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Nov. 18th, 2007 10:41 amBook meme ganked from ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lydia_petze
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. 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).
‘Lots of camp numbers, lots of referrals to life on ship, slagging off the passengers and the officers.’ Interestingly, drag queens also used their performances in order to make fun of the ships ‘untouchables’ – people they wouldn’t normally dare to insult publicly since, under any other circumstances, it would have resulted in reprimand or dismissal, as Chapter 7 shows. However, the humorous and artificial nature of the performance sanctioned such open displays of rudeness. Drag queens are expected to be caustic and insulting.
from: Hello Sailor! The hidden history of gay life at sea – Paul Baker and Jo Stanley
Honest! It was on my desk because it only arrived yesterday!
lydia_petze1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. 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).
‘Lots of camp numbers, lots of referrals to life on ship, slagging off the passengers and the officers.’ Interestingly, drag queens also used their performances in order to make fun of the ships ‘untouchables’ – people they wouldn’t normally dare to insult publicly since, under any other circumstances, it would have resulted in reprimand or dismissal, as Chapter 7 shows. However, the humorous and artificial nature of the performance sanctioned such open displays of rudeness. Drag queens are expected to be caustic and insulting.
from: Hello Sailor! The hidden history of gay life at sea – Paul Baker and Jo Stanley
Honest! It was on my desk because it only arrived yesterday!
