Two bookstore suckies today.

[Mark Healey]

1) a woman walks in and sees "The Pop-up Kama Sutra" and opens it. She closes it immediately and storms out saying something to the effect of "It's not safe to even walk into a bookstore anymore." Lady, It says "Kama Sutra" on the cover. What did you expect?

2) A couple comes in and heads towards the foreign language section. The husband picks up an Italian-English dictionary, looks at the price and tells me "U$50.00, you won't live long enough to sell it at that price" and wanders off without giving me a chance to explain the price. He and his wife wander the store a bit and as he is walking out he says to her (but in a tone and volume that indicates it was meant for me) "They probably found the most expensive one on the net and matched that.".

After they left I checked the book and it was new at €150.00, so it is a steal at U$50.00.

[Gurndigarn]

1) a woman walks in and sees "The Pop-up Kama Sutra" and opens it. She closes it immediately and storms out saying something to the effect of "It's not safe to even walk into a bookstore anymore." Lady, It says "Kama Sutra" on the cover. What did you expect?

To be fair, not everyone pays enough attention to the sex industry to know even that much. And the thing says "pop-up", right? So obviously it's for children, just like comic books are.

[lupo pazzesco]

<HUGS> Oh, hun, I know exactly where you're coming from on bookstore customers, believe me! and the whole new/used price list. That IS a steal, but customers are never going to be happy. Even if you give it to them for free. Seriously...

To be fair, not everyone pays enough attention to the sex industry to know even that much. And the thing says "pop-up", right? So obviously it's for children, just like comic books are.

<Twitch> Because, y'know, I'd want my children reading something like 30 Days of Night. It's a perfect bedtime story. But anymore of my comments on the whole comic book = kiddies debate probably heads into Fratching territory, so I'll be a good 'lil girl...

[Legal Eagle]

am i the only one intrigued by a POP-UP Kama Sutra book?

[StanFlouride]

Definitely NOT!
Here's one with (annoyingly small) pics:
http://www.popupbooks.net/BookP/P185.html

[jerkface11]

You have a book marked $50 that should be selling for 150 EUROS?? Isn't that over $200?

[SadisticToaster]

Wow , "The Pop-up Kama Sutra" is real? I remember it being metioned in Red Dwarf , but I thought they were joking.

1) . . .opens it. She closes it immediately and storms out saying something to the effect of "It's not safe to even walk into a bookstore anymore."

Makes me wonder what popped up

[Captain Card]

You have a book marked $50 that should be selling for 150 EUROS?? Isn't that over $200?

As of right now 150 euros is 218 US Dollars.

[Mark Healey]

You have a book marked $50 that should be selling for 150 EUROS?? Isn't that over $200?

More like U$300, but it is used so it's half price right there. And then you can't do a simple currency conversion. You have to guestimate the local purchasing power equivalents. There are also other factors that are too boring to go into.

[jedimaster91]

am i the only one intrigued by a POP-UP Kama Sutra book?

I want one, too.

[wagegoth]

<Twitch> Because, y'know, I'd want my children reading something like 30 Days of Night. It's a perfect bedtime story. But anymore of my comments on the whole comic book = kiddies debate probably heads into Fratching territory, so I'll be a good 'lil girl...

I was at a comic book store with my two sons (12 and 9) buying comic books for hubs, boys and me. When I was checking out, the clerk actually asked if I was buying the Simpsons comics for the boys. I told him I was buying them for my husband. It was the first time anyone at that store had actually asked.

[PepperElf]

Of course all comics are for kids... just like the Japanese anime that has highly detailed pictures and cartoons of sex and orgies.
:eyeroll:

[BookstoreEscapee]

Wow , "The Pop-up Kama Sutra" is real? I remember it being metioned in Red Dwarf , but I thought they were joking.

Sure is

To be fair, not everyone pays enough attention to the sex industry to know even that much. And the thing says "pop-up", right? So obviously it's for children, just like comic books are.

When that book first came out one of the receivers saw "pop-up" and just tossed it on the kids' cart. Luckily it was caught before it actually got shelved in the kids' section.

Of course all comics are for kids... just like the Japanese anime that has highly detailed pictures and cartoons of sex and orgies.
:eyeroll:

Yes, that's why they're shelved in the Graphic Novels section and not the Kids' section. Also why so many of them are shrink-wrapped with little warnings on them.

[ArcticChicken]

1)"The Pop-up Kama Sutra"

I found The Pop-up Moby Dick the other day. It makes me sad.

[South Texan]

Makes me wonder what popped up

Having seen the contents of the standard version, I do not even want to think about what it was that popped-out at her!