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dhang

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#44
^^ funny and nice idea lol
 

T_Laurich

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#45
I wonder if this would work if I offered to pay for someone else's tithing... HMMM :rolleyes:
 

rachelsedge

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Bryancampbell

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#47
That's because it's only the first volume. You gotta read all 8 and then we'll make sense. :D
I got the books on tape, well...rented them, the library wouldn't let me check them all out.
 
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NukePooch

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#48
I feel weird at bookstores, if there are people standing near me. I even feel weird if that person standing near me is my husband, and he's offering to buy me the book I'm trying to read before closing time.

I have a pretty big personal bubble, and it gets bigger in bookstores. So, if a random person was all, "Oh, let me buy that book for you, you seem really into it..." there's a good chance I'd throw the book at them and run for it.

Er...for everyone else though, what a nice idea :D

Ditto. If I'm in front of a book section, you can ask and I'll step aside, but don't stand right next to me and look where I'm looking.
I personally refuse to sit and read in bookstores. (To me, that's like some weird form of stealing.) If I'm not shopping, I'm leaving.
 
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Tintin

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#49
If you're caught reading any more than a page or so of a book in Australia, you'll be questioned and rudely asked to leave the shop. That's my experience any way. Not that I've ever read more than the first page or two (to get an idea of the writing style, voice etc., and the back cover blurb. Some people who work in bookstores need to get a clue. I have integrity.
 
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MidniteWelder

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#50
Took my son so he could ask the clerk forrrr theeeeeeeeee
"great big book of everything and everything inside"
they said they were out....
we were so disgusted we haven't been back since
 
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NukePooch

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#51
If you're caught reading any more than a page or so of a book in Australia, you'll be questioned and rudely asked to leave the shop. That's my experience any way. Not that I've ever read more than the first page or two (to get an idea of the writing style, voice etc., and the back cover blurb. Some people who work in bookstores need to get a clue. I have integrity.
Here in the States, some people will go to a bookstore and read the entire book without ever paying for it. Libraries are funded by the public, bookstores are funded by....selling books! I wish more shop owners here had 'a clue'.

Unfortunately, I think it's just yet another example of political correctness gone too far, where everyone is afraid of saying anything to anyone.
 
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MissCris

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#52
Yikes...just so's y'all know...I don't *actually* read the whole book at the bookstore. Just the first chapter (ish) to see if it's worth the 15 or 25 or 30 bucks they want for it...and then I usually buy it anyway, and I now have a special place on the bottom of my bookshelf for books that were NOT, in fact, worth the money.

Man, you exaggerate a little around here and get kicked right out of the book club...

:D

(I wanted to clarify that, cuz it IS kinda really thieving to read a whole book without paying for it)
 
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NukePooch

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#53
Yikes...just so's y'all know...I don't *actually* read the whole book at the bookstore. Just the first chapter (ish) to see if it's worth the 15 or 25 or 30 bucks they want for it...and then I usually buy it anyway, and I now have a special place on the bottom of my bookshelf for books that were NOT, in fact, worth the money.

Man, you exaggerate a little around here and get kicked right out of the book club...

:D

(I wanted to clarify that, cuz it IS kinda really thieving to read a whole book without paying for it)
Well, having never seen you at a bookstore (or anywhere else for that matter), I really didn't direct my comments to you, but rather to those who take root to a comfy chair with a bestseller in their laps, then will come back multiple times until they read the entire thing...and will actually dog-ear the page to keep their place until they return.

Yes, I've known two people like this.

So, MissCris, my comments weren't directed to you, and you are still in the book club.

Unless you dog-ear pages of books you have no intention of buying, then I'll bring the feathers. If no one else brings hot tar, then I can use hot wax from the scented candle section.
 
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GRA

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#55
... he says while signifying 'zero' ...

"What does this really mean?" :eek: :confused:

;)

:)
Perhaps...

"Buy several or don't buy any at all..." ?

:p

:)
 
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Mammachickadee

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#58
... he says while signifying 'zero' ...

"What does this really mean?" :eek: :confused:

;)

:)
ya know how people gesture when they are speaking succinctly. That whole three fingers together as they conduct their thoughts? That's what he was doing :)
 
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GRA

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#59


Yes... pretty much...
What really adds to the humor of this picture ( for those of you who do not realize it ) is that it is shown as a "Cliffs Notes" book ( normally a 'pamplet' ). The "Cliffs Notes" series are known for being summaries of literary works...

:)
 
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Mammachickadee

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#60
First volume? I thought that was the Introduction to the book. ( written by a woman, of course... :D )

:eek:

;)

:)
Better an exhaustive book on a complex subject that will challenge your mind and understanding than a book (on men) that is less than .25 inches thick and states everything in layman's terms but does nothing but exasperate a woman due to its insignificant level of complexity. ''You'd think there would be more to them for as nuts as they make us. I guess, in the end, women like the simpler things in life... men.''
 

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