“You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out,You take the human being and you twist it all aboutSo scrub my skin with womenChain my tongue with whiskyStuff my nose with garlicCoat my eyes with butterFill my ears with silverStick my legs in plasterTell me lies about Vietnam.” HumansEyeLyingHuman BeingsConscienceSkinsEarsLegsTongueNosesVietnamTwistsBombers Book:Out Loud Source: Out Loud
“Used to move so much, every time the chickens saw the team put in the wagon, they'd lie down on their backs and hold their legs up to be tied!” MovingUsedLyingSawsTeamLegsChickensTiedWagons Book:Lost Ecstasy Source: Lost Ecstasy
“It is a hard matter for a man to lie all over, nature having provided king's evidence in almost every member. The hand will sometimes act as a vane, to show which way the wind blows, even when every feature is set the other way; the knees smite together and sound the alarm of fear under a fierce countenance; the legs shake with anger when all above us calm.” MenWaySometimesMatterHardShowsHandsTogetherLyingSoundWindKingsMembersEvidenceCalmBlowLegsFeaturesKneesShakesFierceAlarmsCountenance Book:.) (1850). Source: .) (1850).
“A question: when is a bed not a bed? When it is angled lie-flat. My back hurts, my legs ache and my clothes are all rumpled - and all because the airline, which claimed to have a bed, actually offered up a torture machine which I prefer to call a slide.” LyingHurtBedClothesMachinesLegsTortureFlatsAcheSlidesAirlineBack Hurts Author:Richard Quest