Quotes

Make Like A…

I’m gonna make like General MacArthur and be right back.

[Meghan looked at me when I said this, and quipped “So you’ll be back from the store 3 years later and after most of us are dead?”]

Hot Chocolate

[Scene: I’m standing on a rocky ledge with both girls and Butter the dog.  Meghan is above the ledge, refusing to come down to meet us.]

Me: You could be down here with your daughters and husband and dog.

Beta: That’s better than hot chocolate!

Alpha: Well… Hot chocolate is actually pretty good…

From the “That’s-Gonna-Leave-A-Mark” Department

If you don’t come home muddy or bloody, you didn’t have a good time.

— David Poore, circa 1992

[My mother really didn’t like the effects of this motto — Editor]

Fortune

Living in the world is not a dress rehearsal. You better have fun with it.

— Mark Gubin

Source: http://m.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/a-typical-welcome-sign-that-wont-fly-b99519325z1-307301071.html

Halon

You know that big button near the door in the data center, the one labeled “Halon?” That’s French for “exit,” so you push that to unlock the door and get out.

From a slashdot post

Hint: don’t hit the ‘halon’ button unless you like getting a big bill for disaster recovery and cleanup — Editor

Cars

“The sixties were good to you, weren’t they?”
— George Carlin

Now I really get it when Sarge says “The sixties weren’t good to you, were they?” to Fillmore (voiced by Mr. Carlin) in Pixar’s ‘Cars’.

I don’t have any cash

“No!  I work on a cash-only basis.”
“But it’s a perfectly good check!”
“No!  I’ll make it very clear.  You slip me the cash, and I’ll slip you the wiener.”
“But I don’t have any cash.”
“Then I don’t have a wiener!”

— Adventures in Babysitting