Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Quotes during the trip (courtesy Johnathon) - March 10

Here are some of the quotes from different group members accumulated throughout the trip (courtesy Johnathon). They are in order by city.

Flight to Greece:

"It smells like fresh paint and adventure." - Seonaid

"We would have done it if we could've just added to ten." - me, on KenKen

"That's hot!" - me, on Air Canada TV

"I prefer Crack not Opium." - John, on Air Canada magazine perfumes

Thessaloniki:

"This bus is impenetrable." - me

"What was his name? It just sounded like Meow Meow Meow." - Dr. Cohen

"Eat your cookie stick! It's good! I ate mine." - Tanith to Ceilidh

Vergina:

"We don't want you pulling any groin muscles on the trip." - Halcyon

Nancy: Did you want any water?
Museum Film: The dead are thirsty...
Dr. Cohen: I'm not dead yet.

Meteora:

Seonaid: I wish I had a panoramic camera
Tanith: Or a didgeridoo

Kalambaka:

"Any Sagi-badasses?" - Hal, on the zodiac

Thermopylae:

"I'm planting it. Plant!" - Tanith, throwing seeds and inventing onomatopoeia

Delphi:

"Yeah, that rocked my body, but not in a good Black Eyed Peas kind of way." - Emily-Jean, on her illness

"I'm Johnipotent." - John

Olympia:

"The gyrator?! We can get you one of them!" - me, mistaking the Greek food "gyros"

"Aw, three donkeys! Really!?" - me, appreciating my estimated dowry

"I like... leather." - Jacob

"I'm Canadian. I'm exotic to you!" - Emily-Jean's imagined pick-up line

"Now that we're all together..." - Dr. Cohen, moments before a car separated our group as we walked along the road

"I think... something. That sentence got lost in the depths of my mind." - me

"I am covered in Libyan dust." - Seonaid

Tanith: Oh, I got a nail in my shoe.
John: Did it pierce your foot?
Tanith: No, it got stuck in my Walmart shoe.

"We can ride in the gully. We can get a sled... with rockets." - Jacob

Pylos:

"It made good use of colour." - Ceilidh, on creepy hotel painting

"My dog loves life in its dogloo." - Seonaid

"You take a chisel and you make it schwink." - Jacob, on Corbell vaults

The creation of a dance move:
Emily-Jean: No, it's called "the Bus Trip"!
Seonaid: I though you were saying "the Muskrat"!

Corinth:

"Bleuaghh!" - first instance of a strange and recognizable bird call heard for the remainder of the trip, possible sound of Medea's dragon chariot

"Thou shalt not take good pictures with natural light while shooting through glass." - Emily-Jean

"If a Greek man were to give me a strange bird gripping a crunchy pine cone, I would be his cupbearer." - John

Eleusis:

"That's mildly embarrassing." - Dr. Cohen, ont he Plutonian dance

Santorini:

"I wish humans were built like dog cuz I'd run downhill so fast." - Seonaid

"Welcome to Mama's house, sexbombs!" - Mama, the best restaurant owner ever

"Mmm, thanksgiving chips..." - John on oregano-flavoured chips

"How can something inspired by prehistorica art and Carmen Electra not be awesome?" - John, on a dance move, "The Golden Ibex"

"I'm not even done picking the food outta my teeth and we're landing." - Seonaid, on the short flight back to Athens

Sounion:

Tanith: Bye, Temple!
me: (deep voice impersonating a temple) Bye, Tanith.

Flight Back:

"Look what air pressure did to my Pringles!" - a forlorn me

Nancy's Most Commonly Heard Phrases During the Trip:

"It's SUCH a good movie."

"Dr. Cohen, I have a question..."

"What you seen ______?"

"Bananas unite!" - Seonaid, Emily-Jean, and I

"What time is dinner/supper?"

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