The Quote List

Here is an abridged (yes) version of my quote list from our trip. Brief contextual explanations are provided when necessary, but otherwise, just sit back and enjoy the humor of what people say on an average day!

• “This place is in Uruguay…oh, ON Uruguay.” Jordin, 5-19
• That’s why I hate Mizzou. I have to take a class on guinea tribes and know all about those, but I can’t order a steak in Spanish. Jess, 5-19
• I’m going to tip him extra and tell him the money is for my ring. –Jess, 5-19
• “We have a president and it is a she.” –Carolina, 5-20
• “I want to get one of those huge things and act like we’re all obsessed with it.” –Stacey and mate, 5-20
• “Why is my mom calling right now?” –Jordin, 1:40 am, 5-21
• “It must do wonders for your self-esteem but Argentinian women are like ice queens.” –Sebastian, 5-21
• To Han: “If you missed your flight after only drinking coffee, how are you going to be on mate?” –Jordin, 5-21
• “I even posted on total GDI move.” –Sebastian, 5-21
• “I mean…GDI just stands for god damn irresistible.” –Sebastian, 5-21 “What’s with Greeklife and abbreviations?” –Sebastian, 5-21
• The neighbor was like…there’s four of you and you’re the only one who got things stolen?” –Stacey, 5-21
• “Well…this is perfect to write about for Welshful Thinking. I should just take a picture of my purse without the wallet in it. My life.
  –Stacey, 5-21
• I haven’t seen this stuffjournalists like twitter. Like..I like all of these things!!
• (Ensalada del día) I was going to ask them what was in it, but I wouldn’t have understood anything he was saying so I just didn’t bother. -Jordin, 5-21
• “That’s the one thing I miss. Refills.” - Stace
• “Maybe we should just get delivery so we don’t embarrass ourselves.” -Jordin
• You can’t assume anything, we’re in South America (lettuce on the salad) –Jordin
• I’m sick of us speaking in Spanish because all we do is say the same things! –Stacey
• “I feel like my English is actually getting a little worse.”
• Why is this exactly how I imagined it? We’re going around and learning dances from Argentine men and eating meat. –Elizabeth, 5-25
• “I was so scared, you guys have no idea.” –Stacey, 5-25 I should check if I got robbed.”
• I literally made the sign of the cross when I got into that club. –Stacey, 5-25
• Every time we leave the house I think we’re gonna die a little bit. -Elizabeth
• Carolina told me big city, big eyes! –Stacey, 5-25
• Who cares about cinco de mayo when we have VEINTICINCO de mayo?!
• Everything that comes out of your mouth is just gold. –Elizabeth to Stacey, 5-25
• “We couldn’t speak to Spain.” –Elizabeth and Jordin
• Does that happen to everyone that does this program?, 5-26 Stacey, 5:30 am
• “Just sayin…found my papi.” –Jordin, 5-26, 5:30 am
• Who am I? What happened? –Elizabeth , 5-26, 5:30 am
• The guys in Missouri suck. They’re so f’in repressed.” -5-26, Elizabeth, 5:30 am
• I told Pedro we like the pomelo. –Stacey, 5-26
• We’re winning guys!! –Jordin
• Guys this is probably the best thing I’ve ever written. My mom’s gonna be so mad.” –Jordin, 5-31
• “I walked into UCA to see what it was like.” –Stacey, 5-31
• I can understand Alejandro and my PASantia peeps but not f’in Sebastian! –Elizabeth, 6-1
• He wrote on my wall “saw In The Heights…I know you’re jealous.” And I was pissed because I WAS JEALOUS! HE KNEW! –Elizabeth, 6-1
• Sebastian must have been on the floor drooling to be called out on sleeping during class and not Jordin. –All about Alejandro’s class, 6-1
• Oh my God I love this cat I just want to give him a hug. –Stacey, 6-1
• “Kip and John are on my tell off list.” –Stacey, 6-2, on the criminals/ “easy work”
• The best thing is he wants me to ue the camera Carolina has to film this thing! –Stacey, 6-2
• CFK’s son followed me on Twitter! –Stacey, 6-2
• Just take a nap then drink some mate. –Jordin convincing Stacey to see Que Pasó Ayer 2, 6-5
• He’s such a cutie! Like wouldn’t you just die if you saw him playing with his son? –Stacey on Alejandro, 6-7
• I’m dressed up because I’m running out of things to wear! –Stacey, 6-8
• I wanted to tell Carolina my story about the Coldplay concert, but 1 she wouldn’t have cared, and 2 it would have just taken too much time to tell in Spanish.
