Memorable Quotes
US History 11, 3rd Period, 2001-2002
And you thought we weren’t listening…

9/28/01: “We can talk about the hogs and the hillbillies and slave ownership…” --Ms. Termini

10/3: “I cannot forget the hogs. They are emblazoned on my heart.” --Ms. Termini

10/5: “That’s a spunky hat there.” --Ms. Termini

10/9: “Hi, I’m the rebellious slave who just broke your tools, would you mind penning a letter to my mom?” --Ms. Termini

10/10: “Dong-wook. It’s like Chewbacca: wookie! Wookie!” --Anthony

10/15: “I have another cute overhead -- I’ve discovered the overhead, it’s a wonderful thing.” --Ms. Termini

10/16: “I think we should make Bennett take off the red bandana and become a missionary.” --Ms. Termini

10/23: “There’s a huge fungus underground much of Michigan. That’s my Underground America fact of the day.” --Ms. Termini

10/29: “The pool had been diluted. Well, the voting pool. You’d hope the pool was watery.” --Ms. Termini

11/1: “…and you would have been looking at my shadow, which is what I seem to be doing here.” --Ms. Termini

11/5: “What is the germ?…There’s been a lot of sneezing in my eighth grade, maybe we could ask them.” --Ms. Termini
“You don’t go into the Black Forest with a fouffy collar and come out with moccasins.” --Ms. Termini

11/6: “Sure, anyone can come, and their frozen corpses will be passed by those who succeed!” --Bennett
“Yeah, those bodies on the tundra didn’t really fit into Turner’s equation.” --Ms. Termini

11/9: “Whether or not they have the ‘spanking’ capacity that Bennett brought up…” --Ms. Termini
“Very few nations have actually unleashed their most fiendish cocktails of death.” --Bennett

11/19: “The hardcore squish sandwiches. Americans. Squish.” --Ms. Termini

11/30: “Someone explain the perfect beauty, the joy, of the footnote…the happy footnote.” --Ms. Termini

12/4: “Yes, Daniel, I know you’re blinded by my math skills.” --Ms. Termini

12/10: “Ha ha ha! People losing jobs!” --Ms. Termini

12/17: “We’re gonna have a totally rocking party! We’ll do some Burns’ Civil War video watching, followed by a thrilling class discussion!” --Ms. Termini

12/19: “For Friday, I was thinking not so much a party, but maybe a historically-based fiesta.” --Ms. Termini
“They haven’t been beaten up or stripped, um, to, um, their nakedness.” --Ari

12/21: “Merry vacation to all, and to all a good sleep!” --Laura J.

1/3/02: “Cotton can’t be made into a gun. Sure, hey, a cute little plaything…” --Ms. Termini

1/8: “It was like a bigass battering ram…” --Puggy

1/18: “Eureka! Let’s kill 600,000 people and make some money!” --Ms. Termini
“Lincoln is one man, and he usually is in agreement with himself.” --Ms. Termini

1/22: “Wait a minute, you! You think you’re cute with your beard, but you’re overstepping your bounds!” --Ms. Termini
“There were the yeomans, the cottagers, and the people who watched the shire -- which sounds very ‘Lord of the Rings’-ish. I saw that this weekend, by the way, it was fabulous…” --Ms. Termini

1/24: “The Ku Klux Klan: we’re a family organization! Protect the weak! We’re like the men in tights, but with white sheets!” --Bennett

1/25: “I have a question. Bennett. What’s with the spunky hats? You make me feel naked with just my head.” --Ms. Termini

2/5: “I’m ready for the prairie. Bring on the locusts!” --Ms. Termini

2/6: “I feel there is a non-scrunching vibe, an anti-scrunch sentiment in this room.” --Ms. Termini

2/7: “They’re emaciated, and…wait. Oh, man, that’s a plant. I thought it was a little person. Never mind.” --Whitney

2/15: “It’s a little mathematical moment for Ms. Termini. Please indulge.” --Ms. Termini

2/20: “I will blind you tomorrow with the amazing link between this and the Native Americans.” --Ms. Termini

2/22: “Right, you smushinate the grain, and then?” “Um…you bake it?” --Ms. Termini & Ari

2/28: “You would be like king of the world, or some other strange creepy thing in a corner petting a cat…” --Ms. Termini

3/11: “You’re blinding me with all those hands. My God. Again. I’m not going to look.” --Ms. Termini

3/12: “Consider the Progressives a relaxation technique, on par with yoga.” --Ms. Termini

3/20: “It says, um, ‘without service of maid,’ so there’s a mommy involved.” --Ari

3/22: “It’s the same kind of kookiness. You know, boof boof or mop mop.” --Ms. Termini

3/28: “Don’t give me these pained looks. The beautiful Turner’s thesis.” --Ms. Termini

4/8: “…Richard Altgeld.” “Right, and what was his real first name?” “Dick.” --Anthony & Ms. Termini

4/12: “Roosevelt comes back from 2.5 years on safari -- pelts, horns, fun stuff -- and he says, ‘All right, hand-picked successor, what have you done?’” --Ms. Termini

4/17: “This is how the soldier says goodbye. He finally gets to say, ‘Hey, you!’ to his girlfriend.” --Ms. Termini

4/18: “It’s not about going from the rich to the poor, it’s going from the rich to the war.” --Eric

4/19: “Nothing like some syphilis to crack up the room.” --Ms. Termini

4/30: “People have a loosey-goosey attitude toward the stock market.” --Daniel

5/3: “Look at that. The technological innovations of the 21st century classroom. You should write a paper on it. Thank you for laughing, I appreciate that.” --Ms. Termini

5/7: “How do the DBQs look?” “They look large. In a pile. On my desk. I weighed them, they weigh about 12.5 pounds.” --Puggy & Ms. Termini
“Mr. President, we must be able to do this thing that I gotta do.” --Ms. Termini

5/8: “The pizza of my life is far away from here. You go to the pizza. It does not come to you.” --Ms. Termini

5/14: “I was raised a Roman Catholic, I have a tendency to make church metaphors. My own baggage, sorry.” --Ms. Termini

5/15: “There should be a public groundswell, a clamor, rushing to give me the answer. But there isn’t. How tragic.” --Ms. Termini
“He’s grinning. He’s got this huge grin on his face, and now I’m going to move on to Bebop. What? It’s a transition!” --Ari

5/23: “They were grilled like cheese sandwiches.” --Ms. Termini
“If you feel there is a topic we have not discovered -- I mean, discussed…heh. Discovered. Scribed. Delineated. Whatever you choose.” --Ms. Termini

5/24: “Rhetoric is the use of rhetoric to color a person’s…you know what, this is all going to become a quote so I’ll shut up now.” --Natasha

5/28: “Shh. I’m in the moment of a dramatic soliloquy here.” --Ms. Termini

5/29: “He did play a large role in pulling Europe out of Germany.” --Scott

5/31: “I’m goin’ down. By the end of June, you’re gonna see Ms. Termini fall on the floor.” --Ms. Termini

6/11: “You’re gonna enjoy giving us this test, aren’t you? You’re evil. You just swagger in, with that demonic grin, thinking ‘they’re all screwed!’” --Matt
“Okay, this test is worth 100% of your grade, it’s all dates, and there is no word bank. Have fun!” --Ms. Termini

The compilers discuss:
“Hmmm. This might not make much sense out of context…” --Phoebe
“When did she say that? I don’t get it…OH! Wait! I remember! Hey, that’s funny!” --Natasha
“Good, I’m keeping it.” --Phoebe

Thanks for a humorous and informative year. Even if it doesn’t make much sense, out of context.

--compiled by Phoebe & Natasha