23. The night we arrived in the hostel in Bologna:

Noel says: "I wet the bathroom floor" (Not in THAT way!)
Patrick responds: "Say it ain't so Noel! Say it ain't so. SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!"
Noel: "It ain't so."

24. Waitress in Nicola's: (goes up behind Anna's head and sniffs deeply) "Aaah it's spring!"

25. Sandra: "Wait, wait, it'll all be ok guys because I have a Verona card!"
25/3/08, 10:45a.m.

26. Eimear's text to Sandra: Can you open the open?
Translation: Can you open the gate?
25/03/08 4a.m.

27. Gigi's names for us:

Anna: Green Christina Aguilera

Cecilia: Miss Italia Colour

Patrick: Elton John

Mary: Mrs. Elton John

Joanne: Shakira

Clare: Laura Bush/ Carla Bruni

Noel: Michael Buble

Sandra: Jennifer Lopez


28. Cecilia: "Fuck you epsilon there's no proof!"

29. Cece: "I need no doggie ...banana stick it in your throat! Oh no!!
25/3/08 11:15a.m

30. Sandra: "Joanne, it looked like you were sucking your earphone!"

31. Cassie: "Hey Guys!!! I've 60 words!!!" (out of 3000)

32. Noel puts his scarf on sleeping Clare
Sandra: "That means he owns you now."
25/03/08 11:20a.m.

33. Joanne: "I can smell hot guys." (when they are near)
25/03/08 11:25a.m.

34. Noel: "Patrick prefers 'Californication' to 'Blood Sugar Sex Magic'
Sandra: That's ridiculously sick Patrick.
25/03/08 11:30a.m.

35. Noel: "Woah Patrick's got a bit of J.T. on it
25/03/08 11:30a.m.

36. Noel: "Clare is like a baby on Liga!
Joanne: "Awh! I loved Riga"
Sandra: "Riga!? Was that the cheap substitute you had as a baby?"
Joanne: " Oh ...no ... it was Liga."
25/03/08 11:30a.m.

37. Sandra: "Do ya think the Slut House will come?"
25/03/08 3:40p.m.

38. Cassie: "Noel, did you say something about Cecilia's penis?"
25/03/08 3:55p.m.

39. Noeleen Noeleen Noeleen Noeleeeeeeen
(Sandra and Cece singing ...Joanne's invention (according to the green ink pointing to this qoute in The Notebook!) ... )
25/03/08 3:55p.m.

40. Cecilia: "You've got a holey/ holy ear!"
25/03/08 3:12p.m.

41. (Taxi home, with Clare, Jessica and Sandra)
Jessica: (mid sentence, she points to a piece of paper on the sidewalk, as the taxi stops at a red light) "Hey! Look at the dead cat!"
25/03/08 Sometime after 3a.m.

42. Cassie says: (at the statue of Guilietta) "I want to go boobing!!!" 25/03/08 5.25p.m.

43. On arriving in Milan... Noel says quietly: "How was the bathroom Jessica?"
Jessica (loudly as if pronouncing to the whole group): "The bathroom was wonderful Noel!!!
Noel: "You said that a bit loud"
23/03/08

44. On walking into Verona station a man makes this guzzling noise at Joanne
Joanne: Doesn't that turn you on Sandra?
Sandra: "Oh ya definitely!"
Cassie: "Ya! if you were a wilder beast!"
25/03/08 7p.m.

45. Patrick: "There was more than art in that place... there were sculptures too."

46. Cassie talks about not making eye contact with someone eating a banana
Joanne (looking confused): "You can't make eye contact with a banana!"
Florence, 26/03/08 4p.m.

47. Cassie (as Noel stirs the rum and coke): "Why is Noel stirring it like a butter maid???!?!"
12:55a.m. 27/03/08

...almost there ... the rest will be up soon! I promise!!!

Right! So...I guess this is long over due! But better late than never, eh!!!