• I mean study abroad is just one really long vacation that your parents pay for, right? –Elizabeth, 6-9
• Patagonia has volcanoes. In Buenos Aires we have… strikes”” - Carolina Escudero
• So the criminals kept asking me questions about the judicial system in the US…and I like didn’t have answers.” –Stacey, 6-9
• I just love the bromance! Stacey, 6-10
• Guys it was family day at work! Everyone and their mother and their kids were there. I had to give so many kisses/besitos! Elizabeth, 6-10
• It’s so weird getting ready to go out this early. –Jordin, 6-10, 9 pm
• I speak more Spanish when I go out then at my internships. Maybe I should just go out every night instead of working internships. –Elizabeth, 6-11
• I’m on 57 on the top 200 Latin American iTunes songs sold. No I have no effing clue what you are talking about. –Jordin on the song, 6-11 IT WAS NUMBER 134 AND IT’S CALLED PRUUM. – Elizabeth, 6-11
• “Everything we’ve done outdoes the last crazy thing that we did.” –Stacey, 6-12
• We should have a day where we just make an album of all the American stereotypes.” –Elizabeth, 6-13
• How long did you leave that popcorn in? Two minutes and 17 seconds. –Jordin and Elizabeth
• Guys..we’re winning at being funny. –Stacey, 6-14 Not sleep. –Elizabeth
• “Why does she email us when she’s sitting right there?” –Stacey, 6-15
• Come to Argentina and work for my news portal…FREE LABOR!!!” –Katie, 6-15
• Elizabeth had the best meal of her life tonight too. Burger King. VEGETARIAN SANDWICH! It was the best meal I have had here.
• My mom literally said “honey I wouldn’t with your luck.” –Stacey, 6-16
• And he wrote the email in English and Spanish! –Jordin, on random man in the street
• Can I just make up a cell phone number? I did that at the Western Union. –Elizabeth & Stacey. “I just started rattling off random numbers.”
• How did people book flights without the internet? –Elizabeth “Let’s go to iguazu!” 6-18
• I used to freak out about driving to Fulton.” –Stacey Now we don’t even know which airport we’re flying into. Where am I? No one will help me.
• Katie: This bread must’ve been so good. Elizabeth: ARE YOU SERIOUS KATIE. WE’RE MISSOURI JOURNALISM STUDENTS, WE DID NOT CONSUME THE FOOD! Stace: We didn’t have empanadas…
• This is the most epic trip of my life. What are we doing?!
• Jordin: Not to get all philosophical and shit, but who the f* thought to make popcorn? Seriously, who saw all these little kernels and thought hey! I wonder what happens when you heat these up. WHO THE F*?! 6-18
• “Guys...if I get an A on this test, we’re going out with Alejandro for a celebratory tomar algo.” –Jordin, 6-20
• Guys, boys in botanical gardens with cats on their laps are clearly just looking for women!” –Katie
• Do they just go sit down and socialize with random people?! Katie Who are we to judge?! –Stacey
• Gustavo..I mean, Gonzalo! –Stacey
• All of Welshful thinking is white girl problems…
• My zoo pictures are taking forever! White girl problems.
• Guys, I have so many profile picture options I just can’t decide! White girl problems.
