liking In Passing enough to want to support it.

Ok, done now, really.

"Girls like accessories. They like purses. Or sunglasses. You don't get a girl a model car! I'm going to kick your ass."
"Aw, I know, but if I got her the car, she'd give it to me."
"No, you get her something nice. But not too nice, you've been together, what, three weeks? Get her something too nice this year and then next year you'll have to get her the platinum princess gift."
--A teenage girl and guy in line for the register at Ross