國際閱讀週

源自 2004年4月?

今天起床後在FB上開始看到國際閱讀週的一則訊息. 我便開始玩起了網路追追追. FB上的訊息如下:

國際閱讀週，規則如下：
拿起離你身邊最近的一本書。翻到第56頁，把第五句話貼到你的塗鴉牆。
不要提到這本書。也別忘了把規則一起貼在塗鴉牆上。


Google 後, 發現也有人跟我一樣對這個國際閱讀週活動的消息來源有點興趣. 有人說到他查到這訊息是演進自早先時候的世界讀書日活動.

我開始了一陣google 搜查活動. 能找到最早關於這個網路散佈活動的網路文章是2004年4月6日的 Meme Lemming, 作者說這個主意得自一位叫 Damoyre 的人. 內容是一篇22題的問卷. 而現在所謂的國際閱讀週活動則是發展自這組問題的第一題.

1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says

2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?

3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?

4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what the time is

5: Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?

6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

7: When did you last step outside? What were you doing?

8: Before you came to this web site, what did you look at?

9: What are you wearing?

10: Did you dream last night? What about?

11: When did you last laugh?

12: What is on the walls of the room you are in?

13: Seen anything weird lately?

14: What do you think of this quiz?

15: What is the last film you saw?

16: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?

17: Tell me something about you that I don't know

18: If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?

19: Do you like to dance?

20: George Bush: is he a power-crazy nutcase or someone who is finally doing something that has needed to be done for years?

21a: Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?

21b: Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?

22: Would you ever consider living abroad?

我的google能力好像只能追朔到這裡了........

這個問題還有別的版本, 不同在於日期: 我還看到 16頁(轉自Krista, 顯然看錯日期), 23頁 的版本. 而這些離 Krista 不到十天的版本已經是現在的模樣.

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又找到一個 4月6日 osakatobebaby 的紀錄, 是18頁第4行.