Sep 20, 2008 00:44
Taken from all over the place:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next four to seven sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest [unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1].
'Well that's about it,' Masklin admitted. 'I can't plan anything more until I've found out more things. For example, can you make electric? Not steal it from the Store, but make it?'
The Count stroked his chin.
'You are asking me to give you departmental secrets?' he said.
'My Lord,' said Gurder sharply, 'if we take this desperate step it is vital that we are open with one another and share our knowledge.'
'That's true,' said Masklin.
'Quite,' said Gurder sternly. 'We must act for the good of all Nomes.'
Slightly more than required, but never mind. That's Terry Pratchett's Truckers.
I'm not doing the LJ friends questionnaire because once I realised you can refresh it and get a different set of questions I couldn't stop refreshing it and just pick a set. As an outcome I now ship rather a lot of you in ways I never would have predicted. Sorry.
In non-meme news, I've just discovered why the Cadbury's factory outlet has a life-sized cardboard gorilla. Who knew they could play the drums?