contraction-al obligations

[gregoria44]

I was wandering through the receipts in my wallet yesterday, and came across one from work that listed the title, Children Who Smell. I had absolutely no recollection of buying such a book, and had to look up the ISBN to reassure myself that I wasn't losing it.

Turned out to be Children Who Smelled a Rat, The by the Ahlbergs (which I'd bought for

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[fuunsaiki]

As a fangirl of Shakespeare's Histories, I promise that Eek! It's Hal is funny to people who've never met your co-worker. ;)

[gregoria44]

Well, phew.

(Some folk on here are more literary than me, I would do well to remember that!)

[fuunsaiki]

Oh, I think calling me literary is a push. But Eek! It's Hal is an accurate description of what happened when I went to the Royal Shakespeare Company open day and found a load of costumes on display. ;D (Is it wrong to know your favourite actor's inside leg measurement, if it was on display in a folder for all to see...?)

[karena]

lol

nope!

[coyotecolored]

Working at an online bookstore, I came across a few spectacular automated system-induced goofs like that.

The best (but rather risque!) one I ever ran across was the man who ordered a book through a certain big-name online vendor that had somehow contracted the title "Asrology & Sexual Analysis" (our book) into "Astro Sex Anal: Making O" (their listing). I had to email the fellow in an attempt to explain the mix-up, and to verify whether he really wanted "Astro Sex Anal: Making O" or had in fact ordered "Astrology & Sexual Analysis", in which case we would be happy to ship it out ASAP, etc etc.

He never did respond to my email.

[coyotecolored]

*Astrology, hello fingers.

[gregoria44]

Sounds like Assrology is more accurate...

I don't blame him for not answering, he obviously wasn't committed enough to his purchase!

Heh. I love stuff like this. What I love even more is that it's one of those things that's more amusing to us booksellers than the general population.

[dyfferent]

I used to laugh because the till abbreviated 'Groucho [Marx quotation tote] bags' as HO BAGS. They straightened the next till roll and ruined my fun.

[gregoria44]

Gits!

Just think - it would have been a much greater incentive to see how many HO BAGS you could sell as add-ons.

After all, those HOs can be hard to handle alone...

[alwaysourselves]

textbook: becoming a master student
receipt: becoming a master stud