Novelist Jane Austen was a church-going English woman born in 1775. Professional wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin is a womanizing American born nearly 200 years later. But they have a homophone in common! And perhaps more… see if you can tell who said each of these quotes.
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OK, I can’t say I have ever heard of this Steve Austin. In fact, in my mind I said “Steve Austin, a man barely alive. We can rebuild him….”
posted by KJ on 3-19-2010 at 12:18 pm
Ha! That is what I thought too, KJ.
posted by Stacy on 3-19-2010 at 1:34 pm
I third that!
Why don’t you do a quiz with him in it? I mean, “[you] DO have the technology…”
posted by Helenann on 3-19-2010 at 3:21 pm
I also thought Bionic Man! Showing our age….
posted by Hyacinth on 3-19-2010 at 4:18 pm