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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Dec 17, 2010 19:15:06 GMT -5
It goes like this:
Post a sentence or two from a book on the page 74.
From Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts
"About 24 percent of the total ground area of Los Angeles is said to be committed to automobiles."
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Post by percymania on Dec 17, 2010 22:24:01 GMT -5
hmmm... *picks up Human Resources textbook, flips to page 74* aw, dammit, it's an infograph. Not one complete sentence on it.  |
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Dec 17, 2010 22:45:19 GMT -5
"Hey, Look... I just woke up, and you were in my dream. I dreamed you were delivering me this package. Is that Weird?"
Scott Pilgrim 1, page 74 (had to count by hand, and started where the story began, not the official 74th page)
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Post by the5thhorseman on Dec 17, 2010 22:56:53 GMT -5
From J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
"Of course you mustn't vanish!" said Gandalf. "That wouldn't do at all! I said soon, not instantly."
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Dec 17, 2010 23:01:52 GMT -5
Graham had stared through the bars for about five seconds when Lector opened his eyes and said "That's the same atrocious aftershave you wore in court."
- Thomas Harris, Red Dragon
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2010 23:06:27 GMT -5
From Tim Dorsey's ''Torpedo Juice''.
''But I recognized your T-shirt. Save the Bales.. . . the one that was always getting you hassled by the cops.''
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Dec 19, 2010 16:47:15 GMT -5
From Grimms' Fairy Tales:
"The dog is not shut up - he may be running away with the steak." So up she ran from the cellar; and sure enough the rascally cur had got the steak in his mouth and was making off with it.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Dec 20, 2010 0:01:08 GMT -5
from the 2008 World Almanac:
An effort to claim the record for World's Longest Sandwich went awry in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 17, when the overly anxious crowd of onlookers ate the sandwich before Guinness World Records judges could finish measuring it.
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Post by thesam07 on Dec 20, 2010 8:46:24 GMT -5
"He warned me fifty times, the machine will return to it's default time period after awhile. I nodded fifty times while he was saying this, but when the time came to actually set the emergency brake, I forgot. So I guess I dropped the ball there."
The Time Machine Did It, John Swartzwelder
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Dec 20, 2010 9:00:43 GMT -5
Come on, come on! Open your mouth wide and sing it: Chippy!
The Last House in the Galaxy.
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Post by h on Dec 20, 2010 10:46:56 GMT -5
Depending on the context, the Hawaiian word "aloha" can mean "hello," "good-bye," "love," or "gravy."
Late Show Fun Facts
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Dec 20, 2010 13:13:17 GMT -5
From The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
"'You may have come on no bicycle,' he said, 'but that does not say that you know everything.'"
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