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HHOH QUOTE BOARD
This will mean things to us ... but probably not to anyone else reading it!
Z: "I don't really see the point of all this"
On Carnaval Bloco, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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"Eat the jam!"
In reference to the very bad tasting compote/jam that we purchased in Santa Teresa to enable us to get a seat and wait for the bloco to begin!
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K: "It's him, it is, it's Edward, hello Prince Edward!"
Z: "Err ... I don't think so"
Crowd: "Felipe! Felipe!"
Arrival of Prince Felipe of Spain fron Presidential Inauguration, Main Square, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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(Catchphrase, Uruguay): (in American accent) "Mr Lav!"
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K (weird sleepy scream): "Uuaargh!"
Z gets up, picks up water bottle, walks across room to K and has a drink.
Z (inquisitive squeak): "mmmmhh?"
K: "I'm OK"
Z (acknowledging squeak): "mmmmm"
Z goes back to bed and starts grinding teeth: crunch, crunch
Z sleepwalking to check on K who woke herself from nightmare about the toilet man aka Mr Lav, dorm room in Backpacker de la Barra, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
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K: "They're staring at us, they are, they're staring at us!"
Z: "I think you're being paranoid."
K: "No, I think it's because I keep bumping into people every time I get up!"
Whilst on second bottle of wine for the evening in restaurant, Termas del Dayman, Uruguay.
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(Catchphrase) Person 1: "Miaow"
Person 2: "Gromit!"
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(Catchphrase) Person 1: "We may wobble ......"
Person 2: "...... but we don't fall down!"
In reference to us wearing our backpacks!
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Z: (cracks knuckles)
K: "Bad Dobby!"
Often ... as Z cracks her knuckles lots!
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Man (whilst handing out leaflets): "Cambio!"
Z&K (shake heads and quickly walk on) ....
K (turning back): "Actually ... we do need that!"
Having walked down the street turning down the multitude of things being handed out, Buenos Aires.
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K hands over money for diet coke
Man (hands back coins): "We don't accept these"
K to Z: "These don't work"
Z (hands over other coins): "Do these work?"
K (to man): "What were those then?"
Man: "Uruguayan pesos"
In shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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K (unusually harsh voice): "Lonely pony ... you're gonna die!"
K to Z whilst on boat trip to the glaciers, Parque Nacional de los Glaciares, Argentina.
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Person 1: "They're not havin' it"
Person 2: "It's ours"
Person 1: "We bought ... they can buy their own lunch!"
Originated on the way to the border crossing from Argentina to Chile when we found out that you could not take food across, then later became a catchphrase!
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Z: "For 25 pesos we can buy 5 bottles of wine from the supermarket and do our own "tasting"!"
Z to K on finding out that the local wine tour only goes to 2 wineries with "limited tasting" for 25 pesos per person, Mendoza, Argentina.
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K: "Hello doggie, what do you want?"
K (as dog, growls): "Empanada!"
In restaurant in Cafayate, Argentina.
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(Catchphrase): "Super Pancho!"
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(Catchphrase): Person 1: "Florida"
Person 2: "Corrientes"
Person 1: "Nueve de Julio"
From Evita, on learning that these are names of main roads in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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K (indignant): "You couldn't do chunky if you tried!"
K to Z whilst in shop trying on t-shirts, Perth, Australia.
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K: "Oh, look, there's a camel just gone galloping passed ..."
K to Z, Z looks up and both continue to stare after camel in silence, Cable Beach, Broome, Australia.
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Z: "I can speak English!"
Various occasions whilst spelling something incorrectly when writing postcards.
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(Catchphrase): "Evil Pope b****!"
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Z: "I don't DO camping"
K: "Err, ... you're sitting by a campfire, surrounded by tents ... what do you think you are doing?!"
On Kimberley tour, King Edward River campsite, Australia
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