sovay: (Morell: quizzical)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2012-01-12 12:26 am

I dial a primrose, they give me a pro

A meme! Via [livejournal.com profile] 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.")

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

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2012-01-12 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
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?

[identity profile] ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com 2012-01-12 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
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!