Bill Bryson in quote unquote

[rocketsocks]

What were some of your favorite Bill Bryson quotes


I'll kick it off........."Oh S**T,now there's two of them"

[Sarcasm the elf]

I can't seem to find my copy of the book right now, but if I recall "We just walked, we were very happy"

[rocketsocks]

I can't seem to find my copy of the book right now, but if I recall "We just walked, we were very happy"

Yeah that's it,and i too will not get this verbatim,but something like"There what I call Reebok hikers,they drive up to a beautiful spot,then get back in there cars,and never do anything that breath taking ever again"

[WIAPilot]

"Last year, I dropped a guy off at the trailhead," he told us. Three days later he calls me from the pay phone at Woody Gap-that's the first pay phone you come to. Says he wants to go home, that the trail wasn't what he expected it to be. So I drive him back to the airport. Two days after that, he's back in Atlanta. Says his wife made him come back because he'd spent all this money on equipment and she wasn't going to let him quit so easy. So I drop him off at the trailhead. Three days later, he phones from Woody Gap again. He wants to go to the airport. 'Well, what about your wife?' I says. And he says,'This time I'm not going home!'"

[rocketsocks]

No far,I gotta get my Bill Bryson fan club commerative book out....tomarrow

doh,it's tomarrow

[Mrs Baggins]

Each time he's told the price of a piece of gear by the eager kid at the outfitters: "No s**t" That's usually what I'm thinking, too.

[rocketsocks]

While eating at a diner and upon hearing Katz say that they did the wrong thing by ditching Mary Ellen,and at the point when Bill knows Katz is right. "Don't you ever ruin another piece of pie for me again"

[WIAPilot]

While eating at a diner and upon hearing Katz say that they did the wrong thing by ditching Mary Ellen,and at the point when Bill knows Katz is right. "Don't you ever ruin another piece of pie for me again"

I had to smile at that too. Mary Ellen would drive me nuts. Talk about ruining someone's hike...

[rocketsocks]

I had to smile at that too. Mary Ellen would drive me nuts. Talk about ruining someone's hike...

I did not know what a ustation tube was until I looked it up,still can't spell it.

[Deb]

Bryson: "What did you throw away?"
Katz: "G--d--- heavy s---, that's what."

[Mrs Baggins]

I've read the book twice. Now you have me wanting to read it again!

[Jeff]

I've read the book twice. Now you have me wanting to read it again!

Listen to the audio version narrated by Bryson himself....even funnier!!!

[rocketsocks]

Listen to the audio version narrated by Bryson himself....even funnier!!!

+1 I listen while walking.But not in the woods.

[MuddyWaters]

Shes pretty ugly isnt she?

"Well, only compared with other women"

[SCRUB HIKER]

"'Thru-hiker he was. Come all the way from Georgia. Long way to come to get your balls nipped.'" - Keith Shaw in Monson, talking about his dog attacking hikers

[rocketsocks]

Bryson quoting from a story about a fella that got struck by lightening.

"Twirnt nothing left of him but a scorch mark"

[Maddog]

Bryson: "What did you throw away?"
Katz: "G--d--- heavy s---, that's what."

I think that's my favorite one! Maddog

[Maddog]

Listen to the audio version narrated by Bryson himself....even funnier!!!

+1 I have it on my Ipod...definitely funnier! Maddog

[rocketsocks]

Bill after being told how Mary Ellen refers to he and Katz.

"She called us Pussy's"

[Suckerfish]

"Two ****ing inches, that's it." when he looked at a full sized map of the AT and how far him and Katz had gone from Springer to Clingman's...