This is what happened:

Rules:
* Grab the book closest to you. Now.
* Go to page 56.
* Find the 5th sentence.
* Write that sentence as your status.
* Copy these instructions as a comment to your status.
* Don't go looking for your favorite book, or the coolest one you have -- just grab the closest one.

J: "and walked out of his hollow stump and said, "bless you, my little fur grandson.
Me: "He removed his glasses in a practiced, graceful manner, and after lifting the hem of his smock, he put the glasses in the back pocket of his trousers."
D: " 'You've made a mess,' I say. 'Lick it up.' ."
E: "If you plan to play for six hours, for example, then you know before you even begin play that you have to make $72 just to break even."
P: "There is no interior space."

This is one of the few memes I really enjoy. For some reason, it reminds me of that game we played as kids called Hanky Panky Spanky Jumbo Shrimp Homicide. We each got a strip of paper and wrote 5 words in a column. Then, we folded the paper over so only the bottom word was visible, and passed it to someone else. Going on the last word (the visible one), the next person wrote another 5 words. We read them aloud when the column was full. It was really brilliant.