Monday, December 1, 2008

DEPARTMENT OF MEME PROPAGATION:A Facebook friend of mine has the following "game" as her status, and I figure the results here will be interesting, so go:
  • Grab the book closest to you. Now.
  • Go to page 86.
  • Find the 5th sentence.
  • Write that sentence in the comments.
  • Don't go looking for your favorite book, or the coolest one you have - just grab the closest one.
(I originally noticed it at work, and balked at going with "Unless a rule or statute specifically states otherwise, a pleading need not be verified or accompanied by an affidavit," but we can do better now.)

ETA: Per requests in the comments, frequent commenter Russ has developed the following short story, combining a number of the sentences:
The Fifth Sentence: An ALOTT5MA Story

The girl-rat looked doubtful. A ghostly figure; a specter. Her MTC is $1.2 million of which $1 million is long-term unused MTC. She smelled potential drama, and kept up the pursuit. Defying her father and her neighbors, she sat in the courtroom each day, her quiet bearing lending strength to her husband. Her husband, Edward, attempted to care for the land. He didn't look as though he was on the whole particularly interested in women; or rather he looked as though he was on the whole too successful with women to be particularly interested in them. But he was embarrassed to see people turn and look at him. We always worry that we are copying someone else, that we don't have our own style.

The market rallied on Friday and was firm on Saturday. Business was brisk. Everything around them that had stopped and grown creaky and rusted sprang into motion again. The more she saw the men watching her mother the more annoyed Jacy became. She searched Leafpool's eyes, but they gave no clue about what would happen next, only encouraged her forward with a gentle blink.

Late in the second quarter, after scrambling for a first down, Otto Graham's face was slashed on a savage late hit by the 49ers' Art Michalik. "Don't call the police, please. We'll be right there. Events and concerts are free with park admission."

Envy and cruelty inevitably accompany fame, however small that fame may be. That fact keeps this product from earning a higher rating, but it’s still a good option for normal to slightly dry skin.

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