"Who's the old dude?"
--Comment left by a YouTube user on a clip showing Ryan Adams with Willie Nelson
-- My dear (English) friend Gareth, seeking to verify the cultural accuracy of an American sitcom.
-- Our intern, Sarah (translating from German)
"There is absolutely no excuse for this."
--My friend and colleague Floyd, indicating the Nana Mouskouri CD on my desk
"Do you have anything like these, but nice?"
-- An annoying customer at a shoe shop in The Hague
"The short answer is no. The long answer is nnnnnooooooooooooooooooo."
--My buddy Neil, responding to a long-since-forgotten question
"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
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