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During the early morning hours, laying semi-conscious in an alley behind the Northern Bar, Tom opens one eye and looks up . . .


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1. "It's time to eat boys." Ammo Foreman Jim Cooley gathering the ammo crew for lunch.

2. "You like to drive fast, don't ya. Hit one of my kids and your dead!" Bud Bangert's friendly advice to Tom Buechler

3. "Production is at a standstill." Mutt Gayhart trying to gain control of his shop class.

4. "SEATS, let's get in 'em." Mutt Gayhart trying to gain control of his home room class.

5. "We'll do alright, AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH" Football star Frank Stearns during TV interview.

6. "OK guys, we will be working in the sssss sssss sssss sssss sssss sssss sssss ss ss sssss sssss sssss sssss sssss ssssss sssss sssss sssss standard magazine area today. " Ammo Foreman Milo Arthur.

7. "Now does everyone get that? " High school typing teacher Hartley Spatz.

8. "Partly Hartley! " High school typing student Latrina Lodatious.

9. "Hey, do you m-m-m-m-m-mmmmiss your sister? " Rio Brave.

10. "Sonny, is that you? " Police Captain Kenny Stuen after coming upon his son Terry at a party at the Boltz house one weekend during the 1960s. His sons answer was and I quote " aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh! " as he puked on his fathers new shoes.

11. "Did", "Didn't" "Did ", "Didn't". Conversation between Mutt Gayhart and Rock Hudson when Mutt confronted Rock with two pieces of Jerry Worthleys Lamp cord which Mr. Gayhart specifically asked Rock to watch out for when he was sanding tables.

12. "Cliiiiiiiiiiiiiick, Cliiiiiiiiiiick" Ammo Foreman Lowell Terry whenever General Foreman Schiffner came around checking on production and Terry's Crew stayed in the box cars on top of the ammo while smoking on break.

13. "Just a minute. I'll knock" Darrel Sanovia as he ran his fist through Geraldine Truebloods front door.

14. "Don't flush it." Sneaky Snuck (hugging the porcelain) trying to retrieve his false teeth from the toilet bowl he just puked in.

15. "Damn." Roger Wickstrom, butting a cigarette out on the stadium wall just after finishing last in the 100 yard dash.

16. "Get out of the road or I'll gimp up your other leg." Tub Lessert comment to a crippled old man crossing the street.

17. "That's MY ball and bat! I'm going home" Democrat ending a woofle-ball game.

18. "I'm pot-holed for 12 cents." Chuck Bush standard poker game comment.

19. "Wait-twis cud I have a poon for my Jell-wo." Gary Olsen, to a waitress after the Murdo Tournament, December 1958.

20. "OK smart-ass, you just got yourself a ticket for no tail lights." Chief Accident Investigator Wally Schiffner comment to a completely innocent driver who was rear-ended by a 40' chevy driven by a blind George Boltz.

21. "Come on, shange you bastard, shange." Jimmy Coffee waiting for a traffic signal.

22. "Hey you," Bill Ottman comment to Tiny Mickelson! (followed by hand gestures and verbal impression of machine gun fire).

23. "I haven't any got." English IV student Buechler trying to respond to Mutt's question without using a double negative.

24. "God-Damn monkeys! Much as I feed 'em, you'd think they'd shit once in awhile." Old Man Schmidt as he pounded a one-armed bandit with a scoop shovel.

25. "I'm gonna ream you out." Gary Olsen crawling through bathroom window at 6AM Sunday morning.

26. "Wanna candy bar, Gregg?" Tom Buechler fish-wiring candy out of a vending machine with a piece of banding steel. Moments later he was electrocuted trying to get a free can out of a hot soup machine with the same piece of banding steel that shorted out the heating element.

27. "Up your nose, DeRose!" Tub Lessert response to Coach DeRose's strategy session during half-time of a football game Provo was losing to Pine Ridge.

28. " Are you ready? ", " Let er RIP! " Conversation between Paul Dappen and Neil Dietricht just prior to the momentous occasion of lighting a fart in La's car sometime in the 1960s. This amazing feat was witnessed by a minimum of eight other people in the car at the time, and resulted in a broken windshield and some sever burns to Neil's legs and crotch area and Paul's eye brows were completely burned off.

29. "Don't drink that! That's the Green Death, Man." Warning from Buechler to Jim Boltz as he slugged down a bottle of Old English 800. And just moments before heaving his guts out

30. "Unreal!" Peachy Brave's response to just about any other comment.

