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Three things. Three shall be the number of the things, and the number of the things shall be three.
Or something like that.
Firstly, I'm mildly disturbed by sentences starting with "I'm looking for a book..." This especially holds in situations where I'm saying it in a bookshop, and consequently feeling utterly stupidlike for declaring myself to be looking for a book while in a bookshop. Since the whole searching-for-a-stack-of-paper-glued-along-one-side thing is pretty much a given in a bookshop, this brings me to wonder what other socially-invisible phrasing could be used. This, dear readers, is where you come in. What would you use?
Next, I've learned of the existence of a tea shop! Where they sell tea! Many kinds of tea! Many kinds of tea that smell pretty! Many, many kinds of tea! Camellia sinensipreciousssssesssss that I wantsssssessss! Mmmmmtea.
So, I now have tea with mint and chocolate in. It has much tasty.
Lastly, I have a meme, nicked from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
amyrose2021 and lesslikeyou.
You are required tomanoeuvre straight down this trench look through my icons and pick out your very favourite one. Then, you right-click and go to 'properties', then copy the image URL. Once you've done this, comment to this entry, posting the icon as an image (ie, <img src="icon URL goes here">).
*May not actually involve a plane.
Or something like that.
Firstly, I'm mildly disturbed by sentences starting with "I'm looking for a book..." This especially holds in situations where I'm saying it in a bookshop, and consequently feeling utterly stupidlike for declaring myself to be looking for a book while in a bookshop. Since the whole searching-for-a-stack-of-paper-glued-along-one-side thing is pretty much a given in a bookshop, this brings me to wonder what other socially-invisible phrasing could be used. This, dear readers, is where you come in. What would you use?
Next, I've learned of the existence of a tea shop! Where they sell tea! Many kinds of tea! Many kinds of tea that smell pretty! Many, many kinds of tea! Camellia sinensipreciousssssesssss that I wantsssssessss! Mmmmmtea.
So, I now have tea with mint and chocolate in. It has much tasty.
Lastly, I have a meme, nicked from
amyrose2021 and lesslikeyou.You are required to
*May not actually involve a plane.
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Date: 2006-03-24 05:14 am (UTC)This icon makes me happy.
And as for the "I'm looking for a book" suggestion, I just say get on with it. Just tell them what book you're looking for. "I'm looking for The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove. Can you help me?" Although I don't suggest asking for that particular book and then asking if they could help, because what if there really IS a lust lizard. I'm sure you wouldn't be looking for it.
You get the point.
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Date: 2006-03-24 05:18 am (UTC)Also... what?
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Date: 2006-03-24 10:54 am (UTC)My HTML should be 1337 this time
Date: 2006-03-24 05:24 am (UTC)Nothing beats the classic wit of this one.
And, I have to say, "I'm looking for a book," isn't a bad opener for a sentence in a bookstore as long as you add descriptors to that initial noun. Like, would you feel bad about going into that tea store and saying "I'm looking for some tea that'll help me sleep at night,"?
But, if you're feeling awful, why don't you just say "I'm looking for something that/about/written by X/Y/Z." The "something" is contextually informed.
Your HTML has much 1337
Date: 2006-03-24 05:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-24 05:45 am (UTC)It has served me well.
Do you know the author or title or genre of the book? Today I was bookshopping, and I suddenly remembered a book recommendation, only I couldn't remember the author. I was about to go up to the counter and ask "Do you have [title]?" (only with more "hi"s and "yeah"s and "um"s), but then I spotted it on the shelves. *whew!*
"I'm looking for [blah]" or "Do you know if you have [dinglehicky]?" also work.
Conversely, I have a perverse reluctance to ask directions in a bookshop. I spent about half an hour wandering Books Kinokuniya trying to find the comic books section (and another fifteen minutes trying to figure out the shelving system). Ye gods, that place is enormous. And twisty. It has nooks!
Memes on a plane
And there's not a goddamn thing you can do about it!
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Date: 2006-03-24 05:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-24 06:02 am (UTC)Lemming nostalgia, yay!
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Date: 2006-03-24 06:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-24 07:48 am (UTC)And I'm one of those who would rather wander around a bookstore for hours, lost, instead of asking someone where something is. Although I think asking if they have a specific author or book might be the way to go.
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Date: 2006-03-25 05:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-24 08:35 am (UTC)Now you're beginning to sound a lot like me.
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Date: 2006-03-25 05:27 am (UTC)Well, I'm about to make myself a cup of Earl Grey.
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Date: 2006-03-24 08:58 am (UTC)It's a tossup between
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Date: 2006-03-24 09:09 am (UTC)hee!
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Date: 2006-03-24 10:54 am (UTC)(Since I completely didn't get it until I saw the episode. :P)
Or
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Date: 2006-03-24 10:55 am (UTC)I've had way too much caffeine today.
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Date: 2006-03-24 12:20 pm (UTC)it's funny because i can believe thats what they were doing
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Date: 2006-03-25 05:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-24 02:13 pm (UTC)Anyway
Just always amused me. Deliberately didn't pick a Serenity or QC one just because...
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Date: 2006-03-25 05:07 am (UTC)Also, arrr!
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Date: 2006-03-31 02:46 am (UTC)Okay, not the paperclip because I like
Ooooh, the GUI programming bunny! They showed that during lesson a couple of weeks ago. And I love them. THEY WALK AND DIG AND CLIMB AND FALL AND HAVE UMBRELLAS AND DROWN AND DIE. That's the only thing I remember from that video. My teacher would be so proud.
=O Pintsize♥
Love the basket.
Okay, chose.
And now I know how to hotlink wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Date: 2006-03-31 03:57 am (UTC)Also, 'tis a lemming, from the classic computer game Lemmings. The lemming icon will tile, so they'll fall and walk and fall and walk into the next icon forever.
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Date: 2006-03-31 04:15 am (UTC)=O BITCHIN.
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Date: 2006-03-31 04:36 am (UTC)Credit's nice, and I'd like if there was a note that my laundry basket is not to be taken. Not that I could imagine why anyone would want to.
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Date: 2006-03-31 04:46 am (UTC)Done, and I would want to. That's one cool basket.