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"Interpreter, this is Lavonnya over at Triple A."
"He lives most gaily who knows best how to deceive himself. Ha-ha!"
- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Here, indeed, was a map of a kind, presumptuous where it was not a blank.
Il fit sensation.
Can anyone here please explain to me why this thread is so popular? What possible significance does "the 4th sentence on the 23rd page of the book beside my hand" have to do with anything? What is the importance of its revelation to anyone living or dead? What insights or contribution does it make to the world of literature or anything else? Why would anyone take the time to look up and then post "the 4th Sentence on the 23rd page of the book beside his or her hand?
I realize I'm getting old but has the world changed so much in my lifetime that people in the present would consider taking the time to look up and post " the 4th Sentence on the 23rd page of the book beside their hand"? Is anyone actually and seriously interested in what "the 4th Sentence on the 23rd page of the book beside anyone's hand" actually says?
I think its just a random game/thread that gets members talking and also encourages people to discuss what they are reading at the moment.
Its not particularly sensible but I have never been a fan of being sensible
Good Sunday morning DATo and welcome. This thread caught my eye sometime back to the point that I’ve been compelled to contribute from time to time. Below I offered my thoughts to your questions.Originally Posted by DATo
1..Can anyone here please explain to me why this thread is so popular?
R: It’s a catchy, random little respite from the more heady threads out there.
Think of it as a perpetual double dutch jump rope game taking place in the alley. There you are out on the forum bogged down in a scrum against Joyce, Plato, Tolstoy, etc., suddenly you desire to break out for a brief moment of mindless fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isx1Q5wyJZg
2..What possible significance does "the 4th sentence on the 23rd page of the book beside my hand" have to do with anything?
R:..No more than the 8th sentence on the 46th page, but again; it’s the randomness at play here.
3..What is the importance of its revelation to anyone living or dead?
R:..For the living, a glimpse into the life of the poster such as their reading interests, trends. Maybe spark interest toward a book or author for a young reader that happens by.
For the dead, authors at least, the name lives on. Can we name the 23rd Spartan out of 300? (Here’s where Calidor will jump in with the name), but we know damn well who wrote Hamlet. (or do we?...duhn, duhn, duhhhn). My post below, brings back fond memories of my deceased father.
4..What insights or contribution does it make to the world of literature or anything else?
R:..See number 3 response for the living, particularly the young reader.
5..Why would anyone take the time to look up and then post "the 4th Sentence on the 23rd page of the book beside his or her hand?
R:..See response to number 1 above. I’ll add that given the stipulation that the book is readily available beside the hand, the time to find the sentence is drastically reduced versus, let’s say, having to go the library and find the book beside your hand.
6..I realize I'm getting old but has the world changed so much in my lifetime that people in the present would consider taking the time to look up and post " the 4th Sentence on the 23rd page of the book beside their hand"?
R:..For us old timers, (I’m 51 can I consider myself OT?) I actually admire those people of the present, presuming you are referring to younger people, who take time to disconnect from the Gaga’s, gadgets and post Goldsmith.
7…Is anyone actually and seriously interested in what "the 4th Sentence on the 23rd page of the book beside anyone's hand" actually says?
R:..Let’s thank God on this beautiful Sunday morning, we have a few, albeit endangered species left, who would still take interest in “the 4th sentence on the 23rd page…”
Consider the large chunk of society, that invasive species, who would rather spend time Keeping Up With the Kardashians
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Whew…okay here’s what I found by my hand…
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Page 23 turned out to be a table showing the performance of the 4th stage “Altair” motor.
My father was a literal rocket scientist who, for most of his career, was guidance systems engineer for the Scout missile program. I happened to have a stack of mementos on the desk, including this^ manual on Scout published by NASA in 1960.
You mean to say you don't know that everything points to 23!
I thought everyone did?!
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According to Douglas Adams it points to 42 *LOL*
That's Life, the Universe and Everything, not,
The Number 23 is a 2007 American psychological thriller film written by Fernley Phillips and directed by Joel Schumacher. The film starred Jim Carrey. It was subsequently released on DVD on July 24, 2007 (23 July in the UK), and premiered on HBO on Saturday April 19, 2008.
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After a long time, forever and ever, she found herself safe among the lions. -- The Chalk Girl by Carol O'Connell
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
"What is the count of the scores or hundreds of years between us?" (Walt Whitman - Crossing Brooklyn Ferry) - Norton Anthology of American Literature, Seventh Edition, Volume C.
As yet, the cautious critic may well regard the one as a fantastic experiment of "mental philosophy," and the other as a mere fashion in logic and epistemology.
Susanne Langer - Philosophy in a New Key
They call it reaction time. -- The Inner Wheel by Keith Roberts
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Fourth complete sentence?...
There's a college off in the distance and there are roads you are now free to travel.
Eighteen In Cross-country Odyssey by Benjamin Anderson
Only book beside me.
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