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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." #132464 09/02/2004 2:16 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Not famous really--but familiar to Bradbury, uh, scholars, I suppose. I thought that Bradbury is so much part of the mainstream that the phrase might ring a bell. It's a quote from Juan Ramon Jimenez that Bradbury quotes as the opening quote into Farenheit 451--so please forgive my crediting that quote with fame. I made a quick and careless assumption that was overblown. Very sorry here, bel' The entire line is: If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. That caught my fancy and I wondered how others here might complete the opening subordinate clause. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "If they give you ruled paper..." Wordwind 08/31/2004 8:38 PM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." Faldage 08/31/2004 8:59 PM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." Buffalo Shrdlu 08/31/2004 9:07 PM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." tsuwm 08/31/2004 9:18 PM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." amemeba 08/31/2004 9:32 PM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." sjmaxq 08/31/2004 9:42 PM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." AnnaStrophic 08/31/2004 10:48 PM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." Owlbow 09/01/2004 11:24 AM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." clockworkchaos 09/01/2004 11:41 AM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." belMarduk 09/02/2004 12:22 AM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." sjmaxq 09/02/2004 12:28 AM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." Buffalo Shrdlu 09/02/2004 12:42 AM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." Wordwind 09/02/2004 2:16 AM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." sjmaxq 09/02/2004 4:59 AM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." Zed 09/02/2004 11:19 PM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." Jackie 09/03/2004 1:14 AM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." amnow 09/03/2004 2:13 AM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." WhitmanO'Neill 09/02/2004 12:38 AM Re: "If they give you ruled paper..." grapho 09/03/2004 12:11 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,262 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 9 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 LukeJavan8 1 Wood Delivery 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,122 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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