quotes of our father

Re: parties thrown on his behalf for two poetry things: "It's true that there's no money in poetry, but who'd have guessed there was so much cake and ice cream?"

quotes of our father

[while Brunhilda was sampling coffee at the Starbucks VIA taste test]:

Brunhilda: "This one."

Our father: "Surprise! You chose the cup of llama sweat!"

quotes of our father

"I think it's over 6000 feet, so the sun up there is really intense.

So are the campers!"

quotes of our father

Brunhilda, while hiking on Mt. Rainier: "Dad, what would we do if the mountain erupted right now?"
Our father: "Run like hell."
Brunhilda: "Do you think we could outrun it?"
Our father: "No, but it'd give us something to do while we waited to die."

quotes of our father

Our Father: "Where did your new roommate go to school?"
Brunhilda: "Wellesley."
OF: "Oh that's a good school.

"Speaking of lesbians..."

[after a pause for laughter, Brunhilda asks "were you going somewhere with that, or did you just see an opportunity?" OF: "No, really! I was going somewhere with that."]

quotes of our father

(in response to the Dove commercial that says, "we asked one woman to wash with soap and another to wash with Dove":)

"We asked one woman to wash with soap and another to wash with tar and cat guts. Guess what happened?!"

quotes of our father

[re: a tall vanilla steamer purchased during intermission of the play today]

"So it's kind of like a stew but instead of the meat there's milk and instead of potatoes there's vanilla!"

quotes of our father

[re: spaghetti squash]:

"I like to cook it with a little brown sugar and some olive oil in the oven at 350 degrees for about thirty minutes, then I take it out, dump it in the garbage, and order a pizza."

[uncontrollable laughter, from him, commenced roughly around the phrase "dump it out"]

Brunhilda responded: "Thought that was funny before you finished saying it, eh?"

quotes of our father

When asked what he would do if a guy asked for Brunhilda's hand in marriage.

"Maybe you should talk to her about that."

quotes of our father

(about Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin):

"She can be VP-Diddy."

quotes of our father

(while the womenfolk are involved in a particularly passionate game of cards):

"Let's not use our trucker voices right now."