My local newspaper got right behind World Book Day….not!
March 6, 2009 by Rob
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So today was World Book Day in the UK (as I’ve stated a few times already), and getting right into the spirit of things my local weekly newspaper ran a kind of ‘whattcha reading?’ viewpoints feature on some members of the local public. I was quite stunned by a couple of the responses (there were only about six printed in total). One guy stated “I’m not really into books. I read the [featured paper]’s job section and am looking for an apprenticeship at the moment”. Another commented, “I read the sport in the newspapers and always turn to the back page of the [featured paper] first before I read anything else.
Emmm……anyone getting the impression that either 1. My local newspaper is using World Book Day as a kind self-evangalising advertisement or 2. The reporter(s) responsible for this assignment couldn’t really be that bothered looking for suitable participants (even though all he/she had to do was stand outside of the door of the local branch of Waterstones for an hour).
Lord give me strength! 
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Rob, a self-confessed bibliophile, is without any hope of rehabilitation. He gets unnaturally excited over anything book-shaped, and if book sniffing were a crime then he would have been locked up years ago (which wouldn't bother him in the slightest provided his cell were lined with books)
Uh…. *shakes head* Yes, to both.
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Heheh, excellent, gotta love those local papers! Frank Skinner once said that you can replace the word ‘local’ with the word ‘crap’ in any sentence and it will still make sense. So: “A local paper carried out a survey of readers…” Yep, it works!
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John – Thanks for putting a smile on my face. I like Frank. He’s very observational!
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