December 24, 2012
On titles...
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On judging crimes...
Mom: "Man charged with smuggling fossils?" Get. A. Life.
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On sweet lives...
Lisa: Honey is antibacterial. Things can't live in it.
Mom: Why wouldn't things live in it? It's so delicious. I would live in it.
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On games...
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On hacking...
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On plans...
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On bitchery...
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On hairstyles...
Trying to guess Snoop Dogg in a game.Kara: You should have said 'pigtails.' I know that from the Justin Beiber movie.
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On place setting...
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On cuteness...
Kara: Elephants are the cutest animals. I saw a picture of one rescuing a cat... that might have been photoshopped.
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On E...
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On relationships...
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On takebacks...
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On cellular swearing...
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On beetles...
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On saviors...
Kara finds the missing blueberries.
Lisa: Kara! You saved the day.
Kara: I always do. I honestly always do.
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November 19, 2012
On shaking it...
Mom: It is so much easier to shake a salad... than your groove thing. You can quote me.
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September 30, 2012
On skills...
Mom: You all can have side careers! Lisa, publishing books. Jessie and Jenna, photography...
Jenna: Laura and Kara don't have anything to offer.
Mom: Laura pole dances on Saturdays.
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On deceptive names...
Lisa: Do you know who Flavor Flav is?
Jenna: I would be really impressed if she does.
Mom: Is it a dessert?
Lisa looks up a picture to show her.
Mom: Makes a shocked face. So he's a viking?
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August 25, 2012
On space...
Mom: I got pants that say "Colts" on the rear.
Dad: Does it say "Indianapolis Colts?"
Mom: No, you ass. There wasn't room for-
Dad: "The Indianapolis Colts?" "2006 World Champion Indianapolis Colts?"
Mom: I hate-
Jenna: It has the roster too.
Mom: ...you idiots.
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August 24, 2012
On hinders...
Kara turns to leave.Laura: Oh, Kara you have a hole in your butt.
Kara: I do?
Laura: Yes. Everyone does.
Kara: You're an asshole.
Laura: That's what I'm talking about!
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August 23, 2012
On eggs...
Dad: Laura is the worst person to cook eggs for.
Laura, in a sing-song voice: High standards? Or picky?
Dad, in a sing-song voice: Or pain in the ass?
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On accents...
Lisa speaks in a questionable British accent.
Silence.
Lisa: Sorry. I'm not sure what that accent was.
Laura: Yeah, it went in and out.
Lisa: It was a medley.
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On fiestas...
Laura: I hate that it's a Mexican reception.
Lisa: I think you mean recepciĆ³n.
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August 19, 2012
On who you are...
Myla's in her highchair, eating and watching the dogs play.
Mom: Myla, what are those doggies doing? Look at those doggies!
Misty hears this and leaps up to bark, thinking Mom is warning her about other dogs.
Mom: Misty! Idiot! You are the doggies!
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August 18, 2012
On feels...
Mom is petting a sheep at the State Fair.
Mom: You feel like the worst kind of blanket.
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On sheep rearing...
Mom is petting a sheep at the State Fair.
Mom: Oh, you are the nicest sheep. You were raised right.
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On grossness...
Jenna: Ugh, my toenail is all scraggly.
Dad: Ew, Jenna. TMI.
Jenna: That's TMI? Oh, I could tell you way more gross things about myself.
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August 16, 2012
On Olympic silliness...
Laura: Isn't it kind of silly that people do this? The Olympics and fireworks and whatnot?
Lisa: Isn't it weird that humans can't just do nice fun stuff like this and making great movies and being nice instead of having wars and stuff like that?
Laura: No, because we don't agree. And we have to prove we're right by killing them.
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August 15, 2012
On Olympic torch semantics...
Laura: Is that it? Is that going to light something else?
Kara: No, that's the torch.
Laura: Because it looks like a bunch of sticks on fire.
Kara: What do you think a torch is?
Laura: ONE stick on fire.
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August 14, 2012
On Twilight...
Adam: Do you want to finish Twilight tonight or watch something else?
Jessie: I want to finish Twilight, I'm kinda into it.
Adam quickly: I am too! I'm totally team Jacob.
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On Olympic joy...
Laura, to the Queen: Smile, geez!
All exclaim.
Kara: She can't! Long pause. She's too old!
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August 13, 2012
On athletic bodily functions...
Laura: Did you ever see that video where the weightlifter lifts the weight up and then projectile vomits?
Lisa: No, but I've seen the picture where some weightlifter has diarrhea.
Laura: I've seen that picture.
Lisa: Well that's not going to happen during the Color Run tomorrow. Brown is NOT one of the included colors.
Laura: Hey, Color RUN. RUNS. Geddit?
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On Olympic hair...
Laura outlines Kate Middleton's supposed daily hair regimen.
Nick: Well, she lives a pretty terrible life if that's all she does.
Laura: Says you.
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August 12, 2012
On Olympic emotions...
Olympic commercial with children as athletes.
Laura: Because that's how the parents see the atheletes. Right, parents in the room? Right? Can I get a single tear down the cheek?
Dad turns slowly and looks at Laura.
Laura: I think Dad hates me.
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On K-Stew...
Mom: Oh yeah, did you hear about your little Twilight slut?
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August 11, 2012
On Olympic differences...
Laura: Isn't it too bad that in some countries, everyone is beautiful and other countries are... Tajikistan?
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On Olympic factories...
TV commentator: The ceremony now pauses on the Industrial Revolution.
Mom: Ugh. That looks like a mess.
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August 10, 2012
On career choices...
Laura: Jenna's going to be an ultrasound tech. Kara's going to be a PA. I... teach dance. I shake my booty-bottom.
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On Olympic speed...
TV commentator: ...and now we see the ceremony beginning to pick up in speed and intensity...
Kara: Well thank God.
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August 09, 2012
On Olympic flames...
Mom: I think Beckham's going to kick a lit soccer ball through the torch hole.
Laura: I think you need to shut your torch hole.
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On Olympic parades...
Parade of nations.
Jenna: Fast forward. Who gives a shit.
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On Olympic guests...
Lisa: There's going to be a giant Voldemort.
Kara: Why? Oh, because he lives there?
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May 26, 2012
On double stuffed...
Laura eats the middle out of an Oreo, which is laying flat in her hand.
Lisa: You are an animal.
Laura: What? I only eat the middles. It's fewer calories.
Lisa: The calories aren't in the icing! Do you know what the middle is made of? Crisco and sugar.
Laura: Thank you. Because it is delicious. Your Jedi mind tricks won't work on me. They just make me hungrier. And fatter.
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March 09, 2012
On British classes...
Lisa: Kara said we could go to her classes. I think that sounds fun.
Laura: Well we don't. I want to be somewhere else. Eating.
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On time...
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On exports...
Laura: What's with all the Mormon billboards in Indy? "I'm a Mormon!" "I'm a Mormon!"
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February 05, 2012
On drool...
Noah is blowing raspberries at Myla.
Laura: Be careful, you're spitting on her. She doesn't like spit.
Noah: Yes she does. She drools all the time.
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On flocks...
Laura, getting in hot tub: Aah! I've got goosebumps in places I didn't even know I had geese!
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January 01, 2012
On cooties...
Adam: That's coming. Every day I walk into work past Lily and I just think, "What are you doin' in there? Biological warfare?"
Posted by Lisa at 1/01/2012 0 comments
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