Saturday, May 1
I was checking out someone's blog and noticed this interesting "chain letter" thingy. The rules are these:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
Normally, I don't bother with chain letters, but I like books, and I had two right in front of me, so what the hell?
The first book is Runyard Kipling's Kim, which I'm planning to teach in a class this summer. I went to page 23 and found the fifth sentence. It's a doozy:
Not bad, eh? The other one is Finnegans Wake, Joyce's ultra mind fuck (and, in case you're wondering, I HAVE read this--twice). Here's the fifth sentence:
Which do YOU think is better?
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
Normally, I don't bother with chain letters, but I like books, and I had two right in front of me, so what the hell?
The first book is Runyard Kipling's Kim, which I'm planning to teach in a class this summer. I went to page 23 and found the fifth sentence. It's a doozy:
He called for a new light-ball to his hookah, and considered the case.
Not bad, eh? The other one is Finnegans Wake, Joyce's ultra mind fuck (and, in case you're wondering, I HAVE read this--twice). Here's the fifth sentence:
And that was the first peace of illiterative porthery in all the flamend floody flatuous world.
Which do YOU think is better?