• What is this? The raddison? Oh wait…it is. -6-21, Elizabeth
• We should’ve asked him to tomar algo! -6-21, all, about the room service man. “He came in a little costume!” Everyone asks us, it’s about time we ask men! [to tomar algo] -6-21
• Have you ever gotten a FB chat from someone you didn’t want to talk to and gone offline? I’m pretty sure my dad did that to me.” –Sebastian, 6-21
• (On getting carded) They asked me. This was two years ago, I was so excited. –Carolina
• They will tell you about a tango spectacle. I do not recommend the tango spectacular. It is not that great. –Carolina
• You won’t let me take a picture of the US embassy but you’ll take us out? –us, after the tour
• They have parkas. .. You can stay in longer than 30 minutes, but it increases your risk of like…hypothermia. –Stacey, 6-22
• So today we met the security guard at the US embassy and he invited us out, but this is like a daily occurrence so we were like nahh.” –Elizabeth on skype, 6-22
• It wasn’t because she was dumb, it’s because she was stupid.” –Elizabeth, 6-23
• How did people book flights without the internet? –Elizabeth “Let’s go to iguazu!” 6-18
• I used to freak out about driving to Fulton.” –Stacey Now we don’t even know which airport we’re flying into. Where am I? No one will help me. -6/18
• Tengo un montón de gringos.” –man at Monte Carlo TV station about going in the HD bus
• ¿Hay una reunion, sí? Bajan sus voces.” –concierge, 6-22 at night
• Su vuelo es cancelado.” –Despegar
• By the way, I’m not telling my parents about leaving my charger. So if you ever meet them, don’t mention it. Please don’t. Because they always say KEEP TRACK OF YOUR STUFF! And that was the definition of not keeping track of your stuff. Literally, my dad instead of saying goodbye says keep track of your stuff! And I’m like, bye! –Stacey, 6-23
• Radisson: “They said he was coming down now and I was like ‘OUR FLIGHT IS LEAVING NOW. We are going to be late now! And I do not think he liked my expression.” –Carolina, 6-23
• Pottermore is like Harry Potter and World of Warcraft, it’s like the two most addicting things!…it will take over the world of nerdhood.
• They’re not going to have a life. –Stacey 6-23
• Where’s Paraguay? Oh..I think it’s right past the bank. –Jordin and I, 6-24
• (about the heladería in Puerto Iguazu) Jordin: He loves us. Stacey: We tend to have that effect on people here. 6-24
• Four countries in 24 hours!
• Screw UT! They’re all like…we have a partnership with the University of Cordoba and we’re like…well WE have a partnership with CAROLINA. –Stacey, 6-24
• I always wonder if there are secret things under the waterfalls.” –Han, 6-25
• And they have all these signs that say “cerrado” but you can just go past them. There are really good views! –Han, 6-25
• Trashy to classy in one photoshop click.” –Jordin, 6-27
• And she treats my stuffed animal like a king! –Jordin, 6-27
• Carolina, I can’t do this, Jordin is applying for an American reality tv classic and I want to help her.” –Stacey on the bachelorette, 6-27
• This information is GOLD. –Carolina, 6-29, on other BA study abroad programs
• Helicopter sound at school: “Cristina está volviendo a su casa.” –Carolina, 6-29
• And the demonstrations. That was really really weird. –Carolina, 6-29
• What I can do? I have a flight in two hours and we don’t have a president.” –Carolina, 6-29
• I called my parents to ask what I supposed to do? And my parents say you know our country, just come. It was ok, then I came back to Brussels.” –Carolina, 6-29
• Por favor no duermas en clase. –Alejandro, 6-30
• El rap es muy importante en Nueva York, sí? Alejandro, 6-30
• We’re going to the Argentine Oscars!” –Stacey & Elizabeth
• Why does this feel so normal? I feel like we’ve lived in this apartment and that I’ve known you guys my entire life!” –Elizabeth
• There’s a priest in Ballwin that was inappropriate with teens. I thought we were done with this! –Stacey, 7-2
• Other people do not have the privilege of listening to Carolina skype in French for two hours. Who was she skyping? Probably Strauss Kahn. –Katie, Stacey, Elizabeth, 7-1
• I really want to be in a country while there’s a coup. It would be really cool…if I lived.” –Elizabeth, 7-3
