Date:  Fri, 14 Nov 1997 23:35:51 -0600
From:  "Donald M. Lance" <engdl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SHOWME.MISSOURI.EDU>
Subject: Re: Is "quit, quit now" a catchphrase?

>>> Quit, quit now....
>>
>>I rather suspect the writer in his last words, 'Quit, quit now', may be
>>jokingly alluding to a certain phrase popular in the States (current in
>>anti-smoking campaigns?) Any clue?

The echoes of this phrase in my head are of a parent correcting children
who are misbehaving, or a child telling another to stop doing something
that is annoying. Not quite a saying like "Cease and desist!"