It sounded like Anna said, "I ate a troll.  Seriously, I ate a troll."

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Scene:  *Josc asleep*  *Antion asleep*  *Daniel, Bryan, Alex, and Sam asleep*  *virtually everyone asleep*

SCREEEEEEECH!

Mrs. McE:  "Sorry to wake everyone up!"

Pastor B:  "Yeah, you sound real sorry."

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Daniel (on the bus):  "I smell pizza... or something like that!"  Now delivering pizza to your bus!

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Sean (about the one memorial):  "It is a sword.  It is not a feather, it's a SWORD!"

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Bethany:  "I want to get lost here."

everyone else:  "No.  You don't."

Pastor B (her dad):  "It is a long walk home."

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Emily:  "Is that the White House?"

Alicia and I:  O_o "No... that's the Capitol."

Alicia:  "Well, it is white."

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When we tried to do the wave by jumping up in sycronization while standing with arms linked:  "This is the most uncoordinated wave I've ever seen."  (I heard a lot of variations on that phrase.)

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Sean:  "I was so pumping my brain full of cancer."  I have no idea what he was talking about, and I didn't really want to find out.

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And for the background story on these next few.  We had a Roman Catholic priest on our bus, who gave a little speech.  It was... er... interesting. 

Father C:  "As a lot of you know, I always carry an icon of the Virgin and the Child with me in the March --"

Antion and I:  *wince*

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Father C:  "Luke begins with two pregnencies.  There was the elderly man in the temple --"

me:  ^_^

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Father C:  "Christ was conceived at that moment when [Mary] gave permission to God to save the world..."

Antion and I:  O_O

Apparently he had had enough by that point, because he leaned forward to talk to me.

me:  "Er, her permission?!"

Antion:  "Yeah.  And God also hardened Pharaoh's heart --"

me:  "But did He get his permission first?"

Antion:  "No."

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After the March, we went to hear Senators Specter and Casey.  Senator Casey was asked the question, "Do you support embryonic stem cell research?"  [these are not his exact words, but a fair approximation]

Senator Casey:  "Well, I think that this is an extremely important question.  It was asked me in the debates.  It is very important to me for you all to realize that there are a lot of different kinds of stem cell research, and that there are pros and cons to all of them.  Stem cell research has a lot of potential for healing many different types of diseases..."

*I realize that he is NOT answering the question and think about going to sleep on the floor*

Senator Casey:  "And it is very important to throughly research everything in science and know what you're doing..."

*Antion joins us*

*a good deal of eye-rolling goes on*

*Senator Casey continues to not answer the question*

Antion:  *takes off glove, stands it up, and hits the floor around it*

me:  *blank look*  (Being up at five in the morning does not really improve my telepathy skills too much)

Antion:  "He's really beating around the bush!"

Senator Casey:  *concludes his answer, never having answered the question*

we:  *leave*

me:  "He needs a quizmaster.  Mr. Senator, your time is up.  Sit down."

Antion:  "Mr. Senator, do you support embryonic stem cell research?  'Well, I'd have to say that there are many different kinds...' Be more specific --"

me:  "Mr. Senator, this is not a multiple answer question."

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In Wendy's:

*talking about vanilla Frosties*

Antion:  "That is a sin."

Sam:  "Yeah... but they should make strawberry Frosties."

me:  "Oh, gross.  No."

Sam:  "I think that would be good."

me:  "No, Sam, no.  That would be bad.  That wouldn't be a Frosty."

Sam:  "Well, maybe you're right."

me:  "Sam, you're too agreeable."

Sam: "Yeah..."

me:  "That proves my point."

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Josc:  "AHHHH!  Antion!  Did you just finish that sandwich?  Your second sandwich?"

Antion:  "Yep."

Josc:  *to me*  "He ate an enormous hoagie for lunch!  And just ate two sandwiches!"

me:  "Yeah, I know."

Alicia:  *says something noe of us hear*

Antion:  "She's got it!"

us:  "What?"

Antion:  "She said that I'm fat!"

Alicia:  "I said that you're gonna be fat!"

Sam:  *starts singing*  "You're fatter than you ever were before, and now you're even fatter and now --"

Antion:  *pauses with the next bite halfway to his mouth*

Sam:  "EHEM!"

Antion:  "Huh?"

Sam:  "YOU HAVE TO EAT THE NEXT BITE!"

Antion:  "Oh."  *dutifully eats*

Sam:  "And now you're even fatter!"

Weirdos, all of them.  ^_^

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Antion:  *waiting for us to come out*

me:  "You're holding the wrong door open!"

Antion:  "What?"

me:  "That's the entrance door!"

him:  "Oh."

*Josc comes out*

him:  "Well, it doesn't say so."

me:  "The other door says Exit."

him:  *looks*  "No, it doesn't."

me:  "Yes, it does!  Inside!"

Antion:  "Yeah.  Right."  *starts walking away*

me:  *grabs his arm and spins him around and starts dragging him back inside*

Antion:  *sounding very surprised that I can do that when he's resisting*  "OK!  I'll come look!"  (as if he had an option at that point!)

*we go inside*

*we look at sign above the door which, as I had said, said Exit*

Antion:  "But it has an arrow and is pointing to the other door!"

me:  "No, those arrows aren't punched out."

*we all go back outside*

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OK, and last quote for now:

Sam:  "So who is Beowulf?"

me:  "He's a guy --"

Antion:  "He is NOT a guy!"

me:  "Yes, he is!  He's a guy who is the leader of the Spear Danes!"

Antion:  "He's not a guy!"

me:  "Yes he is!  He is the leader of the Spear Danes and the hero of the story!"

Antion:  "He's not a guy!"

me:  "Yes!  He is!  What would you call him?"

Antion:  "He's a... thing!"

me:  "He's a guy!"

Antion:  "Oh.  Well, Beowulf's a guy, but Grendel is a... thing."

me:  "He's a monster, a descendent of Cain."

Sam:  ...  (probably sorry that he asked)

Goodnight!

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