AMMF Quote Board

Below is a list of memorable quotes from this summer's fellowship.

Disclaimer: Most of them are taken out of context and do not accurately reflect the true intelligence of the quoter.

"I'm so sorry I'm late, I forgot how to tie a tie."
-Chandi, 15 minutes into our AMMF program orientation/kickoff meeting, Washington, DC

"Please follow my finger. Can you follow it?"
-Chandi, on the way to the main square in Brussels, after witnessing a slightly drunk older man trip while crossing the street and coming to his rescue by checking if the man's vision was impacted

"Gosh, that must be really uncomfortable standing up there like that all day."
-Dena, after her small group discovered an alley lined with women in windows in Amsterdam's Red Light District

"Wow, this place looks really nice for a publication that services the homeless."
-Chandi, confusing Die Ziet, an esteemed weekly publication with Hinz & Kunzt, a street magazine sold by homeless vendors

"Quick, get up, GET UP, LET'S GO, before they sing another song."
-David, after the 30th song performed by Catalonian singers at La Palau de Musica in Barcelona

"Uh. Is that the clock striking midnight?"
-Mara, while an EMMF is giving us an unofficial city tour late night after a long, intense day of meetings in Barcelona

"I heard there was a midget bar here. Do you happen to know where it is? You know, a bar for little people? Little people that go hee hee, hoo hoo."
-Chandi, asking everyone from locals walking on the street to public officials during meetings after misunderstanding Jamie's anecdote from an '08 fellow about midget night at a local bar in Bilbao

"Geez, Chandi. There is probably no midget bar here. And even if there was, it would be totally underground and you would not be allowed inside."
-Doua, frustrated about Chandi's 10th inquisition of the midget bar to a random person on the streets of Bilbao

"Bart, please, come help me. They want to throw my stuff in the river."
-Jamie, at the post office in Skopje, in tears after the post office worker threatened to throw the box she intended to ship back home into the river

"Are we really going into a cave? You know, nothing good ever happens when you get off the boat."
-David, before heading into the infamous cave in Skopje

"This is so not extreme."
-Bart, after being stuck in the cave after two hours of heavy hail

David: "Am I the only one that thought of going to the bathroom before leaving the restaurant."
Jamie:" Uh. All of us ALREADY went."

David, with his back to the elevator buttons in a tiny crowded hotel elevator in Skopje: "Did someone remember to press 3?"
Bart, as the elevator stop on the fourth floor: "Who's on 3?"
David: "Me!"
*Bart, rolls eyes while Natalie & Jamie laugh hysterically*

Bart, to Jamie: "Let's check out the Cuban restaurant. They have really good vegetable risotto."
Jamie: "Ugh, risotto. That sounds way too heavy."
Bart: "Damn, well then don't eat it!"

"She smokes so pretty."
-Bart, admiring the way our Skopje coordinator smokes while the rest of us are not happy to deal with all of the indoor secondhand smoke

Jamie, the morning after a night out exploring Skopje's nightlife and discovering Rachia: "Good morning! Where's your gift?"
Natalie, not feeling well with her sunglasses on: "Never again."

"Allllllllllllll riiiiiiiight. I like where this is going."
-Bart or Paul, doing their Family Guy impressions at random times throughout the trip

David, at a meeting in Berlin discussing Germany's involvement with Afghanistan: "Where is Osama bin Laden? We promise we won't tell anyone."
Defense Minister: "If I tell you, you won't leave the room."

"Amsterdam was a high for me for a lot of reasons."
-David, during our debriefing session in Berlin and discussing the program's highs and lows

"I learned to be a better man that understands women more."
-Bart, adding to David's thoughts on discussing the program's highs and lows

Doua: "Deandra is the nicest person in the group. I am the second nicest. Paul is the third. Autumn, you and Jamie are the least nice."
Jamie: "Where does that put Chandi?"
Doua: "Chandi's on his own list."
(Note: I interpreted Doua's use of the word "nice" to be "least devilish.")