(And same location, different waitress...)
Petra: "Could I get a glass of water, please?"
Waitress: "Certainly."
Jason: "Two, please."
Waitress: "Tooth picks? Sure."

Lo and behold she returned with a glass of water and tooth picks...what are they paying them there?

(Fishing: Monday night. I was sick of the fish taking my bait and so swung my rod [te he I said rod] around to Jason.)
Petra: "Bait me."
Jason: "You know those shoes really don't go with that outfit."
Petra: "Why not?"
Jason: "(LOL)"

Petra: "I thought I was lactating money."
(The day after the Regurgitator concert. I had forgotten to take a purse and forgotten where I'd put my money for safekeeping...until I got home and undressed.)

Tuesday, 18th January 2000...
Petra (looking at photos): "Mmmmm..." [interesting]
Ratbat (typing): "Mmm?" [What?]
Petra: "Mm." [Oh, nothing.]
Ratbat: "Mmm-mm." [Okay.]

Rochelle (singing): "Asthma, Sex and Candy..yea"

As Jason, Jess (hereby reffered to as Jehico because there are 2 Jess') Erin and I were watching the antics of my Sea Monkeys...

Erin: "What's that thing hanging off her?"
Petra & Jason: "A male Sea Monkey"
...You see, those two said Sea Monkey's were doing the "aquatic dance of courtship". Enough said.

The following remarks are taken from rehearsals/development sessions of "The Riverboat Show"...you know us theatre people are a crazy bunch...

Jess: "Well we could set the river on fire , but I don't think the river people would like that."
Petra: "aaahhh...but how would they know it was us?!"

It was pointed out that they authorities would catch on if the river was set on fire 5 nights in a row....the same 5 nights in a row that we had a show.

...and when Jess was explaining one of her ideas...
Jess:"....and then the....passengers....um...clients...What are they called?"
Everybody: "The audience."

....and again, Jess when asked how she was feeling about the show...
Jess:"aaahhhh - yay vibes ahoy!"

Aaron: "He's a crafty bugger this Jesus, really"

Jess: "I didn't know there was a dying option"
(referring to the Titanic back lot tour at Fox Studios)

Zillah: "I used to do this little rain dance so it wouldn't rain and it always worked!"
Jess: "Was it in the middle of summer?"

Kevin: "I thought I could take it all in one mouthful"
No context supplied.

Zillah:(our stage manager) "I know you all think of me as God!"
Jess: "Godzilla perhaps!"

Currie: "Well I looked up nymph on the net, but all I found were sites on nymphomaniacs and stuff... I can't even describe them."
Kevin: "Did you get any addresses?"
Petra: "No, they were all naked."

Amie: "We mummified a capsicum. I think my partner was vegetarian because everyone else mumified chicken wings and stuff"

Neil: "I was thinking we could give the audience instruments so they could join in..."
Petra: (airline stewardess's voice)"In case of boredom, please find a musical instrument under your seat".

Jess was explaing her plan for building a contraption in which an actor would be in a box and shot out through the air when the box was open....(oh God)...

Jess:"So I thought they could be sitting on this big spring, and their head could be against the lid to keep them in, so when the lid was open they'd be ...wheeeeee...shot out. But then I thought that the pressure against the head would kill them, and I don't want to kill anyone...that and I couldn't find a big enough spring!"

Neil: "One day I would like to meet someone who is even more stupid than me!"
......after closing the gate and locking himself on the wrong side of it.

Jehico: "Nah, I prefer fannys'...it's more spread out!" (Newcastle people will probably understand that one)

In an Australian Theatre History class...
Peter: "This is discrimination!!"
Mel: "It's got nothing to do with your sex, Peter"
Byron: "Or lack of!"

During a lunch break for the Russian Doll's workshop...
General Consensus (as in the collective opinion of the group not a military leader): "Anne's had substantial roles in the past, so maybe this time we should give her the role of the deaf mute who only expresses herself through nakedness."

Discussions over lunch...
Currie: "Do they? I know I look at Jarrod and think..."
Jarred: (cutting her off) "'God He's a sexy bastard. If I didn't have a boyfriend I'd do him!!!'"

Taking off certain people...
Felicity: "Wow - I haven't seen you since this morning! (hugging)
Currie: "Let's Dance!"

