"People deny the existence of global warming for the same reason people deny the Holocaust: because they love Hitler... and they hate science."
- MDP, on global warming.

"I was the warrior of physics, my battle cry was "Neeeewwton!'"
- Fran, on completing his first exam.

"They were looking at freedom... Poor guys, they can always see freedom with those damn long necks."
- Yves Losier, regarding Fran's picture of the giraffes looking in some direction.

"Hey, do you like "electronic" music? I love it. It's like listening to math. Cool math."
- Jardine, while sharing songs on MSN.

Me: "It's magic!"
Brendon: "It's not magic. It's Jesus."
- While watching "Ben-Hur", when Mom and Sis the lepers get healed.

"So why don't you cook potatoes. They're cheap and delicious."
- Jen trying to convince me that I should cook more potatoes.

"Imagine a retard trying to use this thing..."
"Yeah, imagine that."
- Sophie's response to Brendon, who was struggling to figure out how the iPod scroll wheel worked.

"People always have their own eating habits... Because people eat every day." - Some guy at the gym (Tony), stating the obvious.

"Were you in Fredericton long enough to hear the 'Barriomatic Trust'? Fuck, blueberry yogurt is good." - Matt Jardine with a seamless change of topic.

"Climber chicks tend to be dirty hippies, or at least hikers, which is just a hippie with a reason." - Me, discussing one of the downsides to being a rock climber. (Submitted by Max)

"Dude... just so you know, it'd be WAY better to work as a guy who lays down ceramic tiles than a guy who lays down hardwood floors. ...just a heads up so if you're ever faced with that decision... you'll know." - Yves.

"Too bad you suck at life, unlike me, and too bad you suck at being a ninja master, also unlike me." - Me, telling Ross how it is. (Submitted by Ross)

"Ahm... Does that mean 'dark'?"
"No. It doesn't mean dark. It means... 'not bright'." - Ken, teaching me Cantonese. It's no wonder I find it hard to learn.

"Don't touch it! It might move, and fly up my shorts. It's a bug; You never know what those things are capable of. Haven't you seen Starship Troopers?" - Stuart, when I spotted a big beetle during the hike to Tsuen Wan.

"We're gonna need some more orange juice, in not a long time." - We heard some french dude working at a McDonalds say this. (Submitted by Matt Jardine)

"It's a huge overnighter. We are going to be crazy with iambic pentameter." - Alison Buchbinder, president of the Wellesley College Shakespeare Society, who intend to read the complete works of shakespear in a 24 hour, world record setting marathon.

"Definitely there were some cool things about the roman empire... Definitely middle aged geeks reenacting them is not."
- My brother after checking out that gay roman website.

"Ok.. so we can just pull out whatever signal we need from the DB.. just like that?"
"Hey I could work on doing that... I'm pretty good at pulling it!" - Yves Losier, during a meeting about some software we're developing (yes, he was kidding).

"We'll have to go back when we have more people and crashpads... or... more crashpads anyway... We can leave the people behind." - Stuart, about doing a highball boulder problem in Shek-O.

"If you get in a fight around here... It's like the burly brawl in the Matrix, man. The more you kick ass, the more guys come running over." - Ahdont, talking about Triad (Chinese mafia), when we were hanging out in Mong Kok.

"It took me three days and a helper to find a box of cereal and a spoon." - Me, after spending my first week in Hong Kong. (Submitted by Nick)

...because I got excited over code. That's the geeky part. If I wasn't a geek, I would have been like "Alright, that's done..." Instead, I was like "Woohoo, this is AWESOME!" - Yves Losier

"I have speculated, based on absolutely no data whatsoever, that we will receive 100,000." -Some dude, on how many free fruitcakes people would send them for their fruitcake eating contest.

"Some hot latino chick just walked into the lab. Latino is my favourite color." - Joe White

"I can't say I've ever seen a movie about books before."
"Yeah... what a novel idea!" - Heather Lyon