August 24, 2003:
QOTW Members:For lack of better introduction, here are some quotes:
"See, I started kindergarten when I was four, then I had a second year of it, since they decided I was too young. And they weren't sure if I was really stupid or colorblind." -Miller, who is in fact colorblind
"This tastes like rug." -Madame Folkman, on some jellybeans
"You can call me 'Shady Hil.' Ho! Stop me, please." -Hilary, graduate of the middle school Shady Hill
"This is the kind of thing that you pin on a little baby who doesn't know any better." -Jenn, on a bib with a picture of a pig and the words "I Pigged Out at Parker's" on it
"He can jump that far?!?" -Will, age 8, playing chess, after the opposing queen moved six spaces
"I hate these colleges. They slap themselves." -John, on college basketball scandals
"It's just about the most fun you'll have reading about horrible things happening to miserable small children." -Julian, on the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" books
"We kept singing too fast, so for a while we didn't know that 'elemenopee' was actually four different letters." -Miller, on learning the ABCs
"The spoon, in my opinion, is the most fearsome of the utensils." -Julian
"Curse you and your delicious maple products!" -Jenn, shaking her fist at Parker's Maple Barn as she drove away
Voting will pick up again either next week or the week after, so be prepared. And if you haven't yet, there's still time to sign up for the Honorable Mentions club. Do it now, before your youth passes you by.
-Ben "flapjack" Orlin
