02 August 2008
My Precious…
"Oh shut up! We are not!"
[said during a reenactment of a previous conversation, about north/south hostilities, and then repeated endlessly by a brilliant northerner.]
"It will never last!"
[said by a clairvoyant rice mill circle economic forecaster.]
"I'm just checking the airlines for a flight."
[said by a nervous flier in search of the perfect flight.]
"…and I wish you had a big wart on the tip of your nose."
[originally said by a southern belle, but used often by the Yankee contingent.]
"He took off with his boyfriend for a long weekend"
[said by a person with a loose tooth.]
"Do you want these pickles? After eating yours I can't stand eating the store bought variety."
[said in Fibber Magee's by the mom of a short woman.]
"…the protective ice."
[said by everyone, repeatedly !]
"The best part of the day was the visit to the zoo… remember how much you liked it?"
[said by a Yankee photographer to the Rice Mill Circle clan.]
[said by a short shiksa.]
"I was just taking my 1 o'clock nap."
[said at 12:20 PM after two hours of zzzz's.]
"Let's stop and eat…"
[said by a short woman when walking from a restaurant, to the car.]
"We don't do it that way here."
[said by just about everyone who lived south of Hopewell Junction .]
