May 16, 2004:
Voters:Last week's winner was "I hope that's ETS issue gum." -Ms. Carter, on the distribution of chewing gum during the English AP.
Apologies to Commonwealth students and faculty for this email's lack of quotes from Hancock. There are too many funny things said during Hancock weekend; it's impossible to distill it to ten quotes.
This week's Nominees:
"I forgot Mother's Day, so I made repentant French toast. It tasted of guilt." -Becca Thal
"In order to graduate from Columbia everyone has to take a swimming test... except the engineers. We think it's best to keep them out of the water." -Admissions lady at Columbia
"The IRS sent me 81 dollars. I'm not sure why they did it, but it certainly gives me a good first impression." -Gabe Billings
"I need a non-sentimental, hard-hearted soul... Nate!" -Ms. Folkman
"Please stand for the Djibouti national anthem. 'Shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake. Shake Djibouti." -Julian Hyde
"They used to have wine at the teacher's table. Those were the good days, back before lawsuits." -Mr. Phillips, on lunch at Commonwealth School
"There's this other girl at Brandeis named Jen, and she was like, 'We're twins!' and I was like, 'Actually, that is the one thing that twins would not share.'" -Jenn Orlin
"The hunter becomes the hunted... the negligent becomes the neglected... the driver becomes the driven, in the new Honda A6." -Roz Thomas
"Does anyone want brownies? They have nuts in them. They're really an assassination attempt." -Nora Rojas
"So you'll drop all the balls that come to you! That's what baseball's all about. It's about failing in the spotlight." -Dylan, trying to persuade someone to play baseball
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