tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post7832586745892608878..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: Overheard in the bookshop (2)Bookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-34197528296985326062011-05-04T16:54:59.194+00:002011-05-04T16:54:59.194+00:00ahem, that last one sounds like it was me, sorry. ...ahem, that last one sounds like it was me, sorry. (not the boss)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-78359121745395263442011-04-20T21:32:40.180+00:002011-04-20T21:32:40.180+00:003 weeks ago:
"Would you be interested in buyi...3 weeks ago:<br />"Would you be interested in buying these?"<br />"Oh I can't buy things, come back in 2 weeks when the boss will be here. They look like the sort of thing we want"<br />1 week ago:<br />"Is the boss here?"<br />"No, sorry, try coming back next week. We're pretty interested in this stuff."<br />Today:<br />"Aha, are you interested in buying these?"<br />"No"Mikehttp://blog.crystal-knights.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-55443725955166055842011-03-02T08:54:45.533+00:002011-03-02T08:54:45.533+00:00MagnificentMagnificentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-44682224098830483422011-03-02T08:47:13.419+00:002011-03-02T08:47:13.419+00:00"someone looking for books on The Tao might b..."someone looking for books on The Tao might be directed to the finance section..." Where they might find 'A Taoist on Wall Street'!!!post modern bertienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-55546223095862936382011-02-25T07:45:49.195+00:002011-02-25T07:45:49.195+00:00Then there was the person who came into my friend&...Then there was the person who came into my friend's bookshop asking for a book called "What To Do About Nothing" (it turned out to be a play by Shakespeare).Maximhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11118448629588487452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-91846640798259205372011-02-23T15:47:36.170+00:002011-02-23T15:47:36.170+00:00The woman who was looking for a book that "so...The woman who was looking for a book that "sounded like a dinosaur" for her child's school project. It took a while to figure it out, but she left with a Roget's Thesaurus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-34687862437408409982011-02-21T22:49:44.786+00:002011-02-21T22:49:44.786+00:00Two of my favorites that happen again and again ar...Two of my favorites that happen again and again are,<br />The woman (usually) who comes to the counter and says, "how much are the books?" and the specimen who comes in, looks around and asks, "is this a library?"jeffreyJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227071894523991629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-39656927239870458312011-02-21T02:05:04.745+00:002011-02-21T02:05:04.745+00:00Friend of a friend (always a "friend of a fri...Friend of a friend (always a "friend of a friend" in these stories, isn't it?) was supposedly directed to the Natural History section when he inquired at Hatchards for a book on Grinling Gibbons.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-11240521341238032742011-02-20T18:38:53.908+00:002011-02-20T18:38:53.908+00:00Hack- wheeze Doritas-- that must be Jacques Derrid...Hack- wheeze Doritas-- that must be Jacques Derrida, who I have heard called Jack the Reader. As for Terrorism, in a reverse of this it is not totally beyond the bounds of probability that George Bush could walk into a bookshop looking for books on the subject and be directed to the section on Taoism. I was in a shop in Fremont, Ca that had 2 shelves on the subject. Also someone looking for books on The Tao might be directed to the finance section...Bookridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-73941057799819462222011-02-20T15:43:27.998+00:002011-02-20T15:43:27.998+00:00At a Glasgow Art school exhibition I once noticed ...At a Glasgow Art school exhibition I once noticed a charming watercolour of Maggie Thatcher running through a cereal field - it was called 'The Thatcher in the Rye'.Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-62766687342049636522011-02-20T09:20:45.662+00:002011-02-20T09:20:45.662+00:00I had a young couple come in my book shop asking f...I had a young couple come in my book shop asking for "You Sillies" by some Irish guy. The Irish author clue only came later and I said do you mean Ulysses by James Joyce? Oh, she said, no one ever corrected me before. I told her that now she has been corrected.Joe the Bookmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184308655975319339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-15200260167150759112011-02-19T17:37:31.345+00:002011-02-19T17:37:31.345+00:00I had someone come in looking for French cultural ...I had someone come in looking for French cultural critic "Hack-wheeze Doritas" once.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13547113476731173631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-37053128521192702282011-02-19T11:26:31.436+00:002011-02-19T11:26:31.436+00:00The other way round: A customer came forward after...The other way round: A customer came forward after looking at the Philosophy shelf and asked for books on Taoism. I heard "Terrorism" ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-46897549822308511342011-02-18T19:50:43.982+00:002011-02-18T19:50:43.982+00:00Years ago I was asked for "Solomon Dastra&quo...Years ago I was asked for "Solomon Dastra". After working with the customer for some time, I figured out that it was Brian Jacques' "Salamandastron" she wanted. Close!ccr in MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938353645353176255noreply@blogger.com