Date:  Sat, 15 Nov 1997 11:39:47 -0500
From:  Gregory {Greg} Downing <downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IS2.NYU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Is "quit, quit now" a catchphrase?

At 11:35 PM 11/14/97 -0600, you (Donald Lance) wrote:
>>>> 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!"
>

That sounds like it may be part of it too together with Evan Morris's hint
-- I'm still collecting hints for my Japanese correspondent if there are
other ideas on this thread.... I told him I'd get back to him in the next
couple of days.... Speak now, or forever etc. (I.e., quit, quit soon -- but
not yet.)

Greg Downing/NYU, at greg.downing[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nyu.edu or downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]is2.nyu.edu