# Help! I need a quote by Lynn Truss...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-need-a-quote-by-lynn-truss/734751>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 15, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-need-a-quote-by-lynn-truss/734751 "2015-10-15T20:22:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-need-a-quote-by-lynn-truss/734751/1 "2015-10-15T20:22:43Z")

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…and I’ve misplaced my copy of _Eats, Shoots and Leaves_. Specifically, the line about “While all my classmates were out having sex and getting abortions, I stayed at home listening to Neal Partridge on the radio.” Does anybody have that paragraph handy?

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-need-a-quote-by-lynn-truss/734751/2 "2015-10-16T06:51:45Z")

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Ah screw it. I wound up using a different quote.