Anybody lose a book? by Cybersnark

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Anybody lose a book?

POSTED BY: CYBERSNARK
UPDATED: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 17:33
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Monday, April 10, 2006 3:41 AM

CYBERSNARK

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Police are trying to locate the owner of a 300-year-old ledger, bound in human skin, found in a Leeds road.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/4891100.stm

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Monday, April 10, 2006 11:43 AM

ODDNESS2HER

Creepy!

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Monday, April 10, 2006 11:58 AM

GLOBLABSURDITY

Uh. Wonder what they want to find the owner of the book for--not that it's me, mind you. That would make me some kind of hypothetical criminally insane individual with homicidal tendancies or some such--none of which I am, of course. I mean, supposing with todays superior forensic applications--it couldn't be too hard to find prints or SOMETHING to give an idea of who the book belonged to, not me, or you for that matter--you know--right?! Well then. It'll be interesting to see if the owner can be found, seeing as how I wouldn't have a clue about that myself.
Cheers!

*Never judge a book by it's movie*
*The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark,less sharp version of the truth*--D.Koontz (Forever Odd)

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:30 AM

CYBERSNARK

Well, like the article said, they were not uncommon in the middle ages, so it could be some sort of historical artifact.

I'm more curious as to what it was doing in the middle of the road.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:41 AM

CALLMESERENITY

Now, see, if we had to worry now-a-days that if we were caught committing a crime that we'd be killed and then our skin would grace the cover of the latest best seller at Barnes & Noble, I have a feeling that crime rates would drop.

Just a theory.

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:02 AM

GLOBLABSURDITY

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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
Now, see, if we had to worry now-a-days that if we were caught committing a crime that we'd be killed and then our skin would grace the cover of the latest best seller at Barnes & Noble, I have a feeling that crime rates would drop.

Just a theory.

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

Now, see, some people might find a twisted sort of honor in that. Living vicariously immortalized as the binding of some macabre book. *shiver*
Will be interesting to see how this story developes.

*Never judge a book by it's movie*
*The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark,less sharp version of the truth*--D.Koontz (Forever Odd)

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:07 AM

DAYVE

anthropodermic bibliopegy? not a much sought after job, i would imagine.....

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3:26 PM

CYBERSNARK

You kidding?

I'd love to have that on a business card.

The looks of stunned horror alone would be worth it.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3:49 PM

DARKJESTER

I just got a quick visual flash of the book's spine...... LOL

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:14 PM

MSCKAREN

Anybody have Niska's wave coordinates?

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:32 PM

SAMEERTIA

As a fanatic of antiquarian books, I can say that these aren't all too rare for the time period.
Someone probably thought they were stealing something valuable that they could fence, and then panicked when they realized that it's about as difficult to fence as the Lassiter! But about as valuable if you can find a private collector who wants it!

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:38 PM

FLORALBUNNY

D'you suppose that's what Reavers do when they have leftovers from the clothes-making?

bun
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 5:33 PM

RYCE

Wow, the title of this thread caught my eye since I did recently misplace a book and cannot find it anywhere (it's starting to drive me nuts looking for it :-o )

No power in the 'verse can stop me!

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