31. "Enuh" Cid Goodman. Roughly translates to "isn't it?" or doesn't it?" or "ain't that so." Such as in the sentence "This beer is warm, enuh?"

32. "Squeet" Duane Varlick. A technique used my Duane to compress a complete sentence into one word, such as "Let's go eat" = "Squeet."

33. "Uhuhuhuhuhuhuh" George Boltz. The sound uttered by George as he desperately tried to remember his last name in response to the two-way speaker at the entrance to the Eagles Club which, after pressing the buzzer squawked "Name and Aerie, please."

34. "You" The compete text of a phone conversation between Tom Buechler and Jerry Lanphear. This, the shortest phone conversation on record lasting just 0.0004 of a second. However, during this conversation a wealth of information was exchanged. Information as to where to meet, when to meet, and a discussion on the plan for the evening activities were all contained within this single word conversation.

35. "I'll be right baaaa-a-a-a-a-ack!" Jerry Lanphear as he got out of Buechler's car one dark night and stepped out into a black bottomless abyss. It seems Tom had unknowingly parked at the very edge of a cliff in a remote area southeast of Edgemont. Tom listens as Jerry's scream fades to silence somewhere far below. Seizing the opportunity of a sudden and unexpected period of privacy, Tom turned his full attention to the female companion at his side. Meanwhile, Jerry, in excruciating pain crawls around on the canyon floor for available natural materials. Gathering herbs and plants, he prepares pain killers and makes splints and slings by weaving together strips of bark. At first light, Jerry makes the painful climb to the top dragging his body up and over many jagged outcrops of rock. After reaching the top, the most difficult part lay ahead. Barely able to move and laying in a prone position on the ground, opening the car door proves to be the greatest challenge. At last it opens and Jerry crawls onto the back seat. Tom, still comfortably entangled in some kind of love embrace, pauses for a moment, peers over the car seat and makes this incredible comment "Where'd ya go."

36. " Well, are you guys going to take your friend to the hospital or am I? " Comment made by a total stranger to Tom Buechler's best friends who were finally eating something after an eight day drinking binge in which only alcohol was ingested and food was never dicussed. The response to the stranger was what one would expect from ones best friends. " Yah man, we'll take him, wwwwmwmwmwwmww mwmwmwmmw, when we're done eating, now get the hell out of here! "

37. "Where's the pot!" Dutch Boltz. "Pot! What pot! We don't have any pot in here." Jim Boltz. "You mean you don't have a bathroom?" Dutch Boltz. "Oh, it's in there."Jim Boltz.

38. ".........." Alida Aarpan. Managed to make it all through school and graduate from high school without ever uttering a word.

39. "Washa matter, too good for us?" Duane Varlick barfing down the side of Buechler's car as they are trying to pick up two girls walking down the sidewalk.

40. "We don't have no more nickels." Arnold Kibbee

41. "We don't want any trouble around here." Arnold Kibbee warning Arnold Monroe who is quietly sitting at the bar with hands outstretched karate chop fashion.

42. "More Buckhorn." Post Beer Parlor chant.

43. "Let's hit the Victory." Gwenda Iverson prior to ramming the Victory Cafe with her Dad's DeSoto.

44. "Are you 18." Al Premin. "Yup." Tom Buechler. "Good enough for me. What'll ya have." Al Premin

45. "Coop! Never guess where I've been..... Burke, South Dakota" George Dappen bragging about his 51 Studebaker.

46. "My-my nnn-nnn-nnn-n-nname is-is Glenn Walks Down The Road With Many Arrows In His Back And Doesn't Even Feel It." Rio' s response to question from a Hot Springs cop. The police gave Rio a citation which was issued to "Glenn Many Arrows."

47. "Ms. Ward is gonna wanna talk to you boys." Mr. Ecklund, confronting upperclassmen Jerry Lanphear, Chuck Bush and Charles Ludington in the Hot Springs swimming pool during freshman skip day.

48. "Aren't we going backwards." Observation made by Jerry Lanphear. While driving down the highway and proceeding UP Gull Hill, Tom was oblivious to the fact that the automatic transmission had failed about half way up the hill. As Tom's Mercury lost forward momentum, certain physical laws of gravity kicked in and the car began rolling backward DOWN the hill. Jerry felt compelled to make this comment as it seemed Tom Buechler failed to notice the subtle change in direction.

