"The Spanish speakers are all like ‘it's close enough—we'll just make a little phonological conversion chart: «insert a bunch of /ʒ/ and /ão/»’"
Quotes
Interesting things said in my presence
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other categories found with "obliviousness": stupidity (4), sex (3), sadness (3), food (3), incompetence (1)
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[edit] added: 16 February 2012
me: "Why do I suddenly want coffee?"
Andy: "Well, you do have cake. Or is that banana bread?"
me: "No, it's coffee cake... [sudden realization]"
[edit] added: 19 May 2008
(19:34:54) ***kesuari bags jon all the time, but jon doesn't always notice it
(19:35:12) [me]: no, I just can't tell
(19:35:15) [me]: I notice that something's up
(19:35:19) [me]: and consider that as a possibility
(19:35:25) [me]: but can't always tell if it's the right one
(19:35:37) kesuari: it's like shakespearean comedy, except with insults, not sex
[edit] added: 26 March 2008
"I donno, I think I could think about it for a while, and still not get it."
[edit] added: 15 February 2006
Guy at checkout: "What is that?"
me: "That's a rutabaga."
Guy at checkout: "Uh, how do you spell that?" [fumbles through code guide]
me: "R-U-T-A-B-E-G-A"
Guy at checkout: [finds code and punches it in]
me: "What is this world coming to?"
Guy at checkout: "Well, sir, we have a lot of produce, and I don't know what it all is."
[edit] added: 14 April 2005
"For you, walking backwards is forward."
[edit] added: 25 February 2004
(06:12:40) Оберон: If a woman walked up to you tomorrow and said "I bet you have a wonderful snapple, and I'm absolutely not asexual -- how about you come back to my place and do me?" would you assume she wanted to know the way to Usdan?
(06:12:51) [me]: I might...
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"I just don't understand what you mean by dense!"
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"I said 'I think there are other things I'm allergic to that I don't know about.'"