Steve O wrote:

"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote in message
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"RedRover" <hairy@bigtoe.net> wrote in message
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Recently at Barnes & Noble, I decided to correct a small
discrepancy by nonchalantly moving the Bibles from the religion
section to sci-fi fantasy. I managed to move about a dozen and
then sat down to watch the comical reactions. What a hoot.

Damnit, I was at my local Barnes & Noble for about two hours one evening
last week - Should have done this ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557

My particular pet hate happens to be Gideon Bibles.
Every opportunity I get, they go where they belong - in the bin.
When a particular cleaning maid objected, I just told her that I'd "already
read it" which is why it was in there with all the other crap they leave out
for you in hotel rooms.

I enjoy writing comments and drawing pictures all over the Gideon's
Bible when staying in hotel rooms.

"Chris Johnson" <effigies@gmail.com> wrote in
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Fred Liken wrote:

"RedRover" <hairy@bigtoe.net> wrote in message
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Recently at Barnes & Noble, I decided to correct a small
discrepancy by nonchalantly moving the Bibles from the religion
section to sci-fi fantasy. I managed to move about a dozen and
then sat down to watch the comical reactions. What a hoot.

So sad your hate is.

Leads to the dark side, it does. Hmm. Yes. Very powerful is the dark
side.

ROFL. I could hear that voice echoing in my head as I read your words!!

On 27 Sep 2006 08:39:50 -0700, "Chris Johnson" <effigies@gmail.com>
wrote:

Fred Liken wrote:

"RedRover" <hairy@bigtoe.net> wrote in message
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Recently at Barnes & Noble, I decided to correct a small
discrepancy by nonchalantly moving the Bibles from the religion
section to sci-fi fantasy. I managed to move about a dozen and
then sat down to watch the comical reactions. What a hoot.

So sad your hate is.

Leads to the dark side, it does. Hmm. Yes. Very powerful is the dark
side.

I've never understood why they are so stupid they understand that if
they kept it to themselves instead of imposing it on everybody else,
nobody would do this kind of thing.

And that when they lie it being
due to hatred, they only escalate what they started in the first
place.

"Chris Johnson" <effigies@gmail.com> wrote in message
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L. Raymond wrote:

RedRover wrote:

Recently at Barnes & Noble, I decided to correct a small
discrepancy by nonchalantly moving the Bibles from the religion
section to sci-fi fantasy. I managed to move about a dozen and
then sat down to watch the comical reactions. What a hoot.

Once when I was working in a book store I was careless and didn't
realize a new book called "The Boomers Bible" was a parody so I stuck it
in the bible section. About 30 minutes later, some yahoo with bugging
eyes who was almost literally frothing at the mouth brought all six of
them up to the counter, slammed them down and demanded to know why such
blasphemous filth was in the bible section. He didn't realize I had done
it, and I was thoroughly entertained by his rant.

I find that inadvertent blasphemies can be some of the funniest. Lately
somebody asked me if I knew what "Amen" meant, and without thinking I
said "Simon says?".

Oh no! What was their reaction?

MarkA wrote:

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:36:05 -0500, L. Raymond wrote:

RedRover wrote:

Recently at Barnes & Noble, I decided to correct a small discrepancy by
nonchalantly moving the Bibles from the religion section to sci-fi
fantasy. I managed to move about a dozen and then sat down to watch the
comical reactions. What a hoot.

Once when I was working in a book store I was careless and didn't
realize a new book called "The Boomers Bible" was a parody so I stuck it
in the bible section. About 30 minutes later, some yahoo with bugging
eyes who was almost literally frothing at the mouth brought all six of
them up to the counter, slammed them down and demanded to know why such
blasphemous filth was in the bible section. He didn't realize I had done
it, and I was thoroughly entertained by his rant.

I can only assume that he didn't recognize the KJV Bible as also being
blasphemous filth?

Well, technically it can't be blasphemous since it's what they measure
blasphemous things against.

"I'm sorry, sir, but we are not allowed to play favorites. Pick whichever
version of blasphemous filth you would like to purchase, and leave the
rest for the next patron. Thank you, and have a nice day."

This reminds me of an incident at another store in the same chain. I
wasn't there, but I talked to the clerk who was involved. Some older
guy waited in line to check out, and at the counter he slapped down a
bunch of soft porn magazines that the chain would keep way up in the
back of the rack. He quoted the bible and demanded to know why the
store tolerated such filth etc. etc. The clerk was pointing out this
stuff was nowhere a kid could ever get to it when the man suddenly spun
around and showed a nude centerfold to the ten year old boy behind him,
and he asked the mother if she felt violated that her son could be
exposed to such sinfulness. I guess she did because she hauled off and
hit the man hard enough to knock him away from the counter, and she
called him some choice names and slapped him a few more times for good
measure.