Can someone help me out here?
Dear incredibly thick McThick of the Clan Thick-type person.
(1) Highlight the text you would like to quote and hit ctrl-C
(2) Hit the "reply" button"
(3) Click on the "quote bubble" icon, which is usually the rightmost on the second line of icons. If you leave the mouse there long enough, the text popup will say "Wrap [quote] tags around the selected text". And, at this point, I feel my entire explanation unravels thanks to the the wonders of vBulletin.
(4) Paste the text you copied between the [-quote] and [-/quote] tags.
Voila.
But don't add "-" within the brackets.