Quote Week 2018: September - Day 7

"It's as the Lord intended..."
- L.R. J.C.

Story behind quote:
For most of their week together in Stockholm, Cap and Jen had been doing a lot of intense walking; it was essentially leg day every day. They decided that they would not do anything on Sunday, with it being God's day of rest.

Quote Week 2018: September - Day 6

"Like a good boi."
- L.R. J.C.

Story behind quote:
Cap and Jen have started referring to dogs and themselves as 'good bois'.

Good boi
/ɡʊd bɔɪ/

noun
noun: good boi; plural noun: good bois

1. a dog
"Look at those two good bois."

2. a person
"I'm going to go against that tree, like a good boi."

Quote Week 2018: September - Day 5

"You can put those 5 crowns on your card if you like"
- Cashier at Systembolaget (Swedish state-run alcohol store)

Story behind quote:
Cap was paying for alcohol in cash. Having not realised she was 5 crowns (c. 50 pence) short, the cashier suggested putting it on her card; an unhelpful suggesting considering bank charges of £1.25.

Quote Week 2018: September - Day 4

"Should we get two pepperonis?"
- L.R. J.C.

Story behind quote:
Cap and Jen were out food shopping when they spotted a wrack of unusually long pepperoni snacks. After much deliberation, they decided against purchasing.

P.S. There's also a ridge-cut variant

Quote Week 2018: September - Day 3

Wicks: "Is this song about sex?"
Jen: "It's ABBA, of course it's about sex!"
- H.W. L.R. J.C.

Story behind quote:
Cap and Jen sent Wicks a beautiful video rendition of the ABBA song 'Andante Andante'. Wicks asked the important question.

Quote Week 2018: September - Day 2

"You're going to last your whole life."
- Promotional sloth sticker

Story behind quote:
Cap was handed a leaflet on the street which included the sloth sticker shown below. The Google Translate version of the text tickled us.

Quote Week 2018: September - Day 1

"Intense ham is intense."
- L.R.

Story behind quote:
Whilst in Stockholm, Cap was tasked with purchasing some ham for sandwiches. Upon opening this pack of ham at lunch, Cap was overwhelmed by the intense smell - imagine ham to the power of 10. It's the sort of ham that you can still taste even hours after the initial sandwich.

Quote Week 2018: January - Day 7

"Facebook Stories, what are they good for?"
- The Crew

Story behind quote:
The crew were discussing how they know very few people who use Facebook Stories, in fact the only person that came to mind was someone from the Academy, let's call her Jeanne.

Jen suggested that perhaps if the whole crew started using the Stories function they could make it more popular within their circles, however it is more likely that they would become the Jeanne of other people's lives.

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Quote Week 2018: January - Day 6

"Good evening, my good sir! Can we have a pitcher of your finest Tu-itty Fru-itty, please?"
- The Crew

Story behind quote:
Whilst down at the local pub, the crew spotted a new drink on the menu which was spelled 'Tuity Fruity', which didn't sit right with any of us. Jen, tasked with ordering drinks, was dared to pronounce it as 'Tu-itty Fru-itty' to the bartender, however didn't go through with it for fear of bursting out laughing.

What was rather impressive was the colour of it, as shown below.

It was actually lovely and tropical, would 100% recommend!

Quote Week 2018: January - Day 5

"My friend, I have a deep and dark secret which I am most ashamed of..."
- H.W. to L.R.

Story behind quote:
Wicks confesses to Cap that she joined a historical reenactment group.

To put this into context, a member of the Academy, who was not particularly popular, used to boast of his reenactment adventures on a regular basis, which gave us all a rather negative impression of the sport. However Wicks' group sounds simply delightful, a real band of merry men.

Quote Week 2018: January - Day 4

Company X employee: "Hello, this is Company X."
Jen: "Hello, is Jeanne [pronounced Jean] available?"
Company X employee: "No, I think you've got the wrong company"
Jen: "I may be pronouncing the name wrong, I mean Jeanne [pronounced Genie]...?"
Company X employee: "Oh you mean Jeanne [pronounced Jan]..."
- J.C.

Story behind quote:
Jen recounts a scenario from work where she was looking for a person named Jeanne from Company X. She'd only ever seen the name written, so took to the Internet before the call to investigate the correct pronunciation; the last thing she wanted was to sound stupid whilst on the phone. The baby name websites were split between Jean and Genie, so Jen decided to take a gamble on the former. Unfortunately neither were correct.

Quote Week 2018: January - Day 3

Cap: "You know microwave meals?"
Jen: "Who?!"
- L.R. J.C.

Story behind quote:
In Jen's defence, the crew were sat in a rather noisy pub, which led to her thinking she heard "you know Michael O'Neill", a character that we don't know particularly well.

Anyways, Cap was remarking on how it is that supermarkets come up with microwave times for different meals; do they just figure it out through trial and error, or is there a more exact science to it all? The crew continued to contemplate the people whose jobs it must be to test all this out.

Quote Week 2018: January - Day 2

"...tautologous"
- J.C. to (a rather confused) S.A.

Story behind quote:
I don't remember exactly what the conversation was about, but somewhere down the line Jen thought to confirm the meaning of the word 'tautologous' with Slickens.

To settle it once and for all, Dictionary.com defines it as "needless repetition of an idea..."

Source: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/tautologous

Quote Week 2018: January - Day 1

"We can just twist our bodies!"
- Can't remember who it was, definitely one of H.W. S.A. or L.R.

Story behind quote:
Whilst planning our next games night, the crew were thinking of games to play. Jen suggested Messy Twister, although it is not particularly indoor-friendly. One of Wicks, Slickens, or Cap suggested just the vanilla version, which I'm sure would be more appropriate.

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