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LadyAngelika -> RE: Bibilophillia (11/14/2004 7:43:53 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Yankeestick
Great article LA... still smiling over the mel thing. [:)]
Yes :) I agree. That is the language issue here.
I thought I'd post the excerpt about the book-lickers. I read it again and I am wiping the tears from laughing.
The book-lickers are perhaps the most notorious of the regulars. They are small and quick, and it takes a stealthy observer to catch a book-licker in action.
The better-known licker is a short, bespectacled middle-aged man who speaks in mumbles. In his natural habitat, this book-licker is most commonly found in the sports department, where he is facinated by books on bodybuilding—especially ones with photos. If he thinks he can get away with it, or forgets that there are others around, he will lick photos of male bodybuilders.
The management had to finally confront the man on the subject of the book licking and request that a purchase precede the licking.
The licker sometimes ventures to other sections. In the nature section, he was quite in awe of a giant photo of a rhinocerous on one of the displays. According to one co-worker, the man held his hand on the rhino's horn for over five minutes, completely entranced.
I consider myself fortunate to have seen a book-licker. The curious man approached my till and before handing me the book to scan, gave a little grin, brought the book very close to his face, glanced quickly from side to side and then darted out his tongue.
- LA
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