WHAT IS IT ABOUT FRIDAYS ’N’ MEMES?

What’s this on the bottom of my shoe?

Why, it’s another blogmeme!

But since I’m a sucker for things literary, let’s just try this one, shall we? Here’s all you do:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence on your blog along with these instructions.

Use the book that’s closest to hand - don’t waste time searching around for the “coolest” book you can find. Use what’s actually next to you, even if it’s a textbook, one of your “guilty pleasure” romance novels, or...whatever.

Now, here’s mine:

From James L. Riggs, Engineering Economics (McGraw-Hill, ©1977):

“The promotion would cost $100,000.”

Thanx and a tip o’ th’ Elisson fedora to Goose at Comments from Left Field.