1-1 An Introduction
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[Next]If you are new to the quote archive, may I suggest that you read this introduction to know what you are in for. If you are a frequent visitor please click on the links below to find what you came to laugh about.
First, I must tell you how this quote list came about because without that knowledge, it is purely a random assortment of sentences with a hard to grasp meaning. So let me say: there really is no intended meaning behind any of it.
The quote list started as a small list posted in my AOL Instant Messenger Profile. After people started emailing and Instant Messaging me with quotes that they had heard or said, the list started to grow bigger than my 256-character limited AOL Profile could hold. This situation started the beginnings of Russell's Rustle. The website consisted of two or three pages of the quote list.
The quotes continued to come in via email, IM, and submissions through the website. The list grew to what it is today and will continue to grow through the years as unique conversations occur.
The quotes make it into the quote list/archive because they meet one of three different qualifications:
- They replicate overhearing a sentence or two of a conversation that one has not heard the beginning nor the end of and with numerous different ways for a person to interpret.
- They show a completely unique use of language that reflects the user's life, culture, and sense of humor.
- They compete on a level that is nearly equal to my own sense of humor.
I have found that many times I come into a room or start overhearing a conversation at a very inopportune time. Or perhaps I am involved in my own conversation and suddenly my ears catch a word or two that they cannot ignore. Many of the quotes in this list fall into this category. Take this example from October 7, 2002:
"That makes my head vibrate." - Russell
If you knew that I was in band rehearsal at the time, sitting behind the timpani while the tubas were playing and had my hand sitting on the timpani head that quote takes on a different meaning than if you did not know that.
The quote from Bob, added March 1, 2005, illustrates the second criterion well:
"Yup! It's cooler then bat poop." --Bob
The last qualification perhaps fits most of the quotes in the list so it is difficult to pull an example that fits particularly well.
"One baptism, three exorcisms, and two excommunications. Not a bad Easter." --Jason Kennedy
What could be better than a good ol' phrase that is hilarious?
Disclaimer: The quote list contains language that some people may find questionable, objectionable, offensive, or obnoxious. Many of the more objectionable words have been censored or omitted but some may still be present to convey or retain the humor of the original source.
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