<![CDATA[Fun little game]]>Pick up the book that is closest to you at this moment...no cheating and grabbing your favorite or the most intellectual or impressive book you have...the one closest to you right now.

Go to page 56 and look for the 5th sentence.

Post it here.

Mine:

" In years like 1994 and 1997, it is spectacular"

The Cheapskates Guide to Wine

]]>https://brownsboard.com/topic/5481/fun-little-gameRSS for NodeThu, 01 Oct 2026 06:35:10 GMTWed, 15 Jul 2009 16:59:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:22:31 GMT]]>"And when we could see each other plain and the dinks could see us plain, we got up in a gang, stood around working our legs and gathered in the claymores, and walked in."

Close Quarters, Larry Heineman. One of my top five books of all time, I re-read it every couple of years, this copy is new to me as I managed to track down a 1977 US first edition.

Howie.

By the way, not promoting racial slurs by posting this, it's just what was written on p56, sentence 5!

Go buy it. Close Quarters by Larry Heineman.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/85155https://brownsboard.com/post/85155Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:22:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:39:37 GMT]]>"It is not correct to play very tight for this initial bet, especially against the weaker players you tend to find in these games"

The Theory of Poker by David Skylansky

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/85138https://brownsboard.com/post/85138Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:39:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:00:06 GMT]]>"They say that when you kill a man you not only take away what he was, but all he will ever be."

Batman "HUSH" Vol. 1

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/85114https://brownsboard.com/post/85114Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:00:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:23:50 GMT]]>Let me preface by saying that I am/was poolside in the Florida Keyes (Key Largo), when I checked The Browns Board on my phone. My wife has the only book near, that she's reading. Here it is:

"Northern garden, by the Pond of Pearls, to feed the goldfish. I stayed"

Empress A Novel

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@socalbrownsfan said:

Using MS-Dos 6.2 (Circa 1993)

😆

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/85094https://brownsboard.com/post/85094Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:41:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:37:40 GMT]]>When Taub turned to me, I said "Yea, I can coach this team," and in my naivete, I actually thought I could.

Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/85092https://brownsboard.com/post/85092Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:37:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:45:58 GMT]]>James 2214 11th St SW..................330 452-6986

Canton, Ohio Phone Book...2007 edition

Hey, instructions were "closest book" & "no cheating"......You got what you asked for!

Mike

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84901https://brownsboard.com/post/84901Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:45:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:23:59 GMT]]>Yup, the movie Song of the South was based off of the book The Tales of Uncle Remus, it's hard to read because of the spelling but entertaining once you get past it.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84842https://brownsboard.com/post/84842Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:23:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:12:00 GMT]]>"and they showed the guy being wheeled out to go to the hospital and all the blood."

Hockey Stories and Stuff- Don Cherry

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84816https://brownsboard.com/post/84816Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:12:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:45:38 GMT]]>"I told you I didn't want to fight with Charlie."

Hah.

Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84811https://brownsboard.com/post/84811Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:45:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:34:49 GMT]]>"Good night, Thumper," Bambi replied.

---Disneys Bedtime Stories.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84810https://brownsboard.com/post/84810Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:34:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:35:13 GMT]]>"More than a poem, it was an impassioned outcry against the current order, looking toward and imminent future of abandone cities and dead lands"

Daniel Pinchbeck: The Return of Quetzalcoatl

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@diehardbrownsfan said:

"Lucy is originally from Indianapolis, In. 38-22-36. She hopes to be an actress."

Is that Kurt Vonnegut ?

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@tobalaz said:

Here's a hint, it's written by Joel Chandler Harris and it's a bitch to find because we live in a kinder, gentler, more politically correct world.

Fond memories from it though, my southern great grandfather used to read me stories from it and it sounded just right with his Tennessee twang.

The Disney movie I remember was "Song of the South".

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84776https://brownsboard.com/post/84776Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:41:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:31:25 GMT]]>"Honor this inner wisdom."

Intuitive Reiki - For Our Times by Amy Z. Rowland

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84774https://brownsboard.com/post/84774Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:31:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:24:59 GMT]]>"The blending mode can have a dramatic impact on how an effect is applied."

Photoshop for Photography

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84773https://brownsboard.com/post/84773Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:24:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:52:32 GMT]]>"Lucy is originally from Indianapolis, In. 38-22-36. She hopes to be an actress."

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@tobalaz said:

Here's a hint, it's written by Joel Chandler Harris and it's a bitch to find because we live in a kinder, gentler, more politically correct world.

Fond memories from it though, my southern great grandfather used to read me stories from it and it sounded just right with his Tennessee twang.

uncleremus.jpg

Great tale...

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84769https://brownsboard.com/post/84769Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:34:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:07:54 GMT]]>Bimeby, ole Brer Tarrypin look way off down de road en he see Jedge Buzzard sailin' 'long en he know hit's time fer 'im ferter be up.

Here's a hint, it's written by Joel Chandler Harris and it's a bitch to find because we live in a kinder, gentler, more politically correct world.

Fond memories from it though, my southern great grandfather used to read me stories from it and it sounded just right with his Tennessee twang.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84761https://brownsboard.com/post/84761Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:07:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:30:55 GMT]]>"In a medium bowl, combine the sour cream, sugar and vinegar, dill, pepper, salt and celery seed;blend."

Recipe for "Cucumbers with Sour Cream"

from "Cooking from Quilt Country - Hearty Recipes from Amish and Mennonite Kitchens" 1988

I'll post the entire recipe if anybody wants it....

(I collect good, interesting cookbooks at garage sales)

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84752https://brownsboard.com/post/84752Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:30:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:26:04 GMT]]>But perhaps his greatest accomplishment was changing professional football almost overnight from a sand-lot game to a new national pastime.

Red Grange 'The Galloping Ghost', chapter 3 from "Great Running Backs of the NFL, by Jack Hand. 1966

1947RedGrange.png

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84741https://brownsboard.com/post/84741Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:26:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:19:32 GMT]]>It was as Dr.Wilson had surmised,mostly ice and water,with outcroppings of basalt interspersed with deposits of sulpher.

Arthur C.Clarke 2061:Odyssey III

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84739https://brownsboard.com/post/84739Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:19:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:39:48 GMT]]>The MY icon and the icons for the settings you selected for MY MODE are now displayed in Live View.

HP Photosmart R7 17 Digital Camera - User's Manual

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/84736https://brownsboard.com/post/84736Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:39:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fun little game on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:35:55 GMT]]>the u.s. district court agreed with the plaintiffs and declared the act an unconstitutional violation of the freedom of speech clause.

Business law-second custom edition. written by henry r. cheeseman

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