Vital Things You can Learn from Roswell



This is a list of humorous things you can learn from Roswell
These are from the closed site 285 South.



Season 1


From "The Pilot"
· Outer space aliens have no rights if arrested.
· Sniff seed oil if you're stressed.
· Do not use "a muscular Beavis" or "a beefy Butthead" to describe suspects of a crime.
· If you come in late for biology, you can still get a bathroom pass.



From "The Morning After"
· A good place to hide a key is in your lunch thermos.
· The sum of the angles in a triangle is 180, not 360.
· Czeckoslyvokia has not existed for 10 years.
· A flat tire is a good excuse for explaining why you're still out after curfew.
· You can just skip class periods any time you want so you can spy on a sub teacher and never get caught.



From "Monsters"
· All mom's do stupid things, say, like making cute alien keychains.
· If you have car problems and get stuck on the side of the road, don't worry, someone will ALWAYS conveniently drive by and help you out.
· Some people are just, like, pigs.
· If you're shy or you keep secrets, just try to step from behind the tree.



From "Leaving Normal"
· A person full of life one day could be gone tommorrow.
· It is necessary to restate your full name in each entry of your diary.
· If you get beat up, the best thing to do is to do nothing and go on.
· Image is everything.
· Always follow your heart.



From "285 South"
· Watch "The View" and get in touch with your feminine side.
· Aliens get hungry.
· It's probably the best thing for your mother if she knows what species you are.



From "River Dog"
· Open aired vehicles probably aren't allowed to be on the road.
· If you can't remember how something's drawn, draw it anyway.
· If you give off vibes, you're a vibrator.



From "Blood Brother"
· Look in the wastebasket if you're trying to find info on someone.
· When you're trying to tail someone, don't drive backwards.
· When you're trying to actually help someone, try not to help them in a way that makes them think that you are a really weird person, like an FBI agent or something.
· Musicians get the girls.
· Wear your dang seatbelt when you drive or are in a car so you won't get seriously hurt in a car accident!



From "Heat Wave"
· Slugs can be gay!!! (Max said that, not me!)



From "The Toy House"
· Water will only spread a GREASE FIRE, so don't pretend to wash a grease fire out and put on a puppy face (and puppy ears) for your mother.
· If you see a wounded bird, say, out in a park or something, don't pick it up and do something unusual like heal it or something.
· You can't just solve a problem by waving your hand around.



From "Into the Woods"
· Never trust the law to share information.
· Dad's gotta get better at the "privacy thing."
· When there's no milk, use beer.
· Don't talk in riddles!
· When your paranoia schizophrenia kicks in, go to the bathroom and have a talk with yourself.



From "The (UFO) Convention"
· Don't be led around by your energy source.
· When you start to see things all woozy, think about MUD.
· All guys are so obsessive. If it's not football, then it's UFO's.



From "Blind Date"
· You can't break up if you weren't together in the first place.
· A little swig of alcohol can make you go nutty for a while - so watch out!
· What's so great about being normal?



From "Independence Day"
· When you're angry, throw rocks at a train.
· You have to learn to just say no.
· If someone bakes you a pie, you'd better eat all of it.
· Swallow some "grief relief" when you feel that "feeling" coming on.



From "Sexual Healing"
· When somebody walks in the door, give them a nice, sweet strawberry.
· People do a lot of dumb things when their drunk.
· Hydrogen and Carbon are the simple basis of life forms in the universe.
· Some red stars are really weak.
· If you smooch and have a vision, look for glowing things on your body.



From "Crazy"
· When you buy your girl some body wash, get the kind that makes her skin soft.
· When you buy your girl shampoo, don't get the generic kind.
· Girls love surprises.
· When somebody tells you not to tell something to anyone else at that moment, say "I need my jacket!" and go tell somebody.
· You can never have too much sweet.



From "Tess, Lies, and Videotape"
· There are no such things as shape shifters.
· Anything out there could be watching you...right now.
· Things that are over 300 years old are not junk!



From "Four Square"
· You can never have enough sunshine!!!
· Max doesn't need a babysitter - he needs a bodyguard.
· Pay attention, there are signs everywhere.
· The goal in life is to stay in control.



