(02:48:09) [anon]: if there is one thing turks are good at (or used to be good at) it's incorporating elements into themselves as if they were always there.
Quotes
Interesting things said in my presence
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heard: 28 November 2007
[edit] added: 28 November 2007
[comment] [rate] 3/5
[edit] added: 28 November 2007
(16:00) Анара: Ok, come here and не болтай по-кыргызски, а то мой папа тебя из дома выгонит и будешь спать на улице.
Anara invites me to Kazakhstan
patriotism, threats, SSSR, language, russian, kyrgyz, kazakh, multilingualisms, turkic
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heard: 27 November 2007
[edit] added: 27 November 2007
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[edit] added: 27 November 2007
(06:20:41) kesuari: hang it on an article of clothing, hang that on the line near the tree, it'll be gone by tomorrow
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heard: 27 November 2007
[edit] added: 27 November 2007
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[edit] added: 27 November 2007
(22:26:59) [me]: the one where the guy didn't know how to take a pciture?
(22:27:16) Amanda: yeah but the one where "the guy" was me
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heard: 26 November 2007
[edit] added: 26 November 2007
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[edit] added: 26 November 2007
(01:08:08) Sarah: I say that I have a halo and they tell me it doesn't count if it's super-glued on.
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heard: 25 November 2007
[edit] added: 25 November 2007
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[edit] added: 25 November 2007
(15:59:40) Rianna: I sat alone in the dark one night ... I found a preacher who spoke of the light -- he'd show me the way according to him, in return for my personal check. I flipped my channel back to CNN and lit another cigarette.
(16:00:15) Rianna: i dunno, that's most sane thing ever said on a country music station
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heard: 23 November 2007
[edit] added: 25 November 2007
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[edit] added: 25 November 2007
Thatcher: "And her father was the largest contractor in Kenya—"
Colin: "He was huge!"
Thatcher: "Yeah, he was like 400lbs."
Colin: [buffs up, effects burly voice] "Want me to build you a shed!?"
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heard: 23 November 2007
[edit] added: 25 November 2007
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[edit] added: 25 November 2007
"You know, I've drunk more in the last two weeks than .. in the last three."
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heard: 22 November 2007
[edit] added: 25 November 2007
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[edit] added: 25 November 2007
"There's something about mountain people and alcohol—you know, they're not strangers."
James, during a Thanksgiving toast
alcohol, people, SSSR, anthropology, humanity, kyrgyz, provincialism
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heard: 22 November 2007
[edit] added: 25 November 2007
[comment] [rate] 3/5
[edit] added: 25 November 2007
"You don't know Central Asia if you think eating trumps toasts."
Colin, in reference to a toast during Thanksgiving dinner
alcohol, food, sadness, SSSR, kyrgyz, patriotism
