Writer's Block: Internal Assets
Dec. 31st, 2008 12:46 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
I feel rather... I feel rather like the man who when asked which organ he would like to keep, said he would like to keep his navel. And when they said "why?", when he said "why"... What's this? When he was asked why, he said, "Because, I have a strange habit. I eat celery in bed... and it's a very convenient place to keep the salt!"
-Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union
The money one might get from selling an organ would be gone before you could say "knife". My body, parts and passions I keep... but I would consider giving away a kidney if it would save a life, particularly of one of my own.
I feel rather... I feel rather like the man who when asked which organ he would like to keep, said he would like to keep his navel. And when they said "why?", when he said "why"... What's this? When he was asked why, he said, "Because, I have a strange habit. I eat celery in bed... and it's a very convenient place to keep the salt!"
-Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union
The money one might get from selling an organ would be gone before you could say "knife". My body, parts and passions I keep... but I would consider giving away a kidney if it would save a life, particularly of one of my own.