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The Catcher in the Rye
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johnny on the spot
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I must have bought ten copies over the years and people have always borrowed them and kept them. Likewise, when I worked in libraries people took it out and never returned it. Same with On the Road. When people steal a book, then it shows its value. Kids stealing books to me is like hungry pensioners scrumping apples. It's absurd, it belies the popular concept of theft. I laugh every time somebody steals a book because I know that to steal it, it had to have put a hook in them. The book stole itself. If you don't understand that, you never will.
johnny on the spot said:I must have bought ten copies over the years and people have always borrowed them and kept them. Likewise, when I worked in libraries people took it out and never returned it. Same with On the Road. When people steal a book, then it shows its value. Kids stealing books to me is like hungry pensioners scrumping apples. It's absurd, it belies the popular concept of theft. I laugh every time somebody steals a book because I know that to steal it, it had to have put a hook in them. The book stole itself. If you don't understand that, you never will.
On the Road
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Remember reading it all in one go as a teen. At first I thought 'what a load of shite' but then I thought it wasn't all that bad. I'd just expected something to happen in the book right up to the last pages.
johnny on the spot said:I must have bought ten copies over the years and people have always borrowed them and kept them. Likewise, when I worked in libraries people took it out and never returned it. Same with On the Road. When people steal a book, then it shows its value. Kids stealing books to me is like hungry pensioners scrumping apples. It's absurd, it belies the popular concept of theft. I laugh every time somebody steals a book because I know that to steal it, it had to have put a hook in them. The book stole itself. If you don't understand that, you never will.
Perhaps some of them were just used as bog roll? ;-)
johnny on the spot
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mackenzie said:johnny on the spot said:I must have bought ten copies over the years and people have always borrowed them and kept them. Likewise, when I worked in libraries people took it out and never returned it. Same with On the Road. When people steal a book, then it shows its value. Kids stealing books to me is like hungry pensioners scrumping apples. It's absurd, it belies the popular concept of theft. I laugh every time somebody steals a book because I know that to steal it, it had to have put a hook in them. The book stole itself. If you don't understand that, you never will.
Perhaps some of them were just used as bog roll? ;-)
Maybe so, but in our library they did steal a lot more toilet paper than books.
johnny on the spot said:mackenzie said:johnny on the spot said:I must have bought ten copies over the years and people have always borrowed them and kept them. Likewise, when I worked in libraries people took it out and never returned it. Same with On the Road. When people steal a book, then it shows its value. Kids stealing books to me is like hungry pensioners scrumping apples. It's absurd, it belies the popular concept of theft. I laugh every time somebody steals a book because I know that to steal it, it had to have put a hook in them. The book stole itself. If you don't understand that, you never will.
Perhaps some of them were just used as bog roll? ;-)
Maybe so, but in our library they did steal a lot more toilet paper than books.
The Guinness book of records holds the record for most stolen book from libraries.
Barcon
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johnny on the spot said:I must have bought ten copies over the years and people have always borrowed them and kept them. Likewise, when I worked in libraries people took it out and never returned it. Same with On the Road. When people steal a book, then it shows its value. Kids stealing books to me is like hungry pensioners scrumping apples. It's absurd, it belies the popular concept of theft. I laugh every time somebody steals a book because I know that to steal it, it had to have put a hook in them. The book stole itself. If you don't understand that, you never will.
Not trying to be funny or anything but why would you buy a book ten times that you've already read?
Barcon said:johnny on the spot said:I must have bought ten copies over the years and people have always borrowed them and kept them. Likewise, when I worked in libraries people took it out and never returned it. Same with On the Road. When people steal a book, then it shows its value. Kids stealing books to me is like hungry pensioners scrumping apples. It's absurd, it belies the popular concept of theft. I laugh every time somebody steals a book because I know that to steal it, it had to have put a hook in them. The book stole itself. If you don't understand that, you never will.
Not trying to be funny or anything but why would you buy a book ten times that you've already read?
Before I went all electric and got a kindle, I've bought the same book more than once. There are a couple of books I like so much that I re-read them and they eventually get battered and pages fall out. When that happens I replace them.
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stony said:Barcon said:johnny on the spot said:I must have bought ten copies over the years and people have always borrowed them and kept them. Likewise, when I worked in libraries people took it out and never returned it. Same with On the Road. When people steal a book, then it shows its value. Kids stealing books to me is like hungry pensioners scrumping apples. It's absurd, it belies the popular concept of theft. I laugh every time somebody steals a book because I know that to steal it, it had to have put a hook in them. The book stole itself. If you don't understand that, you never will.
Not trying to be funny or anything but why would you buy a book ten times that you've already read?
Before I went all electric and got a kindle, I've bought the same book more than once. There are a couple of books I like so much that I re-read them and they eventually get battered and pages fall out. When that happens I replace them.
Ok, I won't watch a film I've already seen personally and I don't really read that often. I don't usually have the time for it.