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[Fragile Bird]

I saw this thread and thought it was pretty funny.  Someone suggested it should have been a full sentence being quoted, so I am reviving the thread, except with the instruction to quote the first full sentence on pg. 27 of the nearest book at hand.  Yes, I could have changed the page number, but, what the heck....

"Yeah, he's a prick."

From "A Game of Groans, a Sonnet of Slush and Soot" by George R.R. Washington.  Sounds like a good parody, lol!

[Gingerly Grumkin]

Far away on the opposite spiral arm of the Galaxy, five hundred thousand light-years from the star Sol, Zaphod Beeblebrox, President of the Imperial Galactic Government, sped across the seas of Damogran, his ion drive delta boat winking and flashing in the Damogran sun.
From Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
(that's a really long sentence)

[Crown]

''I should think a hundred knights, at the least, with all their retainers, and half again as many freeriders.'' A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin.

Sorry, it's the closet book nearby (re-reading), and the only English book I have in my possession (bought the boxset with books 1 to 5 today).

[Buckwheat]

Crown, on 23 May 2012 - 03:43 PM, said:

''I should think a hundred knights, at the least, with all their retainers, and half again as many freeriders.'' A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin.

Sorry, it's the closet book nearby (re-reading), and the only English book I have in my possession (bought the boxset with books 1 to 5 today).

Non-English books are what make this game more fun! I demand another quote in another language!

"Čedad je bil vznemirjen."

(yeah, a short sentence)

[KiDisaster]

Grumpkin Ahai, on 23 May 2012 - 03:38 PM, said:

Far away on the opposite spiral arm of the Galaxy, five hundred thousand light-years from the star Sol, Zaphod Beeblebrox, President of the Imperial Galactic Government, sped across the seas of Damogran, his ion drive delta boat winking and flashing in the Damogran sun. From Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (that's a really long sentence)

This would be mine because HGttG is the nearest book to me as well. But I'll go with the second nearest, which ends up being Adams' work again

"There are plenty of vocations where such behavior would ensure rapid preferment."

From: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

[Howling Mad]

"Others, however, vanished from our lexicon, mostly without leaving a trace, including several that were quite common words in Old English..."

Merrian Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Ed.

[Fragile Bird]

Howling4Reed, on 23 May 2012 - 07:45 PM, said:

"Others, however, vanished from our lexicon, mostly without leaving a trace, including several that were quite common words in Old English..."

Merrian Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Ed.

Is that for real, lol?

[Howling Mad]

Fragile Bird, on 23 May 2012 - 08:01 PM, said:

Is that for real, lol?

I would have finished the sentence except it required the use of old norse characters and 3 more lines.

[Baitac]

"Sophia already knew what was happening."

From Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie.

[Fragile Bird]

"That day, when it came to the afternoon and there was still no sign of a break in the weather, they decided to play hide-and-seek."

From The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis

Edited by Fragile Bird, 24 May 2012 - 06:48 AM.

[Bee Diddie]

His British accent was almost as crisp as his shirt.

Four Past Midnight, from the first story The Langoliers, Stephen King

[JimWolf]

He'd only carried the one bomb, so now the mission was to get his crate home in one piece without attracting any itinerant Zeros in the process.

Pacific Glory.   P.T. Deutermann

[Baitac]

Playing Celebrity Boff with two half-closeted gay guys, two lesbians, and one straight girl made for an easy game.

Tina Fey: Bossypants, by Tina Fey.

[Crown]

De deur stond open, en Rochelle luisterde naar elk woord, al werd dit specifieke gesprek een beetje afgezaagd. uit Het Proces van John Grisham.
The door was open, and Rochelle listened to every word, even though this particular conversation was a bit corny. from The Litigators by John Grisham.

[The Iron Lord]

"When I asked Jem what entailment was, and Jem described it as a condition of having your tail in a crack, I asked Atticus if Mr. Cunningham would ever pay us." - To Kill a Mockingbird. By: Harper Lee (aka the Woman who wrote a book that randomly became really popular and she became so rich she never wrote again)

[Dracarya]

'He returned and pulled back a curtain which let some light on the cramped and squalid room.'

Birdsong, by Sebastian Faulks.

[Buckwheat]

Fragile Bird, on 24 May 2012 - 06:47 AM, said:

"That day, when it came to the afternoon and there was still no sign of a break in the weather, they decided to play hide-and-seek."

From The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis

Awwwww, children's books! I like them.

Anyway:

Repatica tam zgoraj je žarela, rdeča in zlovoljna.

(Slo edition of ACOK)

[Fragile Bird]

"For chopping, hold the knife blade by both ends and chop with rapid up-and-down movements, brushing the ingredients repeatedly into a heap again with the knife."

From, Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume 1, by Child, Bertholle and Beck.

"Finally, grasp lobster in both hands where claw joints meet chest, and break the shell apart at the head to open it up."

idem, Volume 2

[Adz vun Kölle]

"Dann kehrte sie langsam und erschöpft in ihr Haus zurück."

Then she returned slowly and tiredly to her house

Karina Kulbach-Fricke: Der Kaufmann von Köln (The Salesman of Cologne) It's an historical novel playing in Cologne.

[Gillio]

Only those marketers who know their customers in detail,communicate with them at least six times a year, respond to their specific needs, recognise them on arrival and at point of purchase will survive and thrive.

Marketing magic by Barry Urquhart

(its on my coffee table because I should be reading it!!!)

Edited by Gillio, 27 May 2012 - 01:45 AM.