49. " Hey! Whadi-ya doing man!" Tom Buechler as he is awakened by Jim Boltz. Jim slowly pulled back the bed covers and saw that Tom had fallen asleep with a partially eaten Midway chicken clutched to his chest. Tom woke up as Jim, overcome by hunger, tried to carefully pry a piece of chicken from Tom's death-grip.

50. " It's going to be a Rice night out tonight." Tom Buechler singing to himself as he heads for Big Cat Kneecap's place in Edgemont. As it was well known that a local pre-teen gum-snapper whose last name is Rice would be there.

51. " Hey! Somebody give me a hand." Jim Boltz hanging upside down from a Gook House window at 3:30 AM. As he was trying to get in, the window slammed down on his ankles and pinned him there. There were groggy, murmured vocal responses that came from various places within the darkened house such as "Shut the ---- up" or "Lighten up out there," but nobody got up to assist.

52. " Far Out! " Common expression in the late 60's and early 70's generally indicating one's approval, agreement or description of something extraordinary. Used by most everyone except Peachy Brave (See earlier quote).

53. ".............." Conversation between Alida Aarpan and Theresa Mum.

54. " 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 ... OK, hit it Ed " Arlie Farrel queuing Ed Hawkins at the Post Beer Parlor.

55. "Don't touch my hair, Man " Tyler Hooker

56. "Are you mimicking me?" Allie Manke talking to another hair-lip.

57. " Hey, Tommy emmur mum murmer mumble mumble murmer ah" Bill Hotchkiss.

59. "Hand me the dykes! " "HUH " " Hand me the dykes " "Huh" " Goddamn it, hand me the dykes!" " I don't understand man, your talking over my head." Conversation between Jim Boltz and Zane Iverson while they were trying to hook into the TV cable for free and Jim was trying to splice the cable. Jims response to Zane after he told him he did not understand and was talking over his head, was to get down on his knees and say one more time " Hand me the dykes man! "

60. "I wanna see 'er twot." Allie Manke. Allie, talking to a man trying to sell him a horse. The man obligingly went to the rear end of the horse and lifted it's tail up. Allie responded "No, no, no man, I wanna see 'er twot down the woad!"

61. "Come on West River, let's see your cookies." Frat Brothers to Dave Bauer as he puked his guts out after some hard drinking at Northern State, Aberdeen, So. Dak.

62. "Hey Bauer, You got your Tyon." Same Frat Brothers to Dave Bauer in reference to Louie Tyon, Pine Ridge basketball player (State Tournament, 1962).

63. "I think I'll go home and gargle peanut butter." Decious Lanapherious, when asked what he was going to do that night. (circa 1959)

64. "It's all your fault that my son drinks so much." Jowles Hookner to George Boltz after favorite son Tom, passed out while doing the Twist with Bill Hodgkiss and was being dragged around the Vets Club dance floor by the aforementioned Mr. Hodgkiss. (Feb 1962)

65. "Bu Bu Bu BB i i i i i i L L L L L L L Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha dg dg dg dg k k k k k k k iss iss iss iss." Henry LeBeau response when asked by Lois Emery what his Dad's name was.

66. "Is that damn brother of mine writing bad checks again?" Dugan's response when he tried to write a bum check that was already written by Robert Varilek. "Here I'll pick his check up and write another to cover it, plus I need some money." The merchant agreed.

67. "Get out of my way, or I'll run over you and break your leg." Tiger Davis to Boris Rogers, which he then proceeded to do.

68. "Eat a poison apple, Snow White." Comment from Jerry Lanphear to Mutt Gayhart after Mr. Gayhart informed the class that they may no longer use power tools to complete their projects.

69. "You are never going to amount to anything. You are going to grow up and be a used car salesman" Comment from Hartley Spatz to Bigs Schultz.

70. "Bark Bark for this Clark." Tom Buechler, visiting some of the boys on a fire line in the Black Hills. They had been working, fighting fire all night with no sleep or anything to eat. Realizing his advantage of the situation, He began making his friends perform humiliating acts in order to get a candy bar of which Tom had plenty.

71. "The North Dakota Hide-and-Seek Champion." Muttering overheard while Mike Tuma was surmising the discovery of a human skeleton under an old rusted out car body near Ormin Dam.

72. "Listen to his duals." While watching the movie "Spirit of St. Louis," during a tense moment as Lindberg gunned the engine and roared down the runway struggling to get airborne, this low-tone comment was heard from Tub Lessert sitting a few rows back in the theater.






 

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