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[[Image:Cribbage100.jpg|thumbnail|right|Fun in [[East 3]]'s [[common room]] takes place before the backdrop of their respectably full contact paper quote board.  Besides quotes, the board records entrymates' [[hookup]] tallies (lower R), the [[cribbage]] score (lower left), and some doodles (L).]]
 
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Traditionally, every [[entry]] and many upperclassmen suites have a quote board on which residents, and occassionally sober or not sober visitors, record those special moments when somebody says something that they ought to be reminded of forever.  This distinguishes the quote board, which is intended to permanently hold content, from the [[white board]], which is a palimpsest intended for ephemera.
 
  
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Quote boards are some large material that can be stuck to a wall and inscribed upon.  Suites that care strive to put their own mark on a quote board not just in the text, but in the materials.  Boards have been made of everything from transparent contact paper to .  For ease of quoting in the heat of the moment,  wise students will permanently affix a writing implement to the quote board, at least a pen, but the most posh of boards will feature an array of magic markers . . .  which will often slowly vanish over the course of a year.
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Quote boards are found in entry common rooms, usually highlighting funny things that people said throughout the year.
  
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It is a possible point of debate whether a quoteworthy thing one says should go on the nearest quote board, or on your quote board of origin.  The most embarassing quotes probably go on both.
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Here on Willipedia, we are trying to create our very own quote board, compiling a master list of some of students' best quotes.  
  
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Almost without exception, every entry will begin the year with their own quote board.  They are fixtures of the [[common room]] or hall, and most [[Junior Advisor|JA]]'s will ensure one is created.  This leads every year to the phenomenon of nearly empty quote boards, on which one may observe a few quotes scrawled early on the year being the only residents of a far-too-large quote board.  This looks pretty lame, and to some speak poorly of the ingenuity of the inhabitants of that suite.
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Please add to the list, avoid anything too explicit, and share you and your friends' immense wisdom.
  
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As the residents of [[Mills]] 2 '03-'04 found out, writing "quote board" on your [[Beirut]] table along with a bunch of fake quotes will not necessarily protect it from the iron fist of Williams College [[Security]], especially if one of your fake quotes is, "let's write 'quote board' on it so security won't take it."
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==Willipedia Quote Board==
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"Here's what you should do. Just go in the music lab - people in there don't wake up - and just take their kidneys." Steven Ai '18
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"Being bi is tough because it’s all the attractive people who remind you how lonely you are." — Emily White '19
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"Less is more when it comes to holes" — Anonymous
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"Kyrjistan was the first country to ever lose their constitution. They literally misplaced it." — Ben Baily '22
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"Nobody can die before I get in my grad school applications. Then they can die all they want." — Anonymous
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"That's the thing about anarchy, there aren't even sign up sheets." — Anonymous
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"'Adult Sorry' is just alcohol." — Anonymous
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"I had a craving for deep fried oreo crusted chicken."
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"That's why you got kicked out of the Garden of Eden, Ben. That's original sin right there." — Anonymous
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"What's the weirdest thing you've ever spilled on yourself? Mine was 16 snails." — Anonymous
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"I don't think there's a such thing as 'lowkey' necrosis." — Anonymous
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"I don't know that I want to be THAT rich or THAT famous, just enough to buy unlimited kit kats." — Anonymous
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"Daylight savings is just legally time traveling." —  Anonymous
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"I will be right back, assuming that I don't lose the will to return along the way." — Sebastian Black '19
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"Hot take: the Incredibles 2 was about sodomy." — Aidan Dunkelberg '22
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"I miss the excitement of being lit on fire." — Anonymous
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"Sometimes I just cackle at the amount of irrelevant problems people think real in this world of horror" — Anonymous
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"I think you should lose a point on the Rice Purity Test just for having a Venmo" — Anonymous
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"I don't actually bust nuts in the sound booth...'cause then you guys would get an allergic reaction" — Anonymous
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"I didn't fail No Nut November, because it's October 37th." — Anonymous
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"Oh man, Calvin Coolidge's reelection really turned everyone off." — Anonymous
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"All I want in life is for Starbursts to sell full bags that are just the strawberry banana flavor." — Anonymous
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"My pussy created Amazon." — Anonymous

Latest revision as of 09:41, September 26, 2021

Quote boards are found in entry common rooms, usually highlighting funny things that people said throughout the year.

Here on Willipedia, we are trying to create our very own quote board, compiling a master list of some of students' best quotes.

Please add to the list, avoid anything too explicit, and share you and your friends' immense wisdom.

Willipedia Quote Board

"Here's what you should do. Just go in the music lab - people in there don't wake up - and just take their kidneys." Steven Ai '18

"Being bi is tough because it’s all the attractive people who remind you how lonely you are." — Emily White '19

"Less is more when it comes to holes" — Anonymous

"Kyrjistan was the first country to ever lose their constitution. They literally misplaced it." — Ben Baily '22

"Nobody can die before I get in my grad school applications. Then they can die all they want." — Anonymous

"That's the thing about anarchy, there aren't even sign up sheets." — Anonymous

"'Adult Sorry' is just alcohol." — Anonymous

"I had a craving for deep fried oreo crusted chicken." "That's why you got kicked out of the Garden of Eden, Ben. That's original sin right there." — Anonymous

"What's the weirdest thing you've ever spilled on yourself? Mine was 16 snails." — Anonymous

"I don't think there's a such thing as 'lowkey' necrosis." — Anonymous

"I don't know that I want to be THAT rich or THAT famous, just enough to buy unlimited kit kats." — Anonymous

"Daylight savings is just legally time traveling." — Anonymous

"I will be right back, assuming that I don't lose the will to return along the way." — Sebastian Black '19

"Hot take: the Incredibles 2 was about sodomy." — Aidan Dunkelberg '22

"I miss the excitement of being lit on fire." — Anonymous

"Sometimes I just cackle at the amount of irrelevant problems people think real in this world of horror" — Anonymous

"I think you should lose a point on the Rice Purity Test just for having a Venmo" — Anonymous

"I don't actually bust nuts in the sound booth...'cause then you guys would get an allergic reaction" — Anonymous

"I didn't fail No Nut November, because it's October 37th." — Anonymous

"Oh man, Calvin Coolidge's reelection really turned everyone off." — Anonymous

"All I want in life is for Starbursts to sell full bags that are just the strawberry banana flavor." — Anonymous

"My pussy created Amazon." — Anonymous

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