I dial a primrose, they give me a pro

[sovay]

A meme! Via matociquala:

Pick up the nearest book to you. Turn to page 45. The first sentence describes your sex life in 2012.

"I telephoned Ozanne's secretary and said that I needed to see the colonel on an urgent matter, that it would take about an hour and that I would be grateful if Colonel Pollock could be present."

—Leo Marks, Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941–1945 (1998)

(The follow-up sentence: "I also requested the use of a blackboard.")

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Is madness defined as trying the same thing again hoping for a different result?

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I've done this three times today.

Once I got:
"Bhí Hazlett ag treabhadh leis trí na hainmneacha agus gan a dhath ar a shon aige, nuair a tharla rud a chuir iontas agus lúcháir air san am chéanna." (Déirdre Ní Grianna; Eachtra (2005))

which I'd render (very roughly; I'm still not satisfied with it) as:
"Hazlett was ploughing through the names and without a single thing to show for it, when something happened that astonished and delighted him all at once."

Hazeltt's a nasty piece of work, so I decided to try again:
"When the figure-eight and stevedore stopper knots prove inadequate, enabling the rope in which they are tied to pull free, then use this chunky alternative." (John Shaw; The Directory of Knots (2003))

Not much improvement, so now I've got:
"Coincidentally, France gets a mention in that song as a centre of medical excellence:" (Con Ó Drisceoil; The Spoons Murder and other mysteries (2006))

I think I'd best give up now. Good night and happy meming!

[sovay]

"Hazlett was ploughing through the names and without a single thing to show for it, when something happened that astonished and delighted him all at once."

That could in fact be the first sentence of a porn scene. No plot: straight to the action.

"When the figure-eight and stevedore stopper knots prove inadequate, enabling the rope in which they are tied to pull free, then use this chunky alternative."

Things are looking up!

"Coincidentally, France gets a mention in that song as a centre of medical excellence"

Oh, that's ominous. I'm sorry.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

That could in fact be the first sentence of a porn scene. No plot: straight to the action.

True. Hazlett's a nasty piece of work--bigoted RUC detective--but maybe there's a subsector of porn that likes that sort of thing.

Things are looking up!

Maybe. It's Ashley's Stopper Knot, which isn't exactly a sexy knot, but maybe it has some exotic usage in a Northeastern variant of shibari?

Oh, that's ominous. I'm sorry.

Thanks.

Well, maybe it means I'm going to meet a nice French girl who's an MD or something. I can hope, at least. I don't remember what the verse being introduced was--I should go back and look at that.

Re: Is madness defined as trying the same thing again hoping for a different result?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I don't know, that first one ends on a pretty good note. Astonished and delighted? I think that sounds quite satisfactory!

Re: Is madness defined as trying the same thing again hoping for a different result?

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

You've got a point, there. I was thinking more about the fact that Hazlett is a very unpleasant character. Thanks for reminding me to look on the bright side!