• Would you ever take grasshoppers and take their legs off? –Elizabeth, 7-3
• When I was 9 years old my dad used to tell me this story abou taking out his scorpion and I was like that’s really cool dad! And now I’m like…that’s really weird dad. -Sebastian, 7-3
• You need to work this out because it is today.” –Carolina, 7-4, to Stacey about the Silver Condor
• I will be in trouble in Argentina, so I will publish it in the states.” -Carolina, 7-5
• Yo soy un freelancer, why? I do not want my name associated with the government. Carolina, 7-5
• Por ejemplo where is my cellphone? –Carolina, 7-5
• I can’t imagine walking into a convenience store and not having to repeat myself four times to find what I’m actually buying. Or being stared at on the bus. Or killing myself waiting for the 152 to get here in the morning. Or bagging my own groceries! –Elizabeth, 7-5
• Estaría avergonzado en esta situación. –Alejandro on having a sombrero put on your head, 7-5
• Como Taco Bell?” –Alejandro, with certainty, 7-5
• In what universe did we think that thing was going to work?!” –Stacey, 7-6, about the hair dryer crazy thing
• In what universe do they think Mostaza is going to give them their food on time?” –us, 7-6, 5:53 pm, before class
• Who are you and where do you sit? –escuela de periodismo woman, 7-7
• Is there anywhere in the world where a white man gets hit on? –Keith, 7-7
• 90% of my Spanish is non-verbal. –Keith, 7-7
• I have a picture of an orangutan on my Facebook. Who should I tag it as? –Keith, 7-7
• I wish I had a button that’s like a debby downer button that I could press for all the Staceyisms.” –Sebastian, -7-7
• ¿Hay alguien encerrado en su casa?! –Alejandro, 7-7Who said you’re out interviewing movie stars? Stacey: or prisoners. 7-9
• Don’t you love how we bought these tickets 24 hours ago? –Armeen, 7-7
• That’s happened to me three times now, I just couldn’t get the door open! And you can’t crawl out of these ones either! I’m not going to call you on the phone, but I was like hoping someone would come open it. –Stacey, bathroom door, 7-8
• Let’s look at where we are today. Yesterday, we went to Spanish, work, and Keith was over and our friend. Now we’re in Cordoba, 10 hours away, and Keith is CRAZY! Look what can happen in 24 hours! –Stacey, 7-8
• That granola bar lady! –Everyone, on the bus, 7-9
• I’m going to sleep with my purse like a stuffed animal. –Stacey, 7-8
• I could see if I left my purse there for a second, but I didn’t! It was on my shoulder! –Stacey, 7-8
• You have a lot of stories.” –Carolina to Stacey
• Bueno, la alegría. –Alejandro, during the laughter class one Thursday
• El jabón es común para usar aquí? –Stacey to Alejandro, 7-12 I mean la palabra!!
• No sabes como, pero finalmente, estás borracho.” –Alejandro, 7-12
• This really is free labor. –Stacey, 7-13
• Don’t tell, don’t ask.” –Carolina, about Sebastian, 7-13
• You look like you’re on the same team.” –Carolina, 7-26, on Stacey and Katie wearing similar outfits
• Have fun and drink lots of…mineral water *facial expression,” –Carolina, 7-13 on Mendoza
• I’m going to look at the hairy leg once I have clothes on.” –Stacey, 7-18
• I’ve already lost some of my hearing I’m sure.” –Stace, 7-18
• I think anything with mundial is funny. –Stacey Kind of like seguridad.
• Isn’t it weird when someone you barely know likes like the 8^th profile picture of you? – Elizabeth, 7-18
• We should make a movie called Hostel Behavior. -Elizabeth, 7-19
• Hay que probar colores que queden mejor que esto que hay –Carolina, 7-20
• I’m just SO EXCITED that he can speak English! –Stace on the Adidas man, 7-20
• And the taxi driver was telling me about Día del Amigo and he was like tenés amigos? And I was like yeah.” –Han, 7-20
• WOOT we get a refrigerator magnet!” –Jordin, 7-20
• This stupid cake tried to screw up my life. -Katie, 7-20
• I mean we’re all thinking it, we’re just not going to SAY it.” –Stacey
• Want to hear something really strange? I finally get where Carolina is coming from with this.” –Stacey, 7-20
• There’s like a sign stuck on a tree with a piece of gum. “ –Stacey, 160 bus, 7-21
• You know what’s even sadder than eating the 5.0? Eating it by yourself.” –Sam, 7-23 I had to buy a bottle of water.
