Jun. 14th, 2010

mipeltaja: (Geek)
From [livejournal.com profile] darlingfox

01. Grab the nearest book.
02. Open the book to page 123.
03. Find the fifth sentence.
04. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
05. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).
o6. Tag five people. as if. Just do it.


Silloin he tulevat asianajajan luokse saadakseen neuvoja, ja heidän takanaan kantaa vahtimestari asiakirjoja, jotka muuten ovat yloen salaisia. Tästä ikkunasta olisi voinut nähdä monen herran, josta kaikkein vähimmin olisi sellaista odottanut, seisovan suorastaan lohduttomana ja tuijottaen kujalle asianajajan istuessa pöytänsä ääressä tutkimassa asiakirjoja voidakseen antaa hyvän neuvon. Muuten saattoi juuri sellaisissa tilanteissa nähdä, kuinka harvinaisen vakavasti herrat suhtautuvat ammattiinsa ja kuinka he joutuvat suureen epätoivoon kohdatessaan esteitä, joita he luonteensa takia eiväåt voi voittaa. Heidän asemansa ei ole muutenkaan helppo, ei saa tehdä heille sitä vääryyttä, että pitää heidän asemaansa helppona.

-Oikeusjuttu (original title Der Prozess) by Franz Kafka

And the nearest book in English:

It tended down towards the riverside, running through Belmont Place and Prince's Street. At the end of Broad Street it ran down right down to the water's edge, where there was a small wooden wharf. Toby Led us to the very edge of this and there stood whining, looking out on the dark current beyond.

"We are out of luck," said Holmes. "They have taken to a boat here."
Several small punts and skiffs were lying about in the water and on the edge of the wharf. We took Toby to each in turn, but though he sniffed earnestly he made no sign.


- The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Wow now I get to look all smart just because I was too lazy to put that Kafka back in the shelf. Otherwise the nearest book would've been that paperback I bought for the train a couple of weeks ago.
mipeltaja: (Geek)
So, that grammar comic. It is in this post.

I had to translate it from Finnish, so for the Finns, click on the pictures to see the original Finnish versions,

As promised, here it is )

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