Candid Quotes, 2008
Jan - Ben Rubright & Ett McAtee: 
Ben Rubright:
"Scoot and Grumble"
"We did this just to see if John could do it (Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears)."
"Of course the girls are Stars."
"I wouldn’t trust the Boys with that."
"Gary, and the rest of the heads, Square Thru 4."
"You need a half in the back.  You need a halfback.  So do the Steelers."
"Oh my goodness, it’s Gary!"
"Put that camera down."
"I can’t talk left-handed."
"There are two John M’s here.  We’re talking about the second one in the phone book."
Ett McAtee:
(John), "I’m your counterpart (Ett)"
(John) – "For once you didn’t do it!"
"Don’t let it go to your head."
"Stay, John!"
"Crashing is a good thing."
"I saw what you were thinking."
"Please don’t screw it up now!"
"Left is the operative word."
"Would Up to the Middle and Back be a Clue?"
"Get opposite your opposite.  What a concept!"
"I (Ett while dancing) gotta be a corner so I can play with John."
Feb - Sue Curtis
Mar - Sandie Bryant
Apr - Bill Haynes 
Sometimes I amaze myself.
John, don’t start thinking.
(After a mistake): See, now I’m calling what you’re dancing.
It doesn’t matter, I’m not watching your square.
Smile, people, this is entertainment!
Smile, this is a game we play.
It’s OK, one of those three walls will work.
Good thing that wasn’t on video!
I hear the air is different in San Diego.(After a call): You too Heidi.
Smile, you’re having fun.
I’m just trying to take the pressure off John.
I’m not calling fast, you’re square is just too big!
Just because I have a mike doesn’t mean I’m not human.
May - Vic Ceder 
I thought that was pretty unusual too!
Do you like this corner?
I need it explained slowly, because I’m blond.
Debbie writes them.  I just call them. (not really)
I just go to Choreos R Us.com.
That one cost $0.95.
The other original girl is a girl too.
It’s a “leasure” to watch you prance.
The announcements are shorter when John M. is not here.
That’s strange, even by my standards.
Jun - Ross Howell 
Scoop ‘er up
Do I keep giving the heads the wrong partner?  You know what they say “variety is the spice of life?!
‘Scuse me, pardon me, coming through (in a falsetto voice)
You were so close..you stayed in the same square…Good job!
We Don’t need John, do we?  Which John?
Are there 3 boys in that line?  I was just wondering because there are 3 girls in the other line.
Well, that went well!
Would you like to try that again?
And you all have right hands, and of course you also have lefties.
Are you guys getting close back there?
It’s probably not legal, but at my age, who cares!
Seven to the middle and back!
Recycle him; he needs it.
Who said “Its over”, I’ve got the mic.  It ain’t over until I say so.
Is the sound making it back there okay?
I’ll try it again…this time in English.
We have the salmon swimming upstream.
I think there was a "Plus" call in there somewhere.
Right & Left Grand, in most cases.
I don’t have enough time to explain it right now.
It’s Courtesy Turn, not molest!
What the hell happened to that square?
That’s an illegal Yellow Rock over there.
Girls, flip a coin, the loser gets John.
I don’t do mornings.
Does anybody know exactly what time I lost control?
Jul - DARK
Aug - Tim Ploch 
"Go, go" girls.  Girls, stand next to that cute guy. You may not think so, but
go ahead and do it anyway. This is no place to insult somebody.
If you do it from here, its "no problemo".
Gee, he changed it. What a surprise. Did you survive that?
Corral your corner. Make sure she stays in your square!
Bend any line you can find.
You didn’t miss anything important back there. You did the hard stuff correctly.
It’s not only once removed, it’s not even on this planet.
So which one is your corner? Really? Way over there?
Initially smiling, square the bases.
Make Magic. ‘Poof’ someone!
(heard from Jill) ”Somebody slap me”
What happened back there? I only took my eyes off you for three seconds.
Is that your husband? Well, do you want him to be your husband?
Scoota Backa (Italian version)
That sucks! Did I write that? That goes in the trash!
Unusual Calls
- Swing and twist and shout.
- Flip and Slip.
Sep - Rob French & CJ Smith
Oct - Barry Clasper
Nov - John Marshall
You’ve more imagination than Walt Disney. 
Do a Quarter Thru … or a Tea Cup Chain … whichever is shorter. 
John Marshall – I’m smiling, so you should be too. 
That works because I have the signatures of 200 dancers on the back of the card. 
I’m calling as slowly as I can. 
Some of you mixed up your pointer with your dinger.
Grab somebody, preferably by the hand. 
Thank you for counting.  It helps the caller keep track of where he is. 
You have same sex together.  We’re among friends.  You can ask if you have to. 
Was it “Stretch”? (All reply “No”).  Sorry, honey, they write the check. 
Who’s good?  Oh, I heard that about you. 
We’ll have a two minute delay while John gets out of the square to write this down. 
Dec - Todd Fellegy 
(From Load the Boat) … Some were more "loaded" than others. 
Hmmm . . . We’ll have to try that one again.
Boys (do it) work . . . Good Boys!! 
Follow her.  Please, follow her! 
Don’t hurt 'em.
I think they came in first.
Some folks worked harder on that than others. 
(At the C2 level)… Glad you got that Relay the Deucy so we didn’t have to do it again.
Stay boys!  Good boys!
I know, you are looking at a bunch of confused people.
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