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OMG- I’m so Michael! I tried to get my non-reader husband into Terry Pratchet, and what does he do? Folds the freaking corner! And he’s a slow reader. He’s folded probably 20 pages in the first 50. I nearly had a heart attack.
Ok. I must confess….. I used to do this. But! In my defense…. I was eight at the time. After that I just memorized the page I was on. Bookmarks are for wimps. =P
Oooooo…I HATE those who bend page corners! Bookmarks are so for wimps. I’m constantly in the middle of three or four books, so memorizing can get a bit tricky, but I manage.
Personally, I’m happier when a book survives being around the bathtub. Folding the corner is insignificant compared to water logging (boarding?) the book.
Let’s be honest folks — those who disrespect books should all be dumped on some island somewhere while we compile a series of ultimate libraries knowing, happily, that the books will remain pristine and untouched by gravy.
Seriously. I don’t know what those librarians do to the books but… gravy… everywhere… @___@
Similarly, we could create a whole new branch of premium libraries for those of us who feel we can sign a mandate upon joining that if we defile a book we can be subject to a ‘Michael special’.
There have been no survivors — but I believe it involves both camels and fireworks.
worse: when you lend a pristine paperback that comes back not only with every page dog-earred, but with white crease lines in the spine, back AND over the cover art! I learned to never lend anything to anybody after that.
….of course, there was the time I accidentally tossed a paperback into the washing machine… but THAT was an accident!
i personally see nothing wrong with folding the pages. its the not the physical book that deserves the respect, it’s the words. we shouldn’t even be using paper to print books anyway, e-books!
The first time I was told to write on the pages of a book for school it took me a week to summon up the courage! Plus we weren’t allowed to take any bookmarks into the exam room, so we used to fold the whole page upwards and then back on itself so that the corner poked out the top to mark the relevant passages.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever identified with a comic more than at this moment. Page folders are pure evil.
April 16th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
OMG- I’m so Michael! I tried to get my non-reader husband into Terry Pratchet, and what does he do? Folds the freaking corner! And he’s a slow reader. He’s folded probably 20 pages in the first 50. I nearly had a heart attack.
April 16th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Ok. I must confess….. I used to do this. But! In my defense…. I was eight at the time. After that I just memorized the page I was on. Bookmarks are for wimps. =P
April 17th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
This is the number one reason why I don’t lend out my books.
April 17th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Oooooo…I HATE those who bend page corners! Bookmarks are so for wimps. I’m constantly in the middle of three or four books, so memorizing can get a bit tricky, but I manage.
April 17th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
That’s brilliant. How the first little niggle leads to the relationship downward spiral….
April 17th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
What I find particularly irksome is when people fold over the corners of library books…
April 17th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
ROFL… I would never ruin a good book this way. Of course, text books aren’t in the same catergory as a good book, are they?
April 17th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Personally, I’m happier when a book survives being around the bathtub. Folding the corner is insignificant compared to water logging (boarding?) the book.
April 21st, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Let’s be honest folks — those who disrespect books should all be dumped on some island somewhere while we compile a series of ultimate libraries knowing, happily, that the books will remain pristine and untouched by gravy.
Seriously. I don’t know what those librarians do to the books but… gravy… everywhere… @___@
Similarly, we could create a whole new branch of premium libraries for those of us who feel we can sign a mandate upon joining that if we defile a book we can be subject to a ‘Michael special’.
There have been no survivors — but I believe it involves both camels and fireworks.
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
worse: when you lend a pristine paperback that comes back not only with every page dog-earred, but with white crease lines in the spine, back AND over the cover art! I learned to never lend anything to anybody after that.
….of course, there was the time I accidentally tossed a paperback into the washing machine… but THAT was an accident!
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:57 pm
“….of course, there was the time I accidentally tossed a paperback into the washing machine… but THAT was an accident!”
Begs the question…. was it a good book?
April 24th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
i personally see nothing wrong with folding the pages. its the not the physical book that deserves the respect, it’s the words. we shouldn’t even be using paper to print books anyway, e-books!
April 25th, 2008 at 4:48 am
The first time I was told to write on the pages of a book for school it took me a week to summon up the courage! Plus we weren’t allowed to take any bookmarks into the exam room, so we used to fold the whole page upwards and then back on itself so that the corner poked out the top to mark the relevant passages.