The following quote was taken from an early "Friday night at the Schrammers" rehearsal. Jess was supposed to say the word 'matches'. I'm not sure everyone would understand this quote!
Jehico: "And bring me the mattress. I'd better light the candles again.
Petra: "After all it is the Sabbath"

Sophie: "I've got to make a back door entrance"
She wanted to gain entry to studio 2 via the back door - aren't you glad I supplied context for that one!

Jasmine: "I'm going to try a different technique of blowing"
Experimenting with different ways to accidentally extinguish the flames of our rehearsal shabbos candles.

At 'Feral - a night of funky beats'- meeting Aja on the stairs...
Petra "RRRaaahhhhhhh!!!!"
Aja: "You're such a creature, Petra."
Petra: (laughing)"Why?"
Aja: "Because you use all your bits....oh that didn't sound good."

Felicity: "Gee, I'm so glad I went home to get my underwear"

Erin: "The only time I've experienced fishy was with this woman on the bus."

Witnessing affection displayed by a couple...
MJ: "Yea, OK, single girl over here. It's kind of a sore point with me."
Petra: "That's because you've been rubbing it to much!"

Marty: "See, there's me between Jo's legs."
(He was actually refering to the newspaper picture of themselves fencing.)

Jess: "You brought him home to our bed!"
Erin: "He was a river monster and he didn't have any where to stay!"

Erin: "You know what was invented by men - those air vents in the floor and they have that warm air and your skirt just goes WOOOSH flying up!!"
(Yea - she was drunk.)

Rohan: (singing)"Why does my stomach - feel so bad"
Rohan was serenading a Jehico who wasn't feeling too well.

Conrad: "You're a Wagga native aren't you Jess?"
Unfortunately the chaos that immediately erupted can not be accurately transcribed - but you can bet that it was loud! You see - Jehico is from Mehico - or in Australian terms - Newcastle.

Anne: "S-So d-di t-t-di-t-did t-todd have a bit of a stutter?" (the power of association!!)

To Jehico and Conrad...
Trish: "Have you finished over there boys and girls writing rude things in your box?!"

Discussing acting techniques...
Jehico: "What animal would I be?"
Jasmine: "A Yak."
General laughter ahoy.
Sophie: "The funniest thing about that was her face!"

Stuart: "Yea, I know it's only 3 minutes, but we thought you could stick the other few minutes up your date!"
...referring to a certain duologue assignment.

The following are extracts from a recent (14 - 16th November, 2000) trip to Melbourne for Showcases.

At the Odeon club at Crown Casino in Melbourne for comedy night (YAY FREEFALL!!!)

Comedian: (Heckling us) "Yea so what's the drinking age in Wagga....12?"
Jehico: "Nah...10!"

Petra: (...frustrated by pedestrians who think they have right of way - [as if!])"Yea... see you're nice...I like you...you stopped for us...."

'Dude-who-stopped-for-us': Yea, can i have you're phone number?

Petra: "Don't tempt me!"

Petra: "Do you want to go to KFC?"
Kate: "(t)rrrhhaaaaaaaammmmmmmm"

sitting discussing diva's new decks, and the difference between the ones at Liquid
Diva: "I don't like using the ones at liquid coz they're old. Things wear when they get old... like us."
Petra: "I wish somebody would wear me... on their face."
Diva: "(LOL)"

Lan: "I'm in a wierd mood...i don't feel like myself"
Petra: "So have a man instead."
Lan: "Yea that would make a nice change."

Lan: (On being a DJ...) "Oh fuck him anyway. I'd rather have hunreds of people screaming my name than just one!"
Petra: "I concur."

Lan: "I've got a bit of a neck strain."
Petra: "What from?... flipping your hair?"

Sil and I had been travelling back from sydney, and due to roadworks-on-a-friday-afternoon-on-the-federal-highway-don't-get-me-started we were running late. It took an hour to go 12 kms. At least we got to see a beautiful but speedy sunset...
Petra: "holy shit, we're fully just watching the sun go down!" (great grammer i know)
Sil: "Yea, check it out, it's fully flying down now... maybe it was stuck in traffic too!"

Sil: after getting out from the shower... "I hate this weather, where you dry off and everything get's wet again... and it's not coz of pleasant company!"

At Areeba...after explaining why petra 'bops'...
Petra: "You're all looking at my clitoris now, aren't you?!"

Brooke: "We should have a sleepover....with boys!"
Petra: "Yea!"
Brooke: "...and spin the bottle and twister...naked twister!"
Petra: "Right hand on clitoris...Left penis on cervix."

Petra: "I had cream coming out of every orifice - but none of the good ones."