Quizzing quotes, of course! February 2, 2008
Posted by Anya in : spontaneous degeneration, smiling is good for you , 2commentsAaron: “I am amply supplied, now that I have received from… someone… the gifts you sent.”
Mr. S: “Clarify.”
Aaron: “Meaning that you need his name?”
Mr. S: *nods*
Aaron: “Ummmmmmmmm Epaphroditus!”
all of us: “YEEEES!”
me: “Marah got a question! So we got a third person bonus! Woo!!”
Abbie: “Guess what?”
me: “What?”
Abbie: “McKenzie got two questions!”
me: O_O “WOW! Kenny!” *massive hug*
Mr. D: “And are you ready for this?”
me: “What?”
Mr. D: “Josh got a question too!”
me: O_O “Whoa! Josh!” *combination hug handshake thingy*
There was an extremely awesome quiz which I saw in the sanctuary where there were five quizzers… twenty questions… and they each quizzed out. Which it takes four questions to do.
everyone on the last question: “Sarah, this is your question! Get it Sarah!!!”
(nothing like pressure…)
Aaron: *messing with his iPod* “Ooh. Pirates of the Caribbean music! Have you seen that? Looky! We can WALTZ in!”
Griffin: “Now there is an idea!”
me: *clears throat* “Do either of you know how to waltz?”
Aaron. “Erm, well, jump around! And dance!”
Griff: “Hold you hands like this *demonstrates* and dance in 3/4 time. Yeah.”
me: “Yeah. You don’t even agree.” *rolls eyes*
Aaron: *getting an idea* *evil grin* “So would 6/8 time work?” [I believe that he was thinking about reducible fractions…]
me: *laughs*
Griffin: *begins very seriously explaining the differences between 3/4 time and 6/8 time*
(they stuck with their Darth Vader theme song after all.
me: “You’re ill.”
Griffin: “Mm, pretty much.”)
Mark: “Um. Can I challenge that… like… based on what I heard?”
Pastor B: “Well, you can try it… you can always try a challenge.”
Mark: “I think I’d like to do that. See, I heard Epaph– and I thought it was Epaphras, but it should have been Epaphroditus.”
*the challenge was overruled*
*two questions later*
Mark: *jumps* “This time it IS Epaphras! I know it!”
Mark and I: *high five*
Joanna: “Johnny’s not here.”
me: “Johnny’s… not… here??”
That was the Johnny with whom I had the following conversation last year…
me: Where’s Ryan?
Johnny D: (my captain at Districts) He’s at a CROSS-COUNTRY meet.
Mrs. U: Johnny, that’s OK.
Johnny: I know.
me: He just doesn’t think it’s OK to miss a quiz for.
Johnny: Well, I used to do cross-country, but I would NEVER miss a quiz meet for cross-country.
me: What COULD you miss a quiz for? If you were in the hospital, then would it be OK to miss a quiz?
Johnny: If you were in the hospital, then you could miss a quiz. Or if someone in your family died, and you had to be at the funeral, then you could miss a quiz.
Mrs. U: What about if your family was on vacation? Would it be OK to miss a quiz then?
Johnny: Uh… I would never miss a quiz. The only thing I’ll miss is a tournament. I will miss a tournament.
me: That’s only because you aren’t old enough to drive!
me: *goes in to check on the juniors*
Beth: “Be Mattie!” [Mattie wasn’t there.]
me: “Okay…” *goes to sit in Mattie’s seat* *gets distracted by talking with Mr. O’D*
Mr. O’D: “ANYA! How are you???”
me: “I’m fine, how are you?”
He was fine, and I continued on to sit with our juniors…
…but imagine, he noticed that I wasn’t Mattie. *gasp* Maybe it would have helped if he hadn’t been my coach at Districts before? Oh well. I gave up and left them to their quizzing. 
Peter (not the one on my team): *is goofing off during prayer and being generally obnoxious*
me: SMACK. Let’s hope that was the right person’s arm. [It was.]
Griffin [I have a lot of Griffin quotes this time!]: “Let’s see. How can I phrase this in the meanest possible way to Mark. Hmm. The wide receiver of the team which is going to BEAT the Patriots… *a minute later* Laugh at Mark! He’s a Patriots fan!”
Mark: *rolls eyes*
Griffin: “Anya. What do I do in this situation?”
me: “Um… what? What situation?”
Griff: “What can I say that wouldn’t result in excessive emotional or mental trauma for him?”
me: *feels as if I’m trying to interpret Chinese sign language while watching it through jello*
Peter (the one on my team, this time): “This is like a stab in the heart!!!!” [Lizzie being sick and unable to come, after she had studied so hard.]
me: O_o “Has anyone ever told you that you’re dramatic?”
Peter: *looking shocked* “Yesss! My sister, the drama major!”
He won’t need to go to school for drama.
me: “I thought that maybe Gabe had been on your screenname.”
Griffin: *looks as if the idea had never occurred to him. I do that to him a fair amount, I think.*
me: “Peter and Sam — his brother — do that to me all the time.”
Griffin: “That’s hilarious!”
Peter: *grins and nods crazily*
me: “No it isn’t!!!”
Today, incidentally, was my team’s best day. Ever. And my guess is that it’s the best my team has ever done in any of the three years I quizzed. It was a good feeling. 
