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By Jen Campbell

This Sunday occasions Bestseller is a miscellany of hilarious and weird book place moments:
'Can books behavior electricity?'
'My young ones are only hiking your bookshelves: that's ok... isn't it?'

A John Cleese Twitter query ['What is your puppy peeve?'], first sparked the 'Weird issues consumers Say in Bookshops' weblog, which grew over 3 years into one bookseller's number of ridiculous conversations at the store ground.

From 'Did Beatrix Potter ever write a booklet approximately dinosaurs?' to the quest for a paperback that could forecast the following year's climate; and from 'I've forgotten my glasses, please learn me the 1st chapter' to'Excuse me... is that this ebook edible?'

This full-length assortment illustrated via the Brothers McLeod additionally comprises best 'Weird Things' from bookshops round the world.

The sequel, 'More bizarre issues clients Say in Bookshops' can also be to be had <a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16174631-more-weird-things-customers-say-in-bookshops#other_reviews">http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...</a>;

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150 What did the pink rabbit say to the blue rabbit? ” 151 What do you get when you cross a pig and a tree? A porky pine. 152 Why do white sheep eat more grass than black sheep? Because there are more of them. 153 Why shouldn’t you tell a pig a secret? Because he’s a squealer. 154 What do frogs want to listen to at bedtime? Croak-and-dagger stories. 155 What is cowhide most used for? Holding cows together. 156 What kind of snake is good at math? An adder. 157 What do you give a deer with an upset stomach?

It had something to do with an apple. Phil: Oh, I know. Granny Smith! ” asked the preacher. ” “No,” they answered. ” Finally, after a long silence, a little fellow spoke up. ” 244 A Sunday school class was ready for its question-and-answer session. ” asked the teacher. ’” 246 The young couples’ Sunday school class was studying the story of Abraham and Sarah, who in their nineties were blessed with a child. ” 247 A father was teaching his son to admire the beauties of nature. ” The father was baffled.

100 Where do fish like to go on vacation? Finland. 101 How do you find a spider on the Internet? Check out his Web site. 102 What do you call a penguin in the desert? Lost. 103 The farmer’s son was returning from the market with a crate of chickens his father had entrusted to him, when all of a sudden the box fell and broke open. Chickens scurried off in different directions, but the boy walked all over the neighborhood, retrieving the birds and returning them to the repaired crate. Hoping he had found them all, the boy returned home.

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