28/10 game

[Stella_Omega]

I found this on a different forum;

1; pick up the book nearest to you.

2; Turn to page 28

3; find the tenth sentence

4; post it here, along with the author and title.

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"Apparently even citizens who could not afford them could not resist them."

Flora Gill Jacobs, A History Of Doll's Houses

 

[starrkers]

"So intense was the rivalry between neighbouring towns, that the Kempton side was once banned from competition for 10 years after a footballing brawl engulfed the whole town."
One Crowded Hour, Neil Davis Combat Cameraman 1934-1985. By Tim Bowden.

 

[3113]

Sentence: "As for the turkey, which was our ownly roast, it was charming to look at, flattering to the sense of smell, and delicious to the taste."

From: American Food Writing
By: Molly O'Neill

 

[fcdc]

"But his published work did not go unnoticed, and it slowly began to dawn on a few of the leading European physicists that Einstein might well be one of the greatest scientists of all time."
- Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain.

 

[_Lynn_]

"The hot weather has intensified his body odor and the only thing seperating Isabel from the man's stinky armpits is a useless polyester mesh jersey that adds a gamey scent to the sweaty giant."

From.....But Inside I am Screaming

By........Elizabeth Flock

 

[cloudy]

"The first contingent of 1,430 reached Fort Sumner on March 13; ten died en route; three children were kidnapped, probably by Mexicans among the soldier escort."

~ Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown

 

[Guest]

"Is it possible he should know what he is, and be that he is?"

Shakespeare's Insults Educating Your Wit
Wayne F. Hill & Cynthia J. Ottchen

 

[CeriseNoire]

"Mais je ne pourrais jamais m'asseoir dessus, c'est une catastrophe: je suis en bleu clair et il est vert épinard."

But I''ll never be able to sit on it, it's a catastrophe: I am wearing light blue, and it is spinach green.

From: Huis clos (No Exit)
By: Jean-Paul Sartre

It's my all-time favorite book, and I just reread it so it was right on my desk when I saw this thread.

 

[slyc_willie]

I had to join in:

The hypothesis "is by far too beautiful not to possess Truth as its essentiality," Poe wrote.

From Wrinkles In Time, by George Smoot and Keay Davidson (non-fiction; cosmology)

 

[TE999]

"An opportunity once missed might not occur again for months or years, which made one keen to take it; yet if it were taken under adverse conditions, or if more important conditions were misjudged as being of less importance, then the escape was ruined."

Escape From Colditz
By P. R. Reid

 

[Dar~]

"How could I Have screwed up writing?
The Norton Field Guide To Writing

 

[rgraham666]

Bone Spear summons a bone missile that flies forth from the Necromancer's hands and inflicts a solid amount of damage on the enemy it hits.

Diablo II Ultimate Strategy Guide - Bart G. Farkas

Hey, don't look at me like that. I had to look up an obscure piece of equipment to see if it was worth keeping or not.

 

[Belegon]

"An American flag draped down in rich folds from the pole beside his desk."

- Dreams From My Father, Barack Obama

 

[impressive]

"Don't say a word to anyone," she said, each syllable slower and more drawn out than the last, "until I explain things to you."

Political Suicide, by Alan Russell

 

[glynndah]

"These differences are not, except in one instance, peculiar to the Einsidlensis, as a collation with Cousin's Turonensis or Tosti's Casinensis would have demonstrated, in contrast to the Arranches and Munich MSS, on which the editions of 1836 and 1851 respectively have been based."

Peter Abalard Sic et Non
Blanche Boyer and Richard McKeon

 

[elsol]

There aren't ten sentences on page 28.

But I start counting at page 28... I get ten on:

"As with all set operations, the items in all the SELECT lists must match in number and data type."

SQL Cookbook
Anthony Molinaro


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Funny story about this book... It was on my wishlist so my future mother-in-law and sister-in-law thought to get it for me but they couldn't find it... they call up my Girlfriend and she listens to them and replies...

"You're in the wrong section... it's a computer book, not a cookbook."

Response... "Then why is it called a Cookbook!"

 

[Boxlicker101]

In fact, the baby's brain is well protected from normal handling by a membrane over the soft spot.

Mayo Clinic Family Health Book
David E. Larsen, MD, Editor-in-Chief

 

[Stella_Omega]

In fact, the baby's brain is well protected from normal handling by a membrane over the soft spot.

Mayo Clinic Family Health Book
David E. Larsen, MD, Editor-in-Chief

Well, that's comforting to know...

 

[Stella_Omega]

There aren't ten sentences on page 28.

But I start counting at page 28... I get ten on:

"As with all set operations, the items in all the SELECT lists must match in number and data type."

SQL Cookbook
Anthony Molinaro


---

Funny story about this book... It was on my wishlist so my future mother-in-law and sister-in-law thought to get it for me but they couldn't find it... they call up my Girlfriend and she listens to them and replies...

"You're in the wrong section... it's a computer book, not a cookbook."

Response... "Then why is it called a Cookbook!"

Do you recommend it? I use sql databases, a LOT- and I hardly know shit about running queries on them. I can only do it by cop[y-and-pasting examples...

 

[Boxlicker101]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
In fact, the baby's brain is well protected from normal handling by a membrane over the soft spot.

Mayo Clinic Family Health Book
David E. Larsen, MD, Editor-in-Chief

Well, that's comforting to know...

Well, I have reference books handy, and that happened to be the closest one.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
In fact, the baby's brain is well protected from normal handling by a membrane over the soft spot.

Mayo Clinic Family Health Book
David E. Larsen, MD, Editor-in-Chief




Well, I have reference books handy, and that happened to be the closest one.

Don't ask me why my closest book is a history of Doll's houses...

 

[Edward Teach]

I've done well, and I've done poorly and I've been told that I'm gifted and I've been told that I'm slow.

Driven to Distraction
Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood

Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
John J. Ratey, M.D.

 

[cumallday]

"The game continues until the total is exactly 91, or until your patience finally runs out."

The Encyclopedia of Games: Rules and Strategies For More Than 250 Indoor and Outdoor Games, From Backgammon to Tiddlywinks.

Nina Hathway, Byron Jacobs, Andrew Kinsman - eds.

 

[slyc_willie]

"The game continues until the total is exactly 91, or until your patience finally runs out."

Metaphor for life?

 

[cumallday]

Metaphor for life?

Especially since the invention of viagra.