Here be the quotes from the Italian Society's trip to Italia:

1. Sandra sings The Final Countdown and Cassie says: 'Is that from The Sound of Music?
Sun. 23/03/08, 1a.m.

2. (I really don't see the need to repeat this one again! Ugh! You guys are never going to let it die, are ye?)
Patrick: 'I couldn't come to Clare's dinner because I was in Clare!!!'
Sun. 23/03/08, 9p.m.

3. Clare: 'Why don't we just stay here??'
Patrick: 'Bus stops aren't so bad!'
Mon. 24/03/08 12p.m.

4. Jessica: 'Can we all take the attention off Patrick, I think he is feeling uncomfortable!'
Noel: (Changing the subject to Sandra) - 'Why is she wearing that hat anyways? It's weird!'
Sandra (looking around): 'Who?'
Noel: 'Blondest moment ever!'
Mon. 24/03/08 2:30p.m.

5. Jessica: 'When I was doing my French Oral for the Leaving Cert I wanted to say "I like to in at weekends", but instead I said I like to sleep around at the weekends.'
Mon. 24/03/08, 2:40p.m.

6. Noel: Ya, like Clare and her dots .............
Sandra: When you come to Italy you'll have to use comas ,,,,,,,,,,
Mon. 24/03/08, 2:50p.m.

7. Cecelia: 'You're a towel!'
Cecelia: 'Exaky, he he he he he
Mon. 24/03/08, 2:55p.m.

8. Clare: 'Hey, look at Noel! I can't believe he is letting them put make-up on him!'
Patrick: 'He's not just letting them do it to him, he's doing it to himself! ...No Shame!'
Mon. 24/03/08, 7:40p.m.

9. Jessica: 'It's only when Canadian guys come on to me that I start to kiss girls!'
Noel: (Turning around wearing a face full of make-up, looking shocked): 'You kiss girls!?!'
Mon. 24/03/08

10. Cassie: 'Someone should throw a knife at Clare.'
Sun. 23/03/08

11. (Noel shouts to Patrick as we walk to the cinema in Bologna): 'Patrick! You're in limbo! You're neither here nor there!'
Mon. 24/03/08, 8:10p.m.

12. Noel jokes after watching 27 dresses: 'That was so sad.'
Sandra: 'Why?'
Noel: 'They both died in a car crash in the end.
Joanne: 'No they didn't!
Noel: 'They did!'
Joanne: 'You musn't have understood it properly.'
Mon. 24/03/08, 10p.m.

13. Clare says: 'Where are you going Noel? (as we walk down to the toilets after the movie has ended)
Noel: 'I'm going to fill my bottle up!'
24/03/08 10:05p.m.

14. Cassie: From this angle, with the shadows it looks like you are delivering a baby ...DELIVERING A BABY!

15. Noel (talking to Clare): 'really, I would protect any woman I'm friends with! For example, if someone came up to you and said "Hey! Why don't you kiss me?' I would say "No, why don't you kiss ME!?!'
Cassie: That's not protection, it's sexual harrassment!
24/03/08, 11:30p.m.

16. Mary: 'The girl in the purple pinched my cheek...'
25/03/08, 00:23.

17. Anna: 'I was like chatting up six Italian men at once saying "I like Italia, I like Italian things."
25/03/08, Midnight

18. Cassie (referring to Cecelia's man): 'Sandra, he's wearing silver shoes'.
Joanne: 'He thinks he looks like Kurt Cobain!'
Cassie: 'Not in those scarpe!'

"Dwarf-Marrow" -al ristorante da Nicola's. 24/03/08 ...il menu.

19. Clare says: 'Cassie! I think I need a Cassie Hug!
Cassie (mishears and replies): 'Well Clare, you go and get yourself a glass of coke!'
25/03/08 12:55a.m.

20. Eimear: 'Sandra, don't anyone tell you're other than Sandra'.
25/03/08, 1a.m.

21. Joanne: (looking out the train window): 'Oh! that's so cute! They're lesbians!'
25/03/08, 10:32a.m.

22. Joanne: 'There's one half of the lesbian!'

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1) Cassie's explanation for her lust for pigeons
"there's nothing wrong with pigeons they're human beings!"

