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Unauthorized Quotation #8

"Who's the old dude?"

--Comment left by a YouTube user on a clip showing Ryan Adams with Willie Nelson


                      Willie_ryan_4

Monday, 20 November 2006 in Unauthorized Quotations | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Unauthorized Quotation #7

                               G2sm
   

-- My dear (English) friend Gareth, seeking to verify the cultural accuracy of an American sitcom.

Tuesday, 14 November 2006 in Unauthorized Quotations | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Unauthorized Quotation #6

                              Trample

  -- Our intern, Sarah (translating from German)

Thursday, 09 November 2006 in Unauthorized Quotations | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Unauthorized Quotation #4

"There is absolutely no excuse for this."

--My friend and colleague Floyd, indicating the Nana Mouskouri CD on my desk

Friday, 03 November 2006 in Unauthorized Quotations | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)

Unauthorized Quotation #3

"Do you have anything like these, but nice?"

-- An annoying customer at a shoe shop in The Hague

Monday, 25 September 2006 in Unauthorized Quotations | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

Unauthorized Quotation #2

"The short answer is no.  The long answer is nnnnnooooooooooooooooooo."

--My buddy Neil, responding to a long-since-forgotten question

Saturday, 16 September 2006 in Unauthorized Quotations | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

Unauthorized Quotation #1

"Is this the line for the Tribe Called Quest show?"

  -- My friend Philip, arriving to join the queue of remarkably pale, largely thirtysomething Seattleites in line for a Billy Bragg concert, circa 1996

Tuesday, 05 September 2006 in Unauthorized Quotations | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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