"We have gas and matches. And a device that makes sure we don't create an explosion when we mix the two."
Quotes
Interesting things said in my presence
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[edit] added: 28 October 2007
"There probably shouldn't be a wikipedia page on everything, though, since there's probably a wikipedia page on Idaho."
[edit] added: 26 October 2007
"You know what I don't understand about bribing people to buy things—why don't you just lower the prices to what it would've been...?"
[edit] added: 26 October 2007
"I think back in Soviet times, the brake must've been on the steering wheel or something."
[edit] added: 23 October 2007
(21:26:54) [Sarah]: The students in here were like,"Can you convince him to let us go early?" I was like,"I don't get to go early with my class with him so y'all don't get to go early."
(21:28:30) [Sarah]: They were like,"You have classes???"
[edit] added: 23 October 2007
"Кантип жаңгак ача албайсың? Таш бар го?"
[edit] added: 23 October 2007
"You see, it's different for you: Kyrgyz and Kazakh girls are actually attractive."
[edit] added: 23 October 2007
(13:06:16) Derek: I wanted to say thanks for speaking Kazakh (etc) around me all the time
(13:06:41) Derek: I think it's giving me a big edge in my Uighur class right now
(13:07:28) Derek: Turkic seems familiar to me instead of something strange, which is something the other students I would say definitely lack ;)
[edit] added: 23 October 2007
"Well, he just came from America, where people have jobs and have to do stuff, but now he's in Central Asia, where people drink tea."
[edit] added: 16 October 2007
Баха: "Ты исследователь?"
Jonathan: "Да."
Баха: "Или шпион?"
Jonathan: "Ладно, я шпион."
Баха: "Где ты учился тогда?"
Jonathan: "Назвается ‘Шпионский Институт Америки.’"
Баха: "А! Мы всегда знали!"
Jonathan: "Ты знаешь как сокращается называние этого института? C.I.A.—‘Шпионский Институт Америки.’"