• He was like, walking the other way and I was like, jumping in front of a bus.” –Elizabeth, 7-23
• Telling the taxi driver “el restuarante cerca del Sheraton con muchas banderas.” -7-23
• Do you guys mind if I go to bed?” –Stace, 7-23
• If your grandparents aren’t racist, they’re not real people.” –Sam, 7-23
• Guys, everything has come full circle. The first Saturday here, my wallet was stolen. My last Saturday here, I bought a new one!” –Stacey, 7-23
• AMY WINEHOUSE DIED. Rehab? I hope she died in like a car accident or something. Nope…it was drugs.Katie, Stacey, Elizabeth, Stacey, 7-23
• I feel like whenever I go on Twitter, I always see all these posts about nutella. Like why are they crazies? I have an excuse, I’m in a country without peanut butter. –Stacey, 7-24
• No se puede sacar fotos. –Guy at museum to Stacey, 7-24
• Sam, you’re already an infinitely better house guest than Keith.” –Elizabeth, 7-24
• Check it out, I got a new mate!” –Jordin, 7-24
• I’m also really excited to see Katie artemas in New York. Maybe her assertiveness will rub off on me.” –Stacey, 7-24
• I was just shaking the whole time. It’s like I was on drugs. It was an exceptionally good show, and I was in the front row. But…I think I’m just going to have a heart attack.” –Elizabeth, 7-24
• I think this might be a better day than the day I get married. Better than graduation, my 21^st birthday…” Elizabeth, 7-24
• And they always tell you to not go to La Boca at night…so of course that’s the first place I went.” –Joshua, 7-25, from Texas Tech
• I don’t understand how he got that from agua, but I had to get the hello kitty out of there! –Joshua, 7-25, on asking donde está el agua and having a random man lead him into corner and stick his finger in his behind
• Sounds like everything has different connotations. –Han, 7-25
• Stace, when someone elbows you in the face, you can’t say that’s okay.” –Sebastian, bday
• Bueno. La ironía. –Stacey, 7-26
• Yeah I’m pissed. I was like sweating when we started dancing.” –Stacey, 7-26, 3:20 a.m.
• And what saves Cinderella? La universidad, el trabajo, sus amigas, un proyecto en Greenpeace, tampoco Amnesty Internacional, no. Un principe. –Carolina, 7-26, clase de género
• Katie, I have a gossip for you. The parents of Kylie se nombra because they like Kylie Minoque. Are you named Katie for Katie Holmes? -7-26, Miguel
• This cake tried to screw up my life. -me
• I cannot control YouTube of FinalCut. Ya saben. -Stacey, 7-27
• And we didn't really have an office so I was having meetings with the students in a bar. It was really hippie. -Carolina, on the Buenos Aires program, 7-27
• And you were red, I can imagine. -Carolina, 7-27
• I have been living 7 years in French speaking countries and your English is too fast. -Carolina to Fritz Cropp, our study abroad coordinator, 7-27
• En el invierno, tomamos mate. They publish a picture of me in St. Louis at a Cardinals game with a red shirt and hat, holding a Coke. That is very controversial. So I was like maybe in Switzerland they like it but that is not so Latin American. –Carolina, 7-27, on an article written about her
• Maybe if I walk around with it like this it’ll just fall. –Stacey on getting a cork out of a bottle of wine, 7-28
• What do you think is the best method of getting this switch blade through customs? -Jordin to her mom, 7-29
• Honey I don’t think that’s a good idea. –Jordin’s mom's response, 7-29
• I am an avid syllabi reader, woman! -Cally, 7-30, on annoying professors lying about not reading their syllabus
• Why is everyone so mean here? NO wonder people think poorly of the US. They cross the border and the first person they see is an a**hole who hates their job. “ –Jessica on arriving back into the United States, 7-31