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G-B

01-16-2002, 10:36 AM

Can you tell me whos mouth/pen this quote came from?

"Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my experimenting with it, it is I who suffers, not the state."

Tryska

01-16-2002, 10:39 AM

either margaret sanger or ken kesey.

sike..i dunno. hee hee.

millertime

01-16-2002, 10:42 AM

I think its ken kesey, he was a acid head.

G-B

01-16-2002, 10:45 AM

So far both of you are wrong

Tryska

01-16-2002, 10:47 AM

yeah but i knew i was wrong already. *lol*

joan of arc!

G-B

01-16-2002, 10:50 AM

No...I will give you a hint.

Most schools programs have one of this authors books as required reading in high school... at least I think so.

millertime

01-16-2002, 10:51 AM

is it crack smoking willie ????

Tryska

01-16-2002, 10:53 AM

nathaniel hawthorne or edith wharton.

G-B

01-16-2002, 10:53 AM

wrong

Tryska

01-16-2002, 10:55 AM

you know what my problem is? i read a lot, but i don't remember jack sh*t. hee hee. damn tetrahydrocannabinol.

i give up. maybe someone smarter has the answer.

millertime

01-16-2002, 10:56 AM

its Mark Twain

G-B

01-16-2002, 10:56 AM

Gee..and I figured you would be the first one to nail it Tryska

G-B

01-16-2002, 10:57 AM

Originally posted by millertime
its Mark Twain

You sir, are correct!

How did you come up with the answer? search the net?

Tryska

01-16-2002, 10:58 AM

nope. i'm not that smart. and my memory is shot to hell.

mark twain though..that figures. and i'm betting he did search for it.

millertime

01-16-2002, 10:59 AM

No I'm just the biggest geek here.

G-B

01-16-2002, 11:00 AM

I really like that quote...I may have to add it to my sig

gino

01-16-2002, 11:12 AM

Originally posted by millertime
No I'm just the biggest geek here.

Get over 5000 posts first, then you can take a piece of the title.

The_Chicken_Daddy

01-16-2002, 11:19 AM

ok then buffs, who said this:

"I said a hip hop,
Hippie to the hippie,
The hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it
To the bang bang boogie, say, up jump the boogie,
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat."

millertime

01-16-2002, 11:20 AM

the little old lady from the wedding signer. sugar hill gang

Tryska

01-16-2002, 11:23 AM

Originally posted by gino

Get over 5000 posts first, then you can take a piece of the title.

word.

gino

01-16-2002, 11:28 AM

Wow trys, you have 6800+? Nevermind millertime, you get no piece of that pie.(I'm talking about the title, not tryska)

Tryska

01-16-2002, 11:30 AM

that's right. I'm queen geek. I might even qualify for the title of Cyborg.

beercan

01-16-2002, 12:36 PM

GB, you know how to read? LOL

What book is that from?

I'm currently reading Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls...good stuff

Praetorian

01-16-2002, 02:02 PM

For Whom The Bell Tolls - isn't that a Metallica song..?

gymtime

01-16-2002, 02:28 PM

A good quote. I would have thought Twain as well, but only because of the hint. It sounds like him. It was said he smoked 40 cigars per day.

Alex.V

01-16-2002, 02:39 PM

What was the context, GB?

G-B

01-16-2002, 04:30 PM

Actually I am not really sure. There was a debate on another board I visit (not BB related) about the use of marijuana, and someone had put this quote in their reply...I found it rather interesting and snagged

Jane

01-16-2002, 05:36 PM

I like this game. Somebody post another good quote. :)

PowerManDL

01-16-2002, 05:56 PM

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

This one's kinda relevant considering recent events.