April 27, 2003: Honorable Mentions
This week's winning quote: "Did anyone else feel like they were doing the hokey pokey? You know, you put your sexuality in, you take your sexuality out, you put your liberalism in and you shake it all about." -Joanna, on the Health and Community Workshop on 'identity'.Judging by the vote count, Joanna's was the most popular quote in modern QOTW history. She earned 11 of the 21 first-place votes--the only time a nominee has ever had a true majority.
This week's Honorable Mentions:
"We got about half-way, but then Rostam was too big and wouldn't fit." -Cameron, on Rostam trying on her clothes
"Molecular junk-mail: 'Make your London Dispersion Forces 10-15% bigger, stronger, and longer-lasting!'" -Miller
"Bush's junk-mail: Make your oil reserves 15-20% bigger." -Miller
"Pfau's junk-mail: Make yourself 15-20% bigger." -Miller
"They just don't know how to manipulate their variables." -Roz, in response to Alex's nominated quote ("Those [online] dating services work on a whole lot of scary math. And the people who create the math probably never get dates.")
"I'll manipulate YOUR variables." -Joanna, in response to Roz's quote
"This is a Ms. Nulty moment." -Cameron, on Ms. Jackman discussing the conductivity of her butt
"Excuse me for being a real man." -Roz, on his shaving habits
"I'd like to speak with Mariah Carey after announcements." -Mr. Wharton, in response to Mr. Weisman's nominated quote (listing Mariah Carey as a student at Commonwealth)
"So let's talk about death. Because no matter how good your medicine is, you die eventually." -Ms. Grant, making the transition from Chinese medicine to Chinese views of death
"It's a strange combination of real grief and people in the kitchen telling jokes." -Ms. Grant, on funerals
"So the water molecules are like adulterous Mormons!" -Joanna, learning about Hydrogen bonds
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