"You think moated cities are a thing of the past? Just go to Los Alamos; that place is a castle."
- Overheard at Tune-Up Café
"OK, I'll bring my sluttiest shoes."
- Overheard at Santa Fe Baking Company and Café
"Anyone with gut illness is in a state of forced emotional growth."
- Overheard at Whole Foods Market
Man reading menu outside Sushi Land East: "So is this, like, a Japanese place?"
"Give us two more of the Gilmore Girls. We use it as a drinking game. Every time one of them cries, you take a shot. It's really hard to stand up after one episode."
- Two women at counter of Video Library
"I fell on my head a lot as a child, so I have no sense of smell. So, to me, farts are just funny noises people make with their butts."
- Gentleman to clerks at Video Library
"…recycling water directly from sewer to tap…"
- Overheard from an environmental report on KUNM radio
"Our doctor must be running a little behind."
- Overheard in a local proctologist’s waiting room
"I would say that 2 inches never felt so good!"
- Overheard in the morning at Ski Santa Fe after a small storm
"This state's motto should be Stupid and Proud of It."
- Overheard at a dinner party