2) Cassie's way of saying she's hungry
"Patrick needs to feed"

3) Emer ponders the worlds most important questions
"do catepillars actually have teeth?.....can chickens lie down?"

4) An important question
Catherine(to Cas): with what hand did you squeeze that pigeon?

5) Fears of losing their identity
Cassie: who are you?
Corrine: who are you?
Cassie: im me
Corrine: you cant be me im me...o my god we have the same name!
Susan: neither of you are me coz im me!

6) Peter's words of wisdom
Cassie: Patrick and Sandra never listen to me(sigh)!
Peter: you guys sound like an old married threesome!
Cassie: i want a divorse!

7) Ever wondered wht Aine's face tasted like?
Ronan: mmm strawberry flavour
Catherine: bold Ronan!

What's Ronan doing?
Paul: he's fiddlin' with himself

9) Scary but true!
Naoimh: Annarita's like a mule in heat

10) Creepiest thing Patrick ever said
"i'm like the wind"

11) Paranoia sets in(after being lost for hours in alleyways)
Patrick: i just thought, Ali's name sounds like an alley....there's a connection there!

12) Things are gettin ugly
Martin(to Cas): if you take another picture of me i'll shove that camera up your hole!...now let me pose!

13) Patrick finds Macdonnalds
"ah the golden arches are on the horizon!"

14) Hmmm mysterious.....
Patrick: Blob has a very large....stamp collection!

15) Forget who said this one...claim it now!!!
"Ali's just staring at a wall!"

16) Fred takes a picture and Peter thinks he's been recognised
Peter: o my god it's like the paparazi, i love it!

17) Sober times in the youth hostel(honestly)
Emer(to Cas): let me dress you in your toga

1 Cassie's explanation for Ronan's drunkeness(and everything ever!)
"it's all Ali's fault!"

19) Cassie's drunken ramblings
"where are the Jewish people gone??"

20) We know it's not dancing!!
Patrick: this isn't dancing it's swaying!

21) Emer's deep insights
"sangria...that's almost your name Sandra"

22) Phew
Emer: i got my hearing back!

23) I shall never concur!!
Patrick: Do you concur?

24) Good to know
Cassie: my arm doesn't go that way!

25) Chris is a runner???
"as they say in Sligo i'm gonna do a lap!

26) Hmmm
Emer: paparizi...it just sounds better!

27) How original!
Cassie: you're suppressin me!

2 Trying to reason with a drunk
Cassie: did some one come to the door?
Me: ya
Cassie: who?
Me: the man(hotel manager)
Cassie: who answered the door?
Me: you did!

29) Here's a good reason to be quiet
Susan: if we all stay really quiet we can hear him pee!

30) Pat's new name(because he can't say chips properly in Italian)
Me: Patrick's new name is Patatine!

31) More drunken ramblings
Cassie: everyone's gay...you're gay!

32) Getting up close and personal with Ali in the shower
Ronan: sex in the shower woohoo!!!

33) Drunk Ronan
Ronan(to patrick): hey pa
Patrick: is your dad here?

34) Dazed and confused
Patrick: Ronan had sex witha man??

35) Scapular and lighter in hand
Ronan: you're supposed to burn them

36) Funny business/drunken fumble
(Chris lies down across Patrick and Patrick pushes him off)
Chris: Patrick's trying to have sex with me!
Patrick: Chris's trying to have sex with meeeee!

37) Ronan's dream
"wouldn't it be cool to be gay....you could have a penis up your vaginae and everything..."

3 Cassie's explanation for feeding strangers
"i didn't want it so i decided to give it to someone else!"

39) No one knows
Catherine: who shat the light?

40) Divine intervention
Sine: hello Cassie!
Cassie: who's that?
Sine: it's God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

41) Emer dresses Cassie in my scarf
Catherine: oooh kinky

42) The brady bunch
Cassie: we're the smallest family in the hostel!
Catherine: can i be your adopted child...those fuckers to