Quotes Page

Things Heard 'Round Tech House 2004 - 2005

  • "You can check out "quote," it's how we update our quotes page. But don't do it now."
    -Jimmy, The Library

  • "I don't personally have a problem with it, but I can see how the n00b l4m3rz might."
    -Jimmy, considering whether Mike should call the Beginner's division of the Smash Brothers tournament the "n00b l4m3rz" division

  • "Marcus taught me more groin moves at Hapkido last night."
    -Haley, making us wonder if we now know too much information

  • "One time I was pulling on it and it just came."
    -Haynes, Outside Haynes' 2nd floor room.

  • "It's self-aware, man. Look at it. It's plotting...."
    -Adam Fenn, in awe at Jimmy's wallet.

  • "Sean, you're a dastard."
    -Jimmy, affirming Sean's dastardliness

  • "Jodie: Did she (Rianna) just cheer as you left the room? Haynes: Yeah, lots of girls do that."
    -Jodie & Haynes, as Haynes asked Rianna if she wanted Chinese food

  • "Beca: 'I prefer my housing to be on solid ground. And preferably indoors.' Deigen: 'I believe the ground is outside. Technically.'"
    -Beca & Deigen, in the 2nd floor hallway

  • "yeah... one day you're strugging with your 3rd grade homework, the next you're coasting into the oval office"
    -Dylan, Early January

  • "The Greeks thought that light came out of their eyes, Graham. The Greeks invented raytracing, but with stupid."
    -Sean, explaining the intellectual triumphs and pitfalls of the Ancient Greeks (Dec. 16th)

  • "Lucia:'I'm going to have to kick Haynes' asses.' Sean:'Asses?' Lucia:'Yes, asses. Haynes, you have 2 asses. The one that you have, and the one that you are.'"
    -Lucia, in the 2nd floor hallway, the origin of all such quotes

  • "It's like massaging Superman."
    -Sean, describing giving Haley a backrub (her muscles were a little ... tense)

  • "There are multiple programs that work under Linux."
    -Jimmy, making a controversial claim

  • "OK. Time to stop thinking outloud now."
    -Dan Erickson, thinking outloud

  • "I write software that controls satellite terminals. On a bad day, it's all set and get methods."
    -Curran, on vTH, describing her job

  • "yeah...sendmail config files roughly resemble line noise"
    -Lou, via IM

  • "Muppets are hitting Yoda with a baguette?"
    -David Eigen, very confused

  • "Sean: 'Jimmy, did you lose your glasses?' Jimmy: 'No, I just don't know where they are exactly.'"
    -Jimmy, looking for his glasses yet again

  • "That would like *so* be bad. "
    -Marcus, Pre-THMeeting

  • "Doug: "No! You're not seducing us to the dark side!"... Jodie: "The dark side's so pretty...""
    -Doug & Jodie, discussing Ragnarok addiction

  • "I wasn't that electrocuted."
    -Marcus, claiming that there are varying degrees of electrocution

  • "I am so good at regurgitation!"
    -Haley, 10/14/2004, in the second-floor hallway

  • "I know not which preposition of use."
    -Jimmy, responding in the library to Deigenian ambiguity

  • "Haley: 'We learned about sex in high school.' Marcus: 'Was this like a P.E. class, or like a theory class?' "
    -Haley & Marcus, hanging out in the lounge

  • "How do you open this thing?"
    -Haynes, while trying to peel a banana

  • "Don't put that on the quotes page!"
    -Nihal, after having said something ... else.

  • "So are you now the Techhouse Space Cowgirl?"
    -Mike K., to Lucia after Event at Time for Purpose

  • "It's Doug! Are you naked?"
    -Doug, while approaching Haynes's room wanting to play DDR

  • "I'm the mayor of l33ttown."
    -Sean, during a 2nd floor discussion of cs167/9

  • "Haynes: "When I go to a rodeo... I just feel like... " Haley: "like yours isn't as big as theirs?" Haynes: "yeah""
    -Haynes & Haley, in Haynes' room, discussing Haynes' insecurities with the size of his "belt buckle".

  • "Sean: 'That hurts my carpal tunnel.' Haley: 'Yeah, it hurts mine too.'"
    -Sean & Haley, as they mutually decided that Haley should release her wrist hold on Sean

  • "Yay! I leaked!"
    -Mike K., 9/27/2004, wearing a good stained shirt and a wrap from Jo's

  • "Marcus: "I need an extra set of hands!" ... Haley: "Haynes, Marcus needs *your* expertise.""
    -Marcus & Haley, Marcus, in the 2nd floor hallway, needing some "help" in his room.

  • "I am going to go apply zero fleece-jig-seconds to my computer parts"
    -Sean, After a discussion about inventing a new unit of static electricity derived from how long it would take to deal damage to the computer part after dancing a jig in a fleece... in the work room.

  • "Jodie: 'Techhouse should have a greenhouse.' Haynes: 'No... that's too, like, analog.'"
    -Jodie & Haynes, In Lucia & Haley's room

  • "So what if I kick it in your face?"
    -Haynes, In the hallway at random

  • "I didn't mean a linux man, I meant LINUX MAN, dun-da-da-da!"
    -Sue, after asking Sean why he was (a) Linux man

  • "I don't think it's so much the bathroom that's co-ed as Haley that's co-ed."
    -Sean, 9/12/2004, during the officer's meeting

  • "*sound of static* This is Camel-One. We've spotted the time rainbow. *sound of static*"
    -Sue, Outside of her room

  • "I got a fancy shirt. It's so exciting! I have a shirt that's not a T-shirt!"
    -Lucia, 9/3/04, in her and Haley's room

  • "Yeah, Chris Nemcosky pants! You can fit, like, two girls in there!"
    -Sean, 9/3/04, in Lucia and Haley's room

  • "Would you like me to buy you a breast to burn?"
    -Sean to Marcus, 9/3/04, in Lucia and Haley's room

  • "Jimmy, I have a favor to ask of you-- I need to use your computer for a sec....to send you an email."
    -Sean, lounge, 8/30/04

  • "Beca says: oh, there's nothing wrong with painting your nails or wearing makeup. mdp says: yeap, I do it all the time."
    -Beca and Mike (Plotz), in vTH

    An: "Hey, guess what I got my dad for Father's Day?"
    Joe: "Your mom?"
    -An and Joe, At Clara's, 6/14/04

    Horrible says: I need to go to the apple store.
    Ryan asks: For why?
    Horrible says: it's all the way over there. *waves hand*
    Beca asks: Granny Smith?
    Horrible says: I have an iCorpse.
    Horrible says: So they gave it an iBurial and are giving me an iNewone.
    Beca says: hee hee
    Ryan smiles: :)
    Horrible says: for iThirtydollarsinprocessingfees
    Horrible says: but they will only hold it for iWeek, so I should take the iT to iLechemere which iSucks.
    - Veronica, vTH, afternoon of June 8, 2004

    Still haven't had enough? Look at our quotes from last year.