Have you ever wondered what it was like before books were invented? People would have to tell their stories verbally. Can you imagine how many people we’d have walking around with authors telling them stories? Can you imagine how noisy our libraries were? Nobody would get any studying done! Then there would be the issue of checking out these authors from the library. A popular story would mean the author would be covered with “Return on date…” stamps. Think about the poor author and his skyrocketing dry cleaning bills.
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But then again, this set up does have the advantage of giving you a built in alert to return your book:
“Uh dude?”
“Yep?”
“Don’t you think it’s time to return me to the library now?”
“Oh crap. But I haven’t finished listening to your story yet.”
“That’s because you fall asleep whenever I talk.”
“Can I help it if your story is boring? I mean, we’re halfway done and you still haven’t gotten to the part with the naked chicks yet.”
“B—but it’s The Velveteen Rabbit. There aren’t any chicks in it!”
“Holy Shit! I thought you were a book about a Playboy Bunny!”
“No it’s not. Sorry.”
“Uh dude?”
“Yeah?”
“I’m kinda swamped with school work.” [Points to the other authorbooks lounging around the room] “Do you think maybe you can return yourself to the library? Thanks.”
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