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Quotes

Stuff other people said.

Like Highlander, I Suppose

From the Boomers Modesto website:
“Our 18-hole miniature golf courses present a challenge for any age. Lush greens, wild waterfalls and wacky windmills are just a few of the obstacles that stand between you and golfing immortality.”

Taking A Seat

“I recently heard a man, while explaining how a person could convert to Christianity, say the experience was not unlike deciding to sit in a chair. He said that while a person can have faith that a chair will hold him, it is not until he sits in the chair that he has acted on [...]

Note To Presidential Self

Note To Self: If you become President, don’t say things like, “What? $4 dollars per gallon of gas? I haven’t heard that…”

Wildlife News of the Day

A moose fell from a 150-foot cliff in Alaska, just missing state trooper Howard Peterson. Peterson thought the moose might have been lonely, as the area is populated mostly by sheep, but state wildlife biologist Rick Sinnott disagreed. “They occasionally have bad days,” he said of moose, “like the rest of us.”
- Harpers Weekly

Calm Down, Calm Down

“Everyone who met God in the Bible was afraid of Him. People were afraid of even the angels, so the angels always had to calm people down just to have a conversation. I would think that would be very annoying if you were an angel, always having to settle people down just to talk. It [...]

Colbert on Handball

“Wake Up Call: Sorry there, handball, but you’re just tennis for poor people.”
Stephen Colbert, I Am America (And So Can You!)

Small Child Overheard

“What the mmmonkey are they doing?”

Sounds Good

A representation of our tendency to ignore the actual content of our entertainment:
BRO: [listening to a song online] This is a good song, huh?
ME: Well, it sounds good… but I can’t understand what he’s saying.
BRO: Ya, neither can I.

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