"There's another website sponsor... 'Women.com' Thing I don't get about a place like that, what's it for? I mean, are they a magazine? Are they about women's health? Are they selling women's clothes? Are they selling women?"
--A woman jogging behind me during the Race For the Cure

"Daaaaad! You did not just say 'flip dee doo,' did you? I think I'm going to die."
--A girl about at the magical age when you realize that parents are inherenly dorky and utterly mortifying by junior high standards.

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"He's just singing along with the radio, and my other roommate, Scott, says to him, 'Hey, who sings this song?' He says, 'I think it's Papa Roach.' And then Scott's all, 'Ok, let's keep it that way.'"
--A guy talking to a girl on Sproul Plaza

"What am I supposed to do? Just walk up to her and say, 'Hi. Your brother scheduled me to save your parents' marriage,' or something?"
--A frantic girl walking by on Telegraph Ave

"Yeah, I was really careful in my answers."
"Totally. I mean, you have to remember that she's a visiting professor, from that area, and not only does she know everything, but if you say something bad about it, she'll probably get offended."
--Two girls in the restroom, after my history midterm

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Damn. In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have said on the exam that the European intellectuals moved, herd-like, from popular topic to popular topic.

"Hey, d'you think she's going to ask us anything about the Salman Rushdie affair? What is that all about anyway?"
"I have no idea..."
"Ok, if she does, I'll just punt and say it was the working title for that movie with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo."
--A guy and a girl outside my history midterm

"That fucker? No, we didn't get along, it never worked out."
"Really? Last time I talked to you, you seemed pretty into him."
"Yeah, that was until he said he wasn't really into me, and then he's all,'...but I might like you better if we slept togther.'"
--Two girls waiting at the crosswalk on Dwight st

"It's a pretty good place for the price... the backyard's not so great though. I-580 runs through the backyard. But there are some nice potted plants too."
--A guy trying to make the best of a situation, talking to another guy outside Evans Hall.

"Hey, it's my man Gilligan!"
"You know that's not my name, right?"
--Two guys, one cheerful the other sounding rather grumpy, walking past my window.

"So apparently in your excitement you forgot to go to class? *pause* How'd I know? Because I'm outside class. And I just called you... at home... and you answered."
--A guy on a cell phone near Wheeler Hall