Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP I don't know if you've done this one yet, but it is one of the more famous opening lines in English Lit: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
Originally Posted By MissCandice Ok, this is from another favorite of mine: "Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know."
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Oh, shoot!! Ok, someone else can go, since I'm getting ready to leave!!!
Originally Posted By alexbook I don't think we've done this one. It's the original of the "dark and stormy night" cliche, and yes, this is all one sentence: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."
Originally Posted By sherrytodd "Dr. Sarvis with his bald mottled dome and savage visage, grim and noble as Sibelius, was out night-riding on a routine neighborhood beautification project, burning billboards along the highway - U.S. 66, later to be devoured by the superstate's interstate autobahn. His procedure was simple, surgically deft. With a five-gallon can of gasoline he sloshed about the legs and support members of the selected target, then applied a match. Everyone should have a hobby."
Originally Posted By sherrytodd Nope, it was required reading for the years I spent as a river runner.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd Looks like no one got it (or everyone's still too wrapped up with Harry Potter). The book is The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey. Hayduke Lives!!!! Someone else can go.
Originally Posted By alexbook Well, I wasn't 100% sure. Try this: "Who's there?" "Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself." "Long live the King!" "Bernardo?"
