On Many Subjects

Dorothy: I sent Oz an email and told him that today is my second anniversary at the university
Me: Today is your anniversary? Happy anniversary!
Dorothy: Yeah, he reponded with, "God help us all."
Me: Wow!
Dorothy: I wrote back and said, "I will take that to mean 'Happy Anniversary.'"
Me: And?
Dorothy: He replied with "You understand me so well."
Me: You both are pretty silly.
Soop: Did you tell him we still need a printer.
Dorothy: No. But I will.
Soop: He said we would have a printer by the end of the summer. That would be now. It is freaking 60 degrees in here until they finally turn on the heat.

Ten minutes pass

Dorothy: Oz says to consider this our endless summer. And then he said, "Don't forget. You ARE my second favorite department."
Soop: I guess that's what happens when we are his second favorite department.
Me: How do we get to be the number one department?
Soop: Well, for one thing, Dorothy needs to stop sending silly emails.
Dorothy: Oz loves them.
Me: Or so we hope
Soop: Well, at least Dorothy stopped asking for a lilac file cabinet.
Scarecrow: You people are out of control
Soop: I think I am going to make a sign that says: "We're Number Two!"
Me: But second place means we are losers. We are not in first place.
Soop: Ok. Then we follow it up with, "We try harder."
Me: That's already been used.
Soop: You're right. How about: Number Two and Climbing.
Me: That could work.
Soop: Dorothy, do you have any more of those colored Sharpies?
Scarecrow: You people need supervision.