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I NEVER buy a hardcover book with a loose jacket without making sure that the book CAN be judged by its cover ...
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Ted, just the same silly thrill that some kids get from leaving outrageous messages on the answering machines of strangers or leaving obscene graffiti in neighborhoods where they probably know no one. And I doubt that they think past that to the possible legal effects. A new meaning to "buyer, beware"?
And, Jackie, if you find that word for 50%laughter, 50% righteous indignation, Please tell me--I could use it often!
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On Friday i didn't think so,
...but now I know! It's, "bipolar".
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Owlbow, we are looking for a word that means experiencing both "poles" simultaneously.
Not that I accept your diagnosis--
TEd--good one!
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I see now, in a calmer moment, that you are right Jomama. I gave the impression that I was making fun of Jackie, but I intended it to be a joke on myself only. I should have been more clear, and thoughtful. I think Jackie is the cat’s pajamas. Ted, you make me laugh so very often with your clever wordplay. Just the type of silly genius that makes me grin so that my cheeks hurt.
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a deliberate re-dressing by young browsers, who loved watching the shocked reactions of sober readers finding sex manuals in the jackets of bird-watching guides or cookbooks – Jomama
In conjunction with:
But I cannot see what thrills youngsters would get out of the switch because it might be days or weeks before someone comes in and looks at the switched book – TEd
Years ago, I worked in a bookstore that had a similar problem. We found it wasn’t that the kids wanted to play a prank, but that they wanted to look at books and magazines dealing with sex and would hide them in the covers of other books so they could look at them in the store without drawing too much attention to themselves.
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