As XML 2000 draws to a close, we bring you another selection of odd utterances from delegates and others who should know better.

"It's the little hairs on the back of our neck that somehow drive the brain."

"We don't look like marketers!"

"I know a lot of people on the working group who've never read the spec, and never intend to."

"You know the chicken's in the box, waiting for the red light to come on?"

"It's not his architecting ability, it's that he goes home at 5pm every night."

"They're stupid - it's a good thing they're quiet."