"I have a few questions about Linux in general. Is there somebody here that can answer a couple questions for me?"
"Are you here by yourself?"
"You use Linux? Well, good for you!"
"After you're done helping her, can you answer a question for me?" (spoken over the head of a woman volunteer at an installfest, to the person she's teaching to install Linux.)
"We only have men's extra-large shirts...but here you go, you can wear it as a nightshirt!"
"We need some more coffee over here."
"Are you in marketing?"
- Don Marti