# Grab the book nearest you. Right now. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 9, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901 "2010-03-09T20:52:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/201 "2010-03-13T22:02:14Z")
Accused our lady of tying a rock to you and casting you in the North Sea, he did. _Fool_, Christopher Moore ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/202 "2010-03-13T22:06:20Z")
“Saturday - regular flight goes OK but there is no room for the Monday-Tuesday passengers.” Kashmir, Ladakh & Zanskar, a travel survival kit. ---
**Author:** ![in\_hiding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c5a1d2/32.png) [@in\_hiding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/in_hiding)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/203 "2010-03-13T22:28:03Z")
“I’ll go right after him!” Catch 22, but I’m not sure how to count correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/204 "2010-03-13T23:25:14Z")
This office was not of much help, although they did provide passes for access to the front, documents which were supposed to equip the Werewolves with everything they would require. _The Last Nazis: Werewolf Guerilla Resistance in Europe 1944-1947_ by Perry Biddiscombe I should probably note that I’ve been moving stuff, including books, around my house this week so books that happen to temporarily end up near my computer are not necessarily something I’m currently reading. ---
**Author:** ![toodlepip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@toodlepip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toodlepip)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/205 "2010-03-15T01:09:53Z")
“Some infectious agents causing embryonic or fetal loss in the different species are described in Chapters 23, 25, 26, 27 and 28.” _Veterinary Reproduction & Obstetrics_ Arthur, Noakes, Pearson & Parkinson (Just as well. The next book along is a collection of Jack Vettriano paintings. I don’t think I’d have been able to reproduce “The Missing Man II”.) ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/206 "2010-03-15T14:55:35Z")
> [@toodlepip](#): > > (Just as well. The next book along is a collection of Jack Vettriano paintings. I don’t think I’d have been able to reproduce “The Missing Man II”.) Piffle. Is ASCII Art a dead art form? ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/207 "2010-03-15T15:45:13Z")
“A different proof of the Completion Theorem is sketched in Exercise 4.37.” _Real Mathematical Analysis_ by Charles Chapman Pugh. I’m not at work, but I’ve been writing a report on the use of symbolic logic notation in mathematics. ---
**Author:** ![alsoknownas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@alsoknownas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alsoknownas)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/208 "2010-03-15T16:07:17Z")
I’m gonna have to ‘do a 112’, as 111 is a full-page image (Sala Hipostila, the Hall of 100 columns): “Two of Gaudi’s most famous buildings and the city’s most exclusive shops are to be found along the Passeig de Gracia, the most well-known road in Barcelona after Las Ramblas.” The AA Key Guide - Barcelona (This is actually quite boring, if no-one minds me saying so) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/209 "2010-03-15T19:31:03Z")
“They say he goes about in a coat hanging down to his heels, all the while making a groaning sound, like he’s searching for something here on Earth." From _ **A Hunter’s Sketches** _, by Ivan Turgenev The line comes from a kid who’s sharing ghost stories with his friends. ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/210 "2010-03-15T19:35:04Z")
After this expansion sleeves is inserted, an Ackerman-Johnson Tool–hammer or hammerless tool, can be used to spread the lead expansion sleeve. “Television Antenna Installation”, Compiled by TV Antenna Engineers, Chicago, 1949 ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/211 "2010-03-16T14:39:42Z")
The closest thing I have to a book I have with me right now is Volume 34 of the Dell Crossword Special and Variety magazine. Pg 111 is the Bowl-A-Score Challenger 2 ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/212 "2010-03-16T17:03:27Z")
“With feigned unwillingness, the Platonic Socrates proceeds to apply his communism to the family.” Bertrand Russell, _The History of Western Philosophy_. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/213 "2010-03-16T17:46:32Z")
The first book I picked up was blank on page 111, so I picked up the next on the pile (yes, we have piles of books. I am a slob.) “Langdon laughed, realizing how it must have sounded.” Angels & Demons, Dan Brown Damn…the next book on the pile was Pratchett. ---
**Author:** ![XanderCrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ee59a6/32.png) [@XanderCrews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XanderCrews)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/214 "2010-03-16T18:27:44Z")
She loses the test, gains a Negative Trait, gains a temporary derangement, and goes into Rotschreck. Mind’s Eye Theatre Laws of the Night. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/215 "2010-03-16T18:31:13Z")
_Edible, bloomy, greenish yellow berry finally turning brownish black, 2 to 5" long, of many shapes – sometimes elongated, at other times rounded; has a taste similar to a banana with a custard consistency, usually containing 2 to 3 almost 1" long dark brown flatish to bean-shaped seeds._ Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Use. - Michael A. Dirr Yay for playing from work! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/216 "2010-03-16T18:48:26Z")
I had to do the 9th sentence, as that was all this page had. "To record all currently available ST snippets and baselines, in the **ST Baseline** window, select the pop-up key **Record ST.** IntelliVue Patient Monitor MP20/30, MP 40/50, MP 60/70/90 Absolutely riveting! I can’t put this book down! ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/217 "2010-03-16T18:57:43Z")
“This time, however, would be different.” The Last Season by Eric Blehm Wow! I love the book, but I didn’t realize how much Blehm loved commas. I had to go to the last sentence of the page (almost completely full, too) to get the 11th sentence. And then, it was the cliche of all cliches. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/218 "2010-03-16T19:04:53Z")
“The Sonic Log tends to be pessimistic when used to calculate porosity.” Delaware Basin Exploration: Guidebook - Guadalupe, Hueco and Franklin Mts., Geology of the Carlsbad Caverns. WTGS. > [@panamajack](#): > > “With feigned unwillingness, the Platonic Socrates proceeds to apply his communism to the family.” > > Bertrand Russell, _The History of Western Philosophy_. If I’d been home it would have been this. It’s on the table next to the couch. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/219 "2010-03-16T19:05:20Z")
> [@](#): > > If you do not specify a base class in a class definition, the C# compiler will assume System.Object is the base class. Professional C#, 3rd Edition by Simon Robinson, Christian Nagel, Karli Watson, Jay Glynn, Morgan Skinner, Bill Evjen. Yes, it is out-of-date, but it was the closest book. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/220 "2010-03-17T00:01:01Z")
“For example, they can plug in the mass and position of a big spherical body, such as the sun or earth, and calculate the well-known Newtonian gravitational attraction.” -Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901.md?page=12)