Re: Totaldummyume

Lane W wrote:
> marg wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:29:07 -0700, % wrote:
>>
>>> marg wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:38:37 -0700, % wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> marg wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:55:00 -0700, % wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> marg wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:48:35 +0000, jojo wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> % wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> jojo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Lane W wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> The man in the library just let out a loud parp.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Now, William Stickers is going to point to this man 
>>>>>>>>>>>> as my
>>>>>>>>>>>> friend.
>>>>>>>>>>>> If confronted, he will scroll out endless lists of 
>>>>>>>>>>>> grocery
>>>>>>>>>>>> receipts that show us shopping together and he will 
>>>>>>>>>>>> claim that
>>>>>>>>>>>> the man is also in my fencing club.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Remeber, when you Totaldummyume about someone you make a
>>>>>>>>>>>> totaldummy out of u and me.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> what were you doing at a library?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> he was learning how to spell %
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> i mean who even goes to a library now? i cant remember 
>>>>>>>>> the last
>>>>>>>>> time i ever went! it was back in school, and the school 
>>>>>>>>> had its
>>>>>>>>> own library.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just helped build a new library in our village.  People 
>>>>>>>> around
>>>>>>>> here still like to read books and eschew computers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> we just got a new one but it took 3 years to raise the 
>>>>>>> money for it
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It took about that lone here too.  It's a lovely building 
>>>>>> though and
>>>>>> worth the wait.
>>>>>>
>>>>> ours is a lot better than the old one , the old one was 
>>>>> almost like a
>>>>> bookmobile i don't use libraries much anyway
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Our old library was very small and not up to code.  The new 
>>>> one has
>>>> upgraded restrooms (ADA compliant) and an entry ramp.  It is 
>>>> also
>>>> larger and the children's section is awesome.  It also has a 
>>>> public
>>>> meeting room and a computer area.  I've always been into 
>>>> books and so
>>>> was my husband.  He had over 5000 books, 1500 of which I 
>>>> donated to the
>>>> new library.  I need to get rid of more.  Sigh....
>>>>
>>> i have a few books , nature stuff and science and psychology ,
>>> she's got all kinds of books even from before i knew her ,
>>> all that steven king stuff and the hobbit stuff and the ring 
>>> stuff alone
>>> makes a ton of books i guess that's why i don't have lots ,
>>> i used to move a lot
>>
>>
>> My *Library* has all sorts of books; science, geography, history,
>> psychology, sociology as well as SF.  It's a very eclectic 
>> collection.
>>
> My library is like the proverbial elephant. If I hang out away 
> from the Sun on 4th floor, there are all sorts of biography 
> books. If I sit in the capsule on third floor there are law books 
> about the States. If I go to the second floor by the drop, there 
> are graphical novels people just can't seem to put down.

how is that an elephant? where is the elephantness being described?