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elingregorySo I made time to do a meme. Not too sure if it was a good idea.
Grab the nearest book.
Find page 45.
The first sentence describes your sex life for the next twelve months
*sigh*
“Behind the balusters of the forecastle a large number of soldiers, who were laying in wait there under a petty officer full of malice, were preparing to send us a murderous discharge from their muskets.”
Says it all really.
That is a bit of “How Half-Arse became Captain” from Memoirs of a Buccaneer by Louis le Golif. On the one hand it means I got a scary result in the meme – I’m wondering if penicillin would cure that ‘murderous discharge’, but on the other how cool is it that even at work, by absolute chance, the nearest book is about a guy called Half-Arse with a matelot called Pulverin?
Grab the nearest book.
Find page 45.
The first sentence describes your sex life for the next twelve months
*sigh*
“Behind the balusters of the forecastle a large number of soldiers, who were laying in wait there under a petty officer full of malice, were preparing to send us a murderous discharge from their muskets.”
Says it all really.
That is a bit of “How Half-Arse became Captain” from Memoirs of a Buccaneer by Louis le Golif. On the one hand it means I got a scary result in the meme – I’m wondering if penicillin would cure that ‘murderous discharge’, but on the other how cool is it that even at work, by absolute chance, the nearest book is about a guy called Half-Arse with a matelot called Pulverin?
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Date: 2012-05-30 09:18 pm (UTC)I just failed to do this meme - first thing I picked up was a trade magazine (still in its plastic wrapping - I don't even know if it *has* 45 pages, but it's certainly not a book!), 2nd & 3rd were address books...
However, the 4th closest actual book-type item is Standish, so I'll have a peek at that... *looks*
lol, yeah, I'll post it :-) Good for a laugh at any rate!
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Date: 2012-05-31 11:46 am (UTC)I thought the snippet from Standish showed a proper appreciation of the serving classes. Why shouldn't they get a bit too?