Every so often we worry about the physical state of some of the books we loan out to the public. It's not our fault this time, it's a book we've borrowed off Borsetshire Libraries via the regional loan service. It's a bit stained, battered round the edges and the pages are falling out. It also happens to be the only copy available for loan anywhere in the country and is well-used even today, with a waiting list as long as your arm.
The waiting list isn't the only thing about the book that is as long as your arm. As we find out by casually letting the book open at random. A shocked perusal by people old enough to know better confirms that it is, for all intents and purposes, fairly hard core gay porn.
"Who on earth requested this?" I asked Sybil."One of the old dears on the housebound library run," she replies.
Silly question, really.
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And you're not going to tell us what the book is are you? Shall we have a competition and see who can guess it first? With the prize being a place at the head of the queue for its next loan?
I was that old dear!
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