Book fortune-telling meme

[nanila]

via antisoppist

1. Grab the nearest book.
   
2. Turn to page 126
   
3. The 6th full sentence is your life in 2026.

The first book nearest me is Metallurgical Assessment of Spacecraft Materials and Parts by Barrie D. Dunn (1996).

The sentence is: "Special fibres giving more options in strength, stiffness, light weight, and endurance against heat have been developed (Klein 1988)."

The chapter containing it discusses composite materials and ways to control their properties. The thing that makes me happiest about that particular sentence is the use of the Oxford comma.

The second book nearest me is The political diaries of a chief whip by Simon Hart (2025).

The sentence is: "It feels like authority is ebbing with every hour."

The chapter containing it is titled "April 2021-January 2022" and I think we probably all remember painfully well the fiasco that was the handling of pandemic restrictions to which this sentence clearly relates.

Cue hollow laughter as I realise the sentence is applicable to both work and home life. Particularly with a teenager and a tweenager incessantly challenging boundaries.

Comments

[pbristow]

So while your authority may be ebbing away, you're gaining in "moral fibre" as a result? =:o}

[pbristow]

Mine is, "It's taking its toll on Sir Simeon and it's a stale old feud".

Hmmm... rather less exciting a future (but far more likely to be accurate - though I *hope* they've just failed to update last year's prediction) than I'd hoped for, given that it's a book from the "Black Lace" imprint! =;o}

[nanila]

I wouldn't go that far!

[magister]

"And that was the episode where I get sellotaped to the ceiling."

Not sure what to say about that.

[nanila]

Such a position might be the sort of absurd perspective we're all half-heartedly wishing would help us to understand the current state of the world.

[bitterlawngnome]

"At the top is a thick bar with three shower rings."

Well that's ... gnomic?

[nanila]

When you've worked it out, I expect you'll find enlightenment in the next bucket of water where you see the moon's reflection!

[quoththeravyn]

"I suppose if they were drinking from shallow wells in their groves," re: druids. Hmmm...

[nanila]

Oh, is that what our world leaders are up to? It would explain a lot. 🤦🏽‍♀️