May 25, 2003:
Voters:Last week's winner was: "We have a long tradition in society of dividing life into public and private spheres. There's a wonderful invention called a door." -Mr. Wharton, addressing the sophomores' inappropriate behavior
How to vote: list as many as you wish of the nominees below in order from favorite to least favorite. List only nominee names, not the whole quotes. Distinguish between Ms. Rome's two quotes with the parenthetical statements "(homework)" and "(Mormons)".
And now, the NOMINEES:
"The U.S. history homework is always understandable, often fun, and perfect to do during your physics class." -Ms. Rome
"Despite one loss, we're still undefeated." -Ben Whelan, on the Frisbee team
"Trust the Greeks to have a creation myth for whores." -Joanna
"They look slightly like a gap ad gone awry." -Ms. Rome, on Mormon teenagers
"Destroying art is a European thing." -Harvard art restoration guy
"He's the nerf version of Macbeth." -Alex, on Josh
"What Farscape is to Star Trek, Netscape is to IE." -William
"I turned the music up, and now he's dancing." -Fiona, on an ant on her keyboard
"Not to say that I'm the fastest thing out there, just that most of the people who ride faster than me don't count as people because they wear bike shorts." -Roz, on his bike, 'Pony'
"It's the common ad lynch mob fallacy." -Julian
Voting ends at 5:00 pm on Tuesday.
-Ben "betting man" Orlin
May 25, 2003: Honorable Mentions
This Week's Winner: "The U.S. history homework is always understandable, often fun, and perfect to do during your physics class." -Ms. RomeApologies for the weak batch of Honorable Mentions, but here they are:
"The Medieval Arab empire would've been a whole lot more laid back if they had waffles." -Julian
"[Polar liquids tend] to be cold." -Roz, finishing Ms. Jackman's sentence ("Polar liquids tend...")
"JulianCorp: everyone's an employee until I fire you." -Julian
Ja, so I've got a Julian bias. Hasn't everyone?
To compensate, I'll include the nominees and winners from one year ago (Week Ending May 26, 2002; QOTW has come a long way...)
"So, is this like a propaganda thing for alternative medicine?" -Rostam, on A Midsummer Night's Dream
"There will be no finals, only failures." -Mr. Weisman, to his Computers 1 class
"I'm not as big and cuddly as I seem!" -Dan Morgan (the winner)
-QOTW Management
