The drunk throws away the empty bottle, the smoker discards the empty packet, but a book addict never throws away anything.
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He keeps the empty words?
Which one?
The poorly-mimeographed one?
That costs extra.
Neither do TV, video game, and YouTube addicts. They all can be very inexpensive these days, although my younger son spends way too much time and money on video games.
I have gotten rid of books, usually by donation rather than throwing them away. But I still have several hundred LPs that I can’t bear to throw away, even though I no longer have a functioning record player.
Well, ok. The online version will do.
Oh wait, I love the smell of toner fluid on cheap paper.
I’ll fork over the extra 25 cents.
They throw away their ignorance.
(Is your mind suitably blown by my profundity? Should I write a book?)
Wow! I’m suitably (stupidly)impressed.