"Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops" was a "Sunday Times" bestseller, and could be found displayed on bookshop counters up and down the country. This book includes tales from the antiquarian bookshop where the author, and includes a selection of 'Weird Things...' sent in from other booksellers [...]
We're not talking about rooms that are just full of books. We're talking about bookshops in barns, disused factories, converted churches and underground car parks. Bookshops on boats, on buses, and in old run-down train stations. Fold-out bookshops, undercover bookshops, this-is-the-best-place-I've-[...]
'Can books conduct electricity?' 'My children are just climbing your bookshelves: that's ok...isn't it?' A John Cleese Twitter question ['What is your pet peeve?'], first sparked the "Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops" blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller's collection of ridic[...]
Den som säger att det inte finns några dumma frågor har aldrig träffat någon som letar efter en ny bok av Anne Frank, någonting skrivet av Jane Eyre, George Orwells 1986 eller Enid Blytons skildring av en knarkarkvart.
Och då kommer ändå ovanstående exempel från de minst korkad[...]
ASIAKAS: Onko teillä kirjaa, jossa listataan uravaihtoehtoja? Haluan innostaa tytärtäni.LIBRISTI: Pyrkiikö hän yliopistoon?ASIAKAS: Ei, ei vielä. Tuossa hän onkin. Kultaseni? (Nelivuotias tyttö tulee paikalle.)ASIAKAS: Siinähän sinä olet. Juttelepa tädin kanssa, niin etsin sinulle kirjan[...]