tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post2621502739773869420..comments2024-03-29T09:22:57.031+00:00Comments on Declan Burke: Books And The Stealing ThereofUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-32919946885021481162009-02-09T06:30:00.000+00:002009-02-09T06:30:00.000+00:00Oh my goodness, I choked on my tea when I saw my u...Oh my goodness, I choked on my tea when I saw my ugly mug here. Good grief - what's WRONG with you man? Of course, it made it better that I was being portrayed as a serious book thief - it gives me an air of mystery and darkness. In reality, I have to admit, I've never stolen anything. I never even did the obligatory shoplifting of sherbert dib-dabs when I was a child. <BR/><BR/>I have to wonder whether the fact that Martina Cole is both one of the most stolen AND the most borrowed in prison libraries is linked. Maybe if they stole books called "How to Steal Books Without Getting Caught" they wouldn't need to borrow Martina Coles from prison libraries<BR/><BR/>And Maxine - I'm definitely suing :o)<BR/><BR/>Donna (aka snow White... on the book stealing front, anyway. On other fronts I may have drifted.)Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780558832861165256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-30635858840489959292009-02-07T11:36:00.000+00:002009-02-07T11:36:00.000+00:00Mr Brennan, how low do you think I'd stoop?A total...Mr Brennan, how low do you think I'd stoop?<BR/>A totally outrageous accusation.....or a fair cop?<BR/>Colmancol2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-10446690506410734112009-02-07T09:22:00.000+00:002009-02-07T09:22:00.000+00:00I work in a public library. Go ahead, punk.Make my...I work in a public library. <BR/><BR/>Go ahead, punk.<BR/><BR/>Make my day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-90781381563748274272009-02-07T02:12:00.000+00:002009-02-07T02:12:00.000+00:00My mom is a librarian, there was no way I ever wou...My mom is a librarian, there was no way I ever would have gotten away with stealing a book from the local library.<BR/><BR/>I did strongly consider keeping a book I had borrowed from my college library though-it was a very old copy of 'The Phantom Tollbooth'. It wasn't in the best condition, but it had writing in from the former owners and just intrigued me. In the end, the librarian's daughter won out and I returned the book.<BR/><BR/>My mom says that certain books just seem to more difficult to keep on the shelf, so to speak. Sometimes because they're popular, sometimes because people think they shouldn't be read...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-66638557545772991922009-02-07T00:44:00.000+00:002009-02-07T00:44:00.000+00:00Thorney topic; I wouldn't exactly call it stealing...Thorney topic; I wouldn't exactly call it stealing but I once took a battered second-hand copy of a John Grisham novel from hospital bookshelf. <BR/><BR/>I had a long night ahead of me, is my plea -<BR/><BR/>AliAli Karimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640079406581573368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-48306504121328871442009-02-06T22:55:00.000+00:002009-02-06T22:55:00.000+00:00I've photocopied books, and downloaded out of prin...I've photocopied books, and downloaded out of print ebooks, which I don't consider to be stealing. The worst thing I can think of and the thing I've felt guiltiest about is I've accidentally damaged a book and brought it back to the library hoping that they wouldn't notice! I hope my librarian doesn't read this blog!JZIDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09474407509117601963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-34072120498510105582009-02-06T21:20:00.000+00:002009-02-06T21:20:00.000+00:00Nice ... all ordinary decent criminals. And then M...Nice ... all ordinary decent criminals. And then McFetridge has to lower the tone. Blummin' typical ... <BR/><BR/>Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-55112621595499712172009-02-06T20:25:00.000+00:002009-02-06T20:25:00.000+00:00Is that a picture of the wonderful Ms Donna Moore ...Is that a picture of the wonderful Ms Donna Moore I see before me? I wonder if she will sue? ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-61837973317094320422009-02-06T19:38:00.000+00:002009-02-06T19:38:00.000+00:00In high school I had an early morning paper route....In high school I had an early morning paper route. One morning I found a bag full of men's mags (Oui, Hustler, Juggs - the good stuff) and paperback "erotica." When I was finished with them, I sold then at school. When they ran out, I "acquired" some more and sold those.<BR/><BR/>When I got caught, the vice-principal said to me, "Shit, son, you'd make more money selling drugs," and expelled me.John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-56078992143212262622009-02-06T18:39:00.000+00:002009-02-06T18:39:00.000+00:00I'm not sure it counts as theft, but I did borrow ...I'm not sure it counts as theft, but I did borrow my uncle's copy of The Guitar Handbook by Ralph Denyer some time around 1986, and accidentally on purpose forgot to return it. I still have it now.Stuart Nevillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883631620345577504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-80269717609849198842009-02-06T18:03:00.000+00:002009-02-06T18:03:00.000+00:00Anon - Is that Colman?Me? I'm saying nothing.gbAnon - Is that Colman?<BR/><BR/>Me? I'm saying nothing.<BR/><BR/>gbGerard Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301381067485712366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-25431868950860414662009-02-06T15:25:00.000+00:002009-02-06T15:25:00.000+00:00I've never knowingly stolen a book, but a few borr...I've never knowingly stolen a book, but a few borrowed books have unwittingly folowed me on moves. Hardly felonies; not even severe enough to qualify me for an Obama cabinet nomination (from which I would, of course, withdraw when the grisly truth came to light).Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-6562278889714309422009-02-06T14:40:00.000+00:002009-02-06T14:40:00.000+00:00half inched Ian Rankins Westwind which was laying ...half inched Ian Rankins Westwind which was laying around my father-in-laws nursing home, photocopied the fucker at work and then flogged it for 35 quid on ebay..........still not read it yetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com