Words of Wisdom from Dr. Scheer

My studying for my last final has turned to nostalgia as I look over a semester's notes. Though these pages include copious amounts of factoids and cultural generalizations, I have also been keeping track of the plethora of entertaining things that pop our of my professors mouth. Here is what I really learned this semester:

Dr. Scheer quotes:

"I haven't lost my graduate student foraging instinct."

"No questions? I must be brilliant!"

"I don't know if you know this about me, but I kind of really like food...don't know if you can tell."

"I'm really more of a Severus Snape kind of character."

"Perfect attendance is, as you know, a reward unto itself."

"Now I turn the time over to our favorite narrator: the disinterested British guy."

[referring to fellow professor and "arch nemesis"] "Vaclavik and his purple sweater today."

[referring to a Javanese instrument] "Saron. Not the evil Lord."

[still referring to Javanese instrument] "It can be a mighty racket."

"We've been together for a while...it's not you, it's me."

"I would like to state publicly that this does not constitute as a bribe."

"I will occasionally throw things for emphasis."

"having pitched battles of the West Side Story type."

[referring to a harp] "mechanical workings that break constantly and cost a fortune to fix!"**

"I love how the DVD player always welcomes me...and then asks me to wait."

**I understand his wife is a harpist, so this statement should be read vehemently, as only a venting spouse can.