ty mr silberstein. i knew the quote wasn't quite correct and i was too lazy to grab a recitation, preferring instead butchery of language. after all i'm a barbarian heathen, as my baptist room mate never failed to point out in college. andy all sarcasm aside, ty for digging up the correct quote, and that quickly too. once again, you frighten me. > On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, bonham15 wrote: > > > > >often... very few things in books top the chandler line 'she had a body that > >would make a bishop kick in a stained glass window' (or something extremely > >close) > > > > QUOTATION: It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole > in a stained-glass window. > > ATTRIBUTION: Raymond Chandler (1888-1959), U.S. author. Philip > Marlowe, in Farewell, My Lovely, ch. 13 (1940). > > Referring to Helen Grayle. > > > http://www.bartleby.com/66/60/11260.html > >