From "Max to the Max"
· You should be scared of smarter people.
· When coffee gets that metallic taste, wash out the pot.
· It doesn't matter if your shift is coming up during work - you can leave if it's a surprise.
· If you can clean a coffeepot real good, try your truck next.



From "The White Room"
· When somebody gives you the choice of an easy or hard way, don't say "earth".
· People always patrol in intervals.
· The problem isn't that they're part alien - it's that they're part human, duh.
· The only thing stopping you is yourself, so remember that.



From "Destiny"
· Whether you die tommorrow or 50 years later, your destiny will be the same.
· You may be stronger than you think you are!
· We don't tolerate secret-action-stuff-business in this country.
· When you're trying to run away from someone, make lots of noise when you're going through a huge water pipe.



season two


From "Skin and Bones"
· There are millions of teenagers with your problems.
· It's all normal teenage stuff...
· Aliens are apparantly a little "green around the gills."
· It's never easy for anyone to kill a man.
· Start reading the newspaper.
· Don't grovel like a dog.
· Why would a metal detector detect bones?
· Don't leave a calling card when you're off somewhere breaking the law.
· Bones don't melt.
· You can never find those little pod people when you need them...
· We are all in the dark, waiting to be attacked.
· When doing a discreet thing, use really clunky cell phones with a loud ring.



From "Ask Not"
· When you have a bloody handprint on your chest, run around the city half naked for all to see.
· Just hear the locusts in the night, like Kyle.
· No conditions are permanent, and no conditions are reliable.
· You're probably too young to be dust.
· Don't you let any man/woman pull that crap on you!
· The truth will set you free...
· Here on Earth, we have a primitive concept called privacy.
· Try and follow your heart; it's what all the great leaders do.
· Note to self: Take more computer clesses.
· Material possessions clutter the mind.



From "Surprise"
· Great leaders are allowed to say "ditto."
· One nipple does not constitute as striptease.
· It's okay to put Tabasco sauce in a birthday cake (don't forget the eggs).
· Guys don't make cakes, period.
· When you're not needed, go fill up the ketchup bottles. Then do the sugar.



From "Harvest"
· It's hard to run with your pants around your ankles.
· Could things sound any creepier?
· Scully and Mulder don't giggle, so shut up.
· Aliens usually listen to the Backstreet Boys.
· Why don't you just send parcels? Don't go there yourself.
· Husks don't age.



From "Wipeout!"
· Drink orange juice to "get past it."
· It's a circle of life. If you catch a fish, put it back.
· To open the mind, burn some compost sticks (or whatever) and hang wind chimes in your backyard.
· When you date Michael Guerin, prepare for some major vitamin intake.
· What a drag - going to school on a Saturday?
· Rule number one of war: keep your big mouth shut.



From "Meet the Dupes"
· [The Summit] don't want a numbuh two - they want thuh Royal Fo'.
· Something burning so bright just burned out.
· Don't forget the pepper jack....
· A person who doesn't get the cheese right doesn't deserve to live.
· The Sheriff is cool, cuz he's thuh freaking man!



From "Max in the City"
· [Max] is the king of the world! Just not of this one.
· Address your king as "Your Highness" when you need his signature.
· Now, when you're the frickin king, you deserve New York's best pizza. And the other guy buys.
· Space is, uh, what we call very, very, big. We can't just zip around like on Star Trek.



From "A Roswell Christmas Carol" (The Miracle)
· If you're going to get a significant present, steer clear of the hardware store.
· When one's heart and one's mind aren't in balance, one's body is the first to fail.
· An electric toothbrush is very practical.
· You can never have enough Christmas ornaments!
· If you're living somewhere, you probably need a damn chair.



From "To Serve and Protect"
· When there's crap on TV, go take a stroll. In people's dreams.
· Romantic dreams CAN be boring.
· Police work makes you old...
· If you die, you can reincarnate into a gopher.
· Buddha has a cell phone :)
· There are simple rules in most homes:
· Leave the toilet seat down,
· Don't leave underwear on the floor, and
· Pour milk in a glass to drink.
· First get probable cause - then you can get a search warrant.
· Sisters will yell at you, second guess you, and piss you off.
· In the real world, we use names!
· Molehills aren't straight lines.



