Things We Heard (or Said) » Family & Friends

William — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:03:35 +0000

Wanda: “I heard on the radio, the guy [from Steely Dan] said when they say ‘We’re going to play something off our new album,’ five thousand people get up to go get a beer and they don’t come back until the hear the first notes of this one song, but I can’t remember what it is.”
Amanda: “Is it ‘Reelin’ in the Years?’”
Wanda: “No….”
Amanda: “‘Rikki, Don’t Lose That Number?’”
Wanda: “No….”
Amanda: “‘Dr. Wu?’”
Wanda: “No….”
Amanda: “‘Kid Charlemagne?’”
Wanda: “No, that’s not it….”
Amanda: “‘Do It Again?’”
Wanda: “How’s that one go?”
Amanda: “‘You go back, Jack / Do it again / Wheel turnin’ round and round.’”
Wanda: “No….”
Amanda: “‘Deacon Blues?’”
Wanda: “No….”
Amanda: “‘Peg?’”
Wanda: “Are you sure you’re naming hit songs?”
Amanda: “Yes, Mom. These are all on the Greatest Hits CD.”
Wanda: “Well…maybe it was that ‘take the money’ song.”
Amanda: “Mom, that’s the Steve Miller Band, not Steely Dan.”
Wanda & Amanda Veazey

William — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:58:40 +0000

“People are a lot more sedimentary than they used to be.”
Ruth Miller

William — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:45:47 +0000

“If you can accept that when you hit the ball, it goes, and it goes where you aim it, then golf is interesting.”
Otley Veazey

William — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:44:49 +0000

“That chicken tastes too much like an animal.”

William — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:12:19 +0000

“It’s not that bad. Her hair’s not falling out any more.”
Audrey Fowler

William — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:59:33 +0000

William Veazey: “It’s just another part of that endemic problem in society, of people being too caught up in themselves.”
Amanda Veazey: “Yeah, I tweeted about that last night.”

William — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:55:55 +0000

Alex Trebek: “It’s the only state whose name ends in a G.”
Contestant: “What is Wyoming?”
Wanda Veazey: “That can’t be right. What about Washington?”

William — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:12:03 +0000

“I don’t think you can get a margarita and a kids menu.”

Ryan — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:07:41 +0000

“Why don’t I just ask him to take his shirt off?”
“Because he’ll blush and say no and then confuse us all with scientific names of sea creatures.”

William — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:19:39 +0000

“Passing out makes me sleepy.”
Amanda Veazey

William — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:15:19 +0000

“Paula Abdeen, I mean Paula Deen….”
Tim Hall

William — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:30:14 +0000

“That was their graduation present to me: a rape whistle.”
Amanda Veazey