Rather, I did a few times in high school. I loaned out De Bello Gallico to a friend in my Latin class and got it back in bad shape (though I do feel sort of bad because the girl died a few years out of college of a brain aneurysm and she was a good person). Then I loaned out a book on the Mossad to a slacker friend and haven't gotten it back.
As a result, my response when people ask about borrowing a book is that as soon as I get back that book on the Mossad, I'll consider loaning out books again.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
I've realized there is one thing I do like about e-books
- 28/05/2013 06:12:55 PM
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You make a compelling point.
- 28/05/2013 09:01:03 PM
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I don't loan out books - ever.
- 28/05/2013 11:48:22 PM
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I feel like I need to earn a visit to your house.
- 28/05/2013 10:25:58 PM
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I don't loan people books often, but that's because it doesn't come up often...
- 29/05/2013 10:34:00 PM
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Legolas! For shame.
- 31/05/2013 12:08:41 AM
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My brother stole my first copy of EotW then destroyed my second when borrowing it...
- 30/05/2013 04:56:50 PM
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