ePlaya

Hi Everyone!

I really enjoyed this year's Burn and I want to thank everyone for making this such a wonderful experience. I'm trying to recall a specific quote that was posted alongside the drive to the gates, which at the time I thought was very meaningful and I wanted to jot it down for future reference. But alas my memory is no longer what it used to be. Does anyone have a complete video or recording of all quotes on the signs this year?

Thank you so much!

Memory is a bit fuzzy but... something about... "Abandon hope all ye who enter here."

Pretty sure that was it.

Or, was it....

..."WARNING: You are entering Black Rock City. Unique hazards may exist."

damn, I read that wrong and thought there were dangerous catholic choir boys running rampant........

ygmir wrote:damn, I read that wrong and thought there were dangerous catholic choir boys running rampant........

in Badger's dreams

Something about "a Benny shaved..."

"is a Benny urned"........

Yeah, that's it.
It was right after the one about a "Tool and his honey."

I seem to remember something about Nantucket.....

I don't know anyone named Nan........

She was the one with the hose and the golf ball.

ah yes, .......handy when the battery's dead on your Harley........

Nan was nothing if not handy.

a peach if ambidextrous

A very handsy gal.
Everyone loved her.
Well not everyone.
But an awful lot of people have.

well, now, were she a Octopuss..........

(the master of double entendre).......

Well Shirley YGMIR,
You of all people must have something poetic to provide for the
OP, AP AP AP YAP etc.

*awaiting a waxing of poetry*

you say OP
you say AP
I do not understand.......
YAP,
what could it be?
my minds a rubber band......

we love our Nan,
of ball and hose,
a club in either han (d)

octopussy thats our Nan
a lover of the hose
I grin, her biggest fan

hats off to Nan
without her clothes
I never crawled, I ran......

*swoon*

you are to kind
OTDC,

to compliment me so,

through grapefruit rind
and stinging bee

lets laugh before we go.........

I truly hope it was as good
for YAPAPAP? (the OP)
as it was for little me.
I enjoyed those firmish woods
of that poetic eplayan tree.

hhahaaha
I just scrolled up to see who the OP was........

doy.......

I can be so dense........

Wasn't there something about work and freedom? Like Freedom from Work, but that's not it.

...for Burma-Shave.

By any chance was this the quote?

[quote]"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."[/quote]

...it is usually attributed to Charles Darwin, although its true origin is even more evolutionary, see:
http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2009/09 ... the-1.html

I am actually collecting examples of this quote being used, for a study of its "evolution". I've heard it was used on some of the entrance signs that you see as you drove in to Burning Man 2009, but I can't find a picture online.

Does anyone know (a) anyone who might have a picture or video, or (b) the people who made the signs?

I'll follow the thread, or email me at: [email protected]

Cheers!
Nick

I'm trying to find...providing it even exists, a listing of the quote signs that you see once you make the drive in from gate to greeters every year. Surely someone at the BM HQ has archived this info somewhere. I wrote down one particular quote out of several I really liked and it has stuck with me ever since. I would like to know the source of the quote..and where the BM staff pulled it from as Google searches have came up empty.

One quote in mind: We fear our own potential the most.

If anyone can guide me in the right direction I would sincerely appreciate it.

BUMP!

I actually do have video of many of the signs...we were bored and took turns reading them in funny voices. I'll try to remember to upload them and link to it...

ETA:

There's three videos

Thank you for sharing that...I seriously appreciate it.