Tom Gauld | Bluesky

Transcript

A cartoon in which the speech bubbles are categorised by colour.

Panel 1: A man cooks dinner for a woman who is looking at his bookshelves. He calls from the kitchen”I hope you’re not judging me on my bookshelves?” (Blue) She replies “Haha, no!” (Orange)

Panel 2: She takes a book off the shelf and asks “Have you read all of these?” (Blue) He replies “Of course!” (Orange)

Panel 3: she leafs through the book and asks “Can I borrow this?’ (Blue) He replies “Sure, I love lending my books!” (Orange)

The key below explains that Blue represents a question and orange represents a lie.

  • Cris_Citrus@piefed.zipEnglish
    43·
    9 days ago

    The question and lie color coded aspect is really interesting! though I really like reading it sans that element, cause then it just becomes a really nice exchange :)

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    9 days ago

    I borrowed a couple paperbacks from a friend last year (we only get together once or twice a year). He took photos of them. He and his wife have, by their estimate, at least 60,000 books. They added onto their house to shelve them and converted their garage into a “stacks” room.

    • Telodzrum@lemmy.world
      11·
      9 days ago

      That’s rather off putting, tbh. I’ve never lent a book hoping it would come back to me. I’m not some dewey decimal dragon jealous of a hoard of knowledge.

  • skhayfa@lemmy.world
    11·
    9 days ago

    I always feel guilty to have books I’ve read and that I liked sitting on my shelves gathering dust. That’s why I proactively gift them.

  • criticon@lemmy.ca
    5·
    9 days ago

    I’m very upfront about which of my books I haven’t read, and I don’t mind lending the ones I already read. I usually have a couple of books in my car to exchange at free little libraries too