[Gregory]

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

[Gregory]

My answer:
"car´il•lon (kar´e lon)- n. a set of balls in a tower." Random House Webster's A. Dictionary - pocket edition

[Susan]

Central Bank--Mapleton Office 385 N Main MPTN 84664 489-5640
(the phone book is the closest book)

[Rhodalee]

Here's mine, from Don Rickle's book

Leaving Willie wasn't easy, but he understood. (speaking about his manager)

[Marty]

This quality is then defused through displacement and inversion; the midget being too "small" sexually for a "normal" woman, whereas the very concept of normality is one the film deconstructs in a variety of ways that can leave no viewer indifferent.

Originally Posted by Gregory

My answer: [...] Random House Webster's A. Dictionary - pocket edition

Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this answer?

[brooklynbabe]

"She took his hand and led him through the glass doors onto a wooden deck where baskets of ferns and bougainvillea hung from wooden beams." (The Chamber - John Grisham). It's next to me 'cause I'm selling it. It's a 1st/1st

[brooklynbabe]

Originally Posted by Bob

Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this answer?

Bob, do you mean the "set of balls in a tower" or the Webster's Dictionary?

Greg with a dictionary, of course.

My nearest book:

"The cost of buying it [Reprise] would again sink Warner Brothers back into red ink."

from EXPLODING: The Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes, and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group, by Stan Cornyn with Paul Scanlon

[Mark]

Table 4.12: Feed Table in BCNF

From Mastering SQL Server 2005.

Fun thread. Where can I get a copy of the book Marty is reading?

[Marty]

Originally Posted by Mark

Fun thread. Where can I get a copy of the book Marty is reading?

When i've finished writing it i'll send you a copy.

[Gregory]

Originally Posted by Bob

Greg with a dictionary, of course.

Yup. It's at my desk at work.

Cool quotes everyone.

[voice1]

For the Gen X and Y cohorts, however, upward mobility is less important.

From Organizations, People and Effective Communications by: Richard J Anthony, Sr.

Just published by University Press.

[Canela]

Closest book - ZAGAT - NYC Restaurant Guide!

On those "too tired-to-cook nights" folks hankering for a "non power dinner" head for this neighborhood trattoria trio for "safe
bargain" eats "boring decor" and " hit-or-miss" service come with
the territory!

[David]

"Thwang-thwang, then down one octave, thwong-thwong."

I wonder if anyone can guess the book...

[donnah]

From the Merck manual: Viral pneumonia due to adenoviruses (Chiefly type 7) is a rare but specific clinicopathological entity. Small outbreaks have occured in France, the USA and Japan.


(sorry, only Medical books in my office.)

not have to transfer their right foot from the throttle to the

From: Through the eyes of Damon Hill

[Edwin]

Gregory, why page 56 and why the fifth sentence?

From "Catch 22"

"Captain Flume was obsessed with the idea that Chief White Halfoat would tiptoe up to his cot one night and slit his throat open for him from ear to ear."

Joseph Heller's novel is a play which is in previews in NY. I saw it this past weekend (recommended) and was just looking at parts of the book. Nelson Algren said of the book, "the best American novel to come out of World War II...the best American novel to come out of anywhere in years."

"The second blow fell."

From "My Wicked,Wicked Ways" -Errol Flynn.