From "Disturbing Behavior"
· When you're questioned by an FBI Agent, stare blankly ahead.
· Roswell is a sick town...
· You hurt everybody when you start bashing a CD player around.
· If you lie to the FBI, you're in deep trouble.
· You don't go camping without your long johns in February.
· Parasites need something to feed on...but not your arm (it's not tasty enough).



From "How the Other Half Lives"
· It's a tragic when you get a spot on a cashmere turtleneck.
· In your sophomore year, you rarely have to lie to authorities and to run from gunfire.
· Always bring a cell phone in cast you get trapped in an undergroud cave with parasite-crystals.
· Breathe shallow.
· People with money tend to be threatned when it comes to things.
· Life sucks, people suck - that's reality.



From "Viva Las Vegas"
· When you have a nightmare, hit the refrigerator!
· Screw the plan, just go!
· You don't build dreams with tainted money.
· Create your own memories.
· Blackjack requires knowledge of AP Statistics.
· Boys are trapped in the world of armpit farts and Playstation.
· As long as you stick together, you can make it.



From "It's Too Late and It's Too Bad"
· What's immoral is if someone kills another.
· Without an application, 1s and 0s mean nothing!
· Think about things in human terms after pondering in alien terms.
· Some people would say congradulations...
· Using a pick made from a bike spoke, you can pick a door lock by sticking it into a keyhole and jiggling it around.
· Be a leader based on what is true, not what you want to be true.
· It's hard being a leader when you have no followers.



From "Baby, It's You"
· Don't ever think that it "didn't go any further than that."
· Aliens are the most pathetic people.
· The most fulfilled are born with stones that turn into jewels.
· You're doing something illegal? And?
· Alien herpes are not the problem.
· Take it ALL out on the trash cans.



Season 3


From "Busted"
• During a robbery, let your long hair dangle out of your mask and speak out so that witnesses will know that you're a girl.
• Really, it's not that funny to take off your clothes.
• If you go pretty far way, your high school grades won't transfer.
• The aliens' ship is a lemon.
• Don't be a smartass - it'll be a problem at school.
• Don't say "We can't get caught." Because you will.
• Got a diamond to hide? Try under a couch cushion.



From "Michael, the Guys, and the Great Snapple Caper"
• Slam the door once more, louder, to wake up a sleeping dad.
• Don't say "chico" if you can't really pull it off.
• The corporate of America sucks.
• What it's all about - is principle.
• Nobody fires an entire shift for stealing Snapple.



From "Significant Others"
• Life can be like the old movies.
• When you're dead, you're beyond getting jealous.
• Back on the throttle - that's good.
• Wash your sheets.
• You must be angry when you're making a cottage cheese milkshake.
• People love you when you're happy.



From "Secrets & Lies"
• Don't smoke in the car.
• It's nice to have your daddy as a lawyer.
• Tell the truth, no matter how unpleasant it may be.
• All you need is exposure.



From "To Have and To Hold"
• If the restaurant opens at 6:30, don't open it at 6:42.
• Write down your dreams as soon as you wake up.
• Even if you're the best man, be sure to get a sample of the groom's blood to make sure he's not an alien.
• Your subconcious mind can screw you.
• Friends help their friends.



From "Interruptus"
• Denial is a way of life.
• Everything's going to be fine!
• Sometimes, appetizers aren't a good idea...or maybe someone messed with your drink.
• Focus, focus, focus on your honeymoon.
• Seize the moment, take a chill - scubadive or something.



From "Behind the Music"
• You can't put your parents in danger.
• Here on Earth, we have this thing called jealously...
• Braces can work.
• "Songwriters Workshop" sounds better than "Band Camp."
• Sometimes tradition can wait.
• Don't put dairy products in your meat. It's not kosher.
• Sometimes you have to go after your dreams.



From "Samuel Rising"
• Don't starve yourself because you have a weird girlfriend.
• Volunteering! It's a calling!
• Stockings can be brown.
• Elves just deal with annoying kids who want to cut the Santa line.
• Mellow out for a Christmas tradition.
• If you're an elf, fetch Snapple and give foot rubs for Santa.
• Age difference might be a problem in a relationship.



From "Graduation"
• It's wrong to benefit in a ny way from someone else's passing... most of the time.
• Although SAT words will drive you crazy, they'll help you in life.
• The trouble with making plans for the future, even if you can see the future, is that fate has a way of intervening.
• See what you want, and then go get it.








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