Dömény Laszlo Sayings

We knew him as Mr. Domeny. Apparently, though, his name had been rearranged by an immigration person who thought it sounded better this way.

For anyone who had Latin or Tennis with Mr. Doemeny, as we knew him, one thing will not be forgotten -- his sayings. From "H-a-a-a---lo!" to "Kuchee Buchee!", many subjects are covered.

He told us he escaped from Hungary when the Soviets invaded and about the indentation on his forehead made by a rifle butt. He could be remembered also for his stocky build and for his pet German shepherd or for his little car [anyone remember what kinds? -- 1965: red Triumph Spitfire, 1986: red VW Golf perhaps?].

This list is mostly by Dave Purnell (Wicomico '86) with additions made by Robert Simms (Bennett '86), Mark Handy (Bennett '86), and others mentioned below.

A recent e-mail (30-Mar-2003) places Dr. Dömény Laszlo back in Hungary, living with a niece, where the public transportation is better, allowing him to stop driving his own vehicle.

1. She will kick you in your buettacks and she has very pointed shoes; if you see what I mean.
2. Kuchee Buchee!
3. Egghead (male), Sweetheart (female)
4. Those ones that talk good English.
5. You looking at me like `de idiot kid!
6. I dreel you and dreel you people; where is your memory?
7. You got the vorms in your earhole?
8. It's got to be in `da cotton.
9. You know a chicken has a longer memory than you, so write it down.
10. You got a flea?
11. Huh!, wanna banana?
12. Kuechevolaga!!!
13. Where is your red? [red pen]
14. You are sitting on your earhole.
15. I will grow beard before you give me the answer!
16. Sit up! That is why you cannot think; you are sitting on your brain.
17. You vill get a Z-a-a-ro!!!
18. You got hair growing in your earhole?
19. Do you want to watch the grass grow?
20. Are you watching the crickets play in the grass?
21. ...and the cookie says to me...
22. You got to know it! Sack, Sack, Sack.
23. You have four eyes and still you cannot see it.
24. Are you in l-o-v-v-e...?
25. Well, that separates the sheep from the goats.
26. Close your mouth when you yawn because the suction will draw me in.
27. Sit up! You are spreading out like the Great Plains.
28. I tell you people, the Japanese will eat you up!
29. Who can get Z-a-a-arox copy?
30. H-a-a-a---lo!
31. You are like a b-u-u-g; you b-u-u-g me!
32. Take `de luggage and build a mountain between `de two of you!
33. Do you think I just stepped off the wallpaper?!?
34. Well, just give a hack at it!
35. Just shutup!, because I will send you to the office!
36. It's three o'clock, let's get outa' he-e-e-re.
37. Are you waiting for Sally Cannon? [S.C. was a WBOC-TV news anchor at the time]
38. You just discovered the fourth corner of a bed-sheet.
39. You got to have a notebook; I don't want to see all these flying papers!
40. Well...you just stepped into it.
41. Okay, now we do some brain gymnastics.
42. You just copy it down like a slave.
43. I tell you people, you would write your own death sentence and you would not know it!
44. Are you thinking or sinking........or stinking?
45. ______, you nearly swallowed ____'s head. Cover your mouth when you yawn. I could feel the vacuum all the way up here.
46. You looook like a hee-po-po-TAH-moose. [to someone yawning]
47. You'd better watch out, or you'll flip over like the rabbit that got shot in the buettocks.
48. [Sweetheart,] you will fleep over like a rabbit shot in the buetucks.
    [to someone who did poorly on an exercise]
49. What, did you have fish for breakfast or something?
    [said to a student who was late to the early morning class]
50. Mr Pearson, there is a thin line between idiot and genius. You just crossed that line!
    Wayne Pearson (Bennett, 1970)
    Associate Professor of Chemstry
    United States Naval Academy
51. You pay attention or I throw your butt through the glass onto the grass!
    Richard Malone (Bennett, 1974)
52. If you are swimming in a river or lake, and something wraps around your leg that feels like a snake, DON'T PANIC. Take a deep breath, go underwater and see what it really is...if it's a snake, THEN panic.
    Patricia L. Hastings (message)
    Attorney at Law
    
53. What, are you giving birth to a porcupine? [to a student in the throes of a difficult translation]
    Mark Moir, Class of 1975 (message)
    
54. Well, their bones are growing, you know?" [a response to complaints about restless teenagers]
    J. Ignacio Bermejo (J M Bennett 1981, AFS student)
    Escuela Oficial de Idiomas
    Zaragoza (Spain)
    
55. You can not ride two horses with one bottom. [to those dashing around trying to do too many things at once]
    Mrs. JoAnne Pratt