As always, I’m scribbling down quotations that make me laugh or think. I’ve copied a bunch from travelling through Europe for you below.
“I thought you’d be encouraged to know that since I upped the dosage on my pills, the double vision’s almost completely disappeared.” -Colin, while driving
“You’ll never see theĀ man again who sat across from you. Better look away.” -signs Dundalh Station, Ireland
“Huh. I guess it’s got a bit of a slant.”-Bilston Glen Alex, about the Pirate Ship which is at a rather precariously steep tilt.
“I’ve done this show on five continents, I’ve done this show on cruise ships. I’ve done this show on crack! That’s a joke. I’ve never been on a cruise ship.”-Edinburgh performer
(on concrete) “I usually do this trick on grass. But I ran out this morning. That’s a joke…look at me. I never run out.”-Derek Derek
“There’s my future ex-wife. Leaving me. Again.”-Street performer to woman walking by.
“You give me a dollar, I go home happy. You give me five dollars, I go home really happy. You give me twenty, I go home with you!”-street performer
“Don’t try this at home, kids. Try it at school, they have better insurance.”-Ross-tafarian
“At 14 I ran away with the circus. At 15 my dad made me give it back.”-Ross
“It’s a game, kids! Go get more [money from your parents]!”-Tom
“Remember: the more you give, the more I have!”-performer
“Kids: Stay. In. School. Study hard, go to college. I did! And look at me now!”-performer in the middle of cramming his body through a tennis raquet.
“That has nothing to do with anything. It’s just a bangin’ noise.”-Crowe, on a squeaky toy sound he made in the middle of beatboxing
“What does a duck say?”-mom
“Moo!”-kid
“What does a duck say?”-mom
“Moo!”-kid
“What does a cow say?”-mom
“….Moo!”-kid
“Have you got the time please, love?”-Scouse (Liverpool) guy with a super thick accent. The way he said it made me laugh
“For your eyes only”-graffiti on train track
“You know, it’s hard looking this good.”-Dan (unironically)