brand new, belated summer quotes!
the family fun edition

13 August 2006

• "I've never seen an Oompa Loompa have to fix their bra." --Patti Buono (my aunt)
  "Was that me or Katie?" --Ron Selig (brother); on the Augustus Gloomp Dance
• "How much rice did you have to pick before you could take a break?" --Aunt Patti, on my mother's horrible, horrible hat
• "Patti, it protected her head, it protected her neck . . ." --Rich Selig (dad)
  "But it didn't protect her dignity!" --me; on my mother's horrible, horrible hat
• "Will they take my deodorant?" --Ron
  "They'll take one look at you and let you keep it." --Diana Pilat (aunt); on new airport regulations
  

10 August 2006

• "I'll mutter 'Hezbollah' every once in a while--it keeps me in the game. . . . Man, isn't terrorism funny?" --Erika Selig (my sister), on family conversation
• "I wasn't kicking--that was me flipping pages." --Ron Selig (brother)
  "That was the last book you ever read." --Betty Selig (mom); on the Little Brother Manual
  

29 July 2006

• "It's not against you, it's against people who don't go to the library." --Michael Barton (a.k.a. Boogdish), on punk rock anarchy
• "Even if it's illegal, if enough people do it, you're free." --Michael, on pirates
• "The Great Depression wasn't that awesome." --Stanley Saeger III, playing Apples to Apples
• "Ham is someone we know, I don't just enjoy cured meats." --Kelly Hill, justifying Mad Gab phrases
• "Becky Pinto goes to my college and avoids eye contact." --Kyle Page, on high school classmates
  

undated

• "He's an orphan, we cheer!" --Kelly Hill, playing Mad Gab (actual phrase: "He's a Norwegian skier.)
  
• "We show our neighbor porn." --Katie, playing Mad Gab (actual phrase: 'wish i were never born')