tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post4846278103177217292..comments2023-10-26T04:53:47.765-04:00Comments on Mutterings of a Mad Bookseller: Bookselling Tales-Forrest Properhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-84023989840573634252007-04-08T18:28:00.000-04:002007-04-08T18:28:00.000-04:00Customer (clasping book with joy): Oh!! I've been ...Customer (clasping book with joy): Oh!! I've been looking for this for AGES. (Puts book back, leaves store).<BR/><BR/>Customer: Could you reccommend a book for my brother-in-law. He's a man.<BR/><BR/>I'm writing the libretto. But it was all my idea. Mine, I tell you, mine.Cissy Strutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118911668329411883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-71507836712297129412007-04-08T14:05:00.000-04:002007-04-08T14:05:00.000-04:00Cissy- ah yes, bookstore stories. My favorite enco...Cissy- ah yes, bookstore stories. My favorite encounters were always with people you would suppose would have been pleasantly surprised-<BR/><BR/>"I'm sure nobody has ever written a book about it, but do you have <I>anything</I> on left-handed corkscrews made between 1850 and 1900 by Tiffany?"<BR/><BR/>"Well yes, we have this book titled "Tiffany left-handed corkscrews: 1850 to 1900". It's 300 pages, filled with color photos, and on special this week for just $9.95!"<BR/><BR/>"oh" (disappointed- takes book hesitantly, flips through it, being polite, hands it back.)<BR/> <BR/>"Well, thank you very much".<BR/><BR/>Flees.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Writing an opera? The score or music, or both?Forrest Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-58858549020947360632007-04-07T17:59:00.000-04:002007-04-07T17:59:00.000-04:00I worked yesterday at a friend's bookstore to help...I worked yesterday at a friend's bookstore to help out (I'm supposed to be writing an opera). Within the first hour, I was confronted with the well-remembered Book Buyer Type #4 - "Do you have anything else?"<BR/><BR/>BBT#4: I need a cookbook of simple Chinese cooking.<BR/>Me: This is great "Kylie Kwong's Simple Chinese Cooking."<BR/>BBT#4: Do you have anything else?Cissy Strutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118911668329411883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-19040934491097842512007-04-06T16:54:00.000-04:002007-04-06T16:54:00.000-04:00Joey- I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill ...Joey- I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.<BR/><BR/>Lynn- welcome, and thanks!<BR/><BR/>Gods- Thanks! -every once in a while I dust this and a few other things off for some venue they haven't been seen in yet.<BR/><BR/>Catalyst- Yes, we'll never see The Olde Dayes of Bookselling again. Sigh...Forrest Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-1570595366113010742007-04-06T15:25:00.000-04:002007-04-06T15:25:00.000-04:00Aww, you sentimental old cuss.Aww, you sentimental old cuss.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-86878672391105020472007-04-06T14:16:00.000-04:002007-04-06T14:16:00.000-04:00GREAT! love to see classic stuff reappear!GREAT! love to see classic stuff reappear!jgodseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361695956977017963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-54295205980791928402007-04-06T13:55:00.000-04:002007-04-06T13:55:00.000-04:00Give the man a cigar. He can write. Thanks for an ...Give the man a cigar. He can write. Thanks for an entertaining story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-70378981858843158242007-04-06T11:18:00.000-04:002007-04-06T11:18:00.000-04:00How many diffrent guys have playd you so far?How many diffrent guys have playd you so far?Joey Polanskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07102095837260943157noreply@blogger.com