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"How can I vow eternal love for one man when I can't even maintain a month's devotion to a single pair of earrings?"-In the Presence of the Enemy, Elizabeth George

"'He set out to give me the heebie-jeebies, and he certainly succeeded. I don't mean . . .' Didn't mean what? To be racist? Was 'heebie-jeebies' short for 'Hebrew' jeebies? But that was ridiculous. That would be 'Hebrew-jeebrews,' a phrase which was meaningless."-Stephen King

"It's dangerous, I know, and it can hurt a lot. That doesn't neccessarily mean it's serious, too."-Kilgore Trout on life, Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut


Why Commuters (and especially I) don't like Tourists
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1. They managed to run McDonald's out of icecream today.
2. They leave their car alarms on when they ride the ferry.
3. They talk loudly and/or play their car stereos while commuters are trying to sleep on the ferry.
4. They feed the seagulls.
5. One of them yelled "penis" at me for no apparent reason.
6. They think ferries are "fun" or "romantic."
7. They smoke on the wrong end of the boat, spit over the rails, and generally piss off the ferry workers. 

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