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Corn Dog’s Book Meme
Here’s a quickie for you while I make dinner. Or, better yet, read about Corn Dog’s plague of mice. It’s a lot funnier than I make it sound.
Le Meme:
1. Grab the nearest book of 123 pages or more.
2. Open it to page 123.
3. Find the first 5 sentences and write them down.
4. Then invite 5 friends to do the same.
Nearest book? John Gardner’s translation of The Epic of Gilgamesh. My son’s reading it for schoolwork. Here we go:
Column vi
“Enkidu will protect the friend, safeguard the companion:
he will carry his body over pitfalls.
We in our assembly entrust the king to you;
you, in turn, bring him back to us.”Enkidu shaped his mouth and spoke,
saying to Gilgamesh:
“Friend, turn . . .
the road . . .
. . .”
And Gilgamesh said, “Hey. Enki. That doesn’t help much.”
Tagz: how about Darla, who deserves to be memed back, and who certainly has a jillion books nearby; Dean, who probably won’t mind an easy post; Jim Donahue, who probably doesn’t do memes (just guessing, Jim) but I’m curious to know what book he has within arm’s reach; Kate, because Corn Dog forgot to tag her; and Kris, just to see if she still reads me or has put me out of her head forever, sigh.
More later, I hope.
D.
you should’ve tagged ME, i have a book about Jewish law next to me! and the first five lines are about G-d and morality or something like that. but you DIDNt. so you dont get to know 😛
yes, but does it have 123 pages?
it has over five hundred pages! so there.
Hey, thanks for doing the meme. I didn’t forget to tag, Kate. I disqualified her because she writes books for a living. She is living the meme.
I did it. I won’t post it until Monday, though, because that’s my meme day. (just a little bit of OCD, nothing to worry about)
I’ll look out for it, Darla.
CD: and I’m not? 🙂
Michael Palin, “Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years.”
“On the plane, sat next to John [Cleese], and had a good long chat. He is still very anti our trip to the States–now saying it will be a loss financially, despite Buddah Records taking care of the hotel bills. He hates chat shows, and feels that in doing them Python is going against all principles.
“We landed at Edmonton out of grey skies. Before even going to the hotel, Tery J, Eric, Carol and myself are whisked to the Edmonton Press Club.”
Thanks, Jim!
yeah, I read you like crazy and missed this one. Tomorrow.
Oh, and I should point out, I highly recommend it for any Python fan.
Oh, I’m still here. Not as often as I’d like to be, but I’m around. Like an unpaid debt. But much more fun.
I’ll do your meme tomorrow (and rest assured, I have only interesting books around my computer *waggles eyebrows*).
I’ve already blogged today about something slightly dramatic. Go have a look-see, if you want.
Harry Harrison, “The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted”.
“Tough. Ouch.”
I rubbed my scalp where the bird had removed some hair when it took off, then bent to pick up my cap. We turned a corner just as another detector van roared by behind us.
“Let’s mix with the crowds,” I told Morton.
And just for the hell of it, here’s another: J. R. R. Tolkein, “The Two Towers”.
You have ridden through the night, and the morning wears away. You have had neither sleep nor food. A guest-house shall be made ready: there you shall sleep, when you have eaten.’
‘Nay, lord,’ said Aragorn. ‘There is no rest yet for the weary.
Okay, I posted. This one turned out… not bad. 😉