· "Math- it's like a soap opera"
· "Big Bird does that thing with his beak: 'square!' "
· "Weapons of Math Construction"
· "Kids, don't touch each other that way"
· "Diarrhea of the mouth and constipation of the brain"
· "If you guys are about to come to blows… call me up, ‘cuz I haven't seen a good fight in a LONG time"
· "You can AMAZE your friends!"
· "I'm the faculty Homecoming King... there is that little fact that I run the election.."
· "The purple marker gave its life for your education"
· "Guys: chicks dig guys who can do multiplication facts in their head, it's how I met my wife!"
· "I got the ghetto Smart Board up here… the Dumb Board!"
· "QED, baby!"
· "Wanna hear a poem I wrote? A B C D E F G..."
· "Out of my way- pregnant man coming through!"
· "It's my workout for today" (attempting to pull the projector screen down)
· "The TI-93: chicks dig it!" "You'd have to carry it down the hall like this.. 'hey girls!' "
· "DAM: Mothers Against Dyslexia"
· Student: "Mr. Rumppe, you should be a hand model"
· "Wow, those mice are getting big" (commotion from floor above)
· "It's losing its juiciness when you just stand there and hold it" (whiteboard marker)
· Mr. Rumppe: "It's a moist marker"
Student 1: "I hate the word 'moist' !"
Mr. Rumppe: "Hmm, now I need a 'J' word..
Student 2: "J'moist!"
· "It's Casper the friendly denominator!"
· "…and I made the angles 'scratch and sniff' for the nasal learners.."