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TruHero
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Hey Arch, Psst... Your political unrest is showing.

Now back onto the subject.

I bought a book once, and it turned me into a newt. I got better!


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ArCHeR
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Nonono! You didn't wait long enough. It's:

"I bought a book once, and it turned me into a newt...
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I got better."

[This message has been edited by ArCHeR (edited January 04, 2005).]


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drosdelnoch
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In answer to the question I do feel that books have a magical quality. I hate reading long things on a screen, books I can spend time with.

I also feel that part of it is something to do with the way that books smell when theyre new and also the fact that when your reading it you can remember what you were doing when you first read the book, it can bring back memories of events that were happening at the time of your first reading.

Other than that Im not sure what makes them magical other than saying for me they just are. Its one of those things like Apples and Pears, you can graft any apple to a different apple tree and the same with pears but you cant graft apple to pear of visa versa. Its one of those things that you cant explain its just how you view them yourself.


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ArCHeR
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Well, I'm sure moddern science has figured that one out by now

But as I said before, it comes down to three basic things:

Tangibility (which can be stretched to include smell)

History

And propaganda.


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Survivor
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And what do we do with books?

Burn 'em! Burn 'em all! Yeagh!


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ChrisOwens
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>But why do books burn?
<Because, er, they're made of wood?

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ChrisOwens
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D'oh! I didn't look at what I was doing and dbl posted. Sorry.

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