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Nice! It gets fairly boring to just preserve stuff after awhile. Better to use it!
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05-11-2006, 07:40 PM #1
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I got a signature line... you might like?
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I got this quote off my triathlete message board... I think it totally rocks!
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"
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05-11-2006, 07:52 PM #2
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Run like a dachshund! Ride like a superhero! Swim like a three-legged cat!
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05-12-2006, 02:28 AM #3
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Yeah this is Corsir Mac's sig I think
It was one of the first things I read on TE
and I thought
Oh yeah, I'm *home*
All you need is love...la-dee-da-dee-da...all you need is love!
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05-12-2006, 04:59 AM #4
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Really? DUH! I never noticed! I found it on Beginner Triathlete.
Originally Posted by margo49
Oh well, hopefully C. Mac won't mind me keeping it around."Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"
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05-12-2006, 09:03 AM #5
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a similar line is tattooed all over the bottom of my back... love the energy behind this quote.
"Life should not be a journey with the intent of arriving in a well-preserved body. Skid in sideways, dark chocolate in one hand, red wine in the other, body thoroughly used and thrilled by the ride."... the tattoo on my back
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05-12-2006, 09:38 AM #6
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I think I saw the quote attributed to the late, great gonzo journalist "Dr."Hunter S. Thompson (the inspiration for the character Duke in Doonesbury, ifyou know it)--if so, he certainly lived it!
Last edited by wabisabi; 05-12-2006 at 11:21 AM.
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
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05-12-2006, 09:38 AM #7
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That must be some tattoo! Is there anyway you can post a picture of it. I would love to see how they did it. I won't get one myself... but I just wonder how they got some many words on you. Ya know? Originally Posted by lilikoi
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"
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05-12-2006, 09:54 AM #8
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gosh, that must have hurt !
Another popular sig line quote is the classic "that which does not kill me makes me stronger."
The jobob version being "that which doesn't kill me makes my thighs less flabby"
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05-12-2006, 10:06 AM #9
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I think the original is:
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO!!! What a Ride!"
For some reason I thought the original source was a feminist author but I can't find it at the moment.Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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05-12-2006, 10:21 AM #10
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I found an attribution to Mavis Leyrer on somebody’s blog . . . .
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOOHOO - What a Ride!"
Attributed to an octogenarian named Mavis Leyrer, of
Seattle by Google Answers, at least.
so I started searching more and found that her granddaughter is not necessarily in agreement . . .
http://www.nwoutdoorgrrl.com/index.p...lifes_journey/
http://www.fullcirc.com/weblog/2004/...y-blogging.htm
Apparently, the quote that is going around the internet isn’t as frisky as Mavis was or is. Sounds like Mavis would consider “woohoo” a bit tame.Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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05-12-2006, 10:25 AM #11
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WOW! Thanks for the research!
When I complete an Ironman and get my tattoo... I think I will have it written near by, "What a ride".
I always say, I would rather die doing something I love versus withering away in a bed. Some people think it's tragic when someone dies riding a bike... SCUBA diving...etc... but I think that if that person died doing what they loved, it was a life lived."Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"
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05-12-2006, 11:15 AM #12
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I agree, although it is hard on the loved ones. Originally Posted by KSH
I believe that in an ideal world we would all have two weeks notice. Enough time to say the neccessary "I love you"s and "I'm Sorry"s. Enough time to say, "I am finally going to jump out of that airplane/dive the blue hole/see Tibet" . Not so much time that life becomes sitting around, waiting for it to happen, suffering through treatments that leave you with quality of life that is worse than being dead.
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05-12-2006, 11:20 AM #13
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Well, the British army appears to attritute it to the good Dr Thompson.:
http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Random_.../view=all.htmlThe bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
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05-12-2006, 11:25 AM #14
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It's too bad everyone doesn't say why they (Google and the British Army) say why they think whoever said it did. Such as where in Thompson's writings or letters did they find it?
Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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05-12-2006, 11:32 AM #15
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Yeah, the perils of the internet. It's a real challenge with university students to teach them how to think critically about the quality of information that they find on the internet; research librarians (goddesses!) have their hands full with that one. Personally, knowing something of his ouvre, I think the quote is too sunny for HST.
c-a-l-l-i-n-g CORSAIR to weigh in...Last edited by wabisabi; 05-12-2006 at 11:34 AM.
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
