# Haruki Murakami airs his laundry

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haruki-murakami-airs-his-laundry/956242
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 17, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haruki-murakami-airs-his-laundry/956242 "2021-12-17T20:53:23Z")
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### Author: ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haruki-murakami-airs-his-laundry/956242/1 "2021-12-17T20:53:23Z")

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You know that old saying about how someone is so popular that they could publish their grocery list, and it would be a best seller? Well, this is close to it. I just noticed that Haruki Murakami’s latest book is—photographs of his t-shirts.

> **[Amazon.com: Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love: 9780593320426: Murakami, Haruki,...](https://www.amazon.com/Murakami-T-T-Shirts-I-Love/dp/0593320425)**
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> Amazon.com: Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love: 9780593320426: Murakami, Haruki, Gabriel, Philip: Books

Something to enjoy while waiting for Stephen King’s next book, _Stuff I Found Between My Couch Cushions_.

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### Author: ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haruki-murakami-airs-his-laundry/956242/2 "2021-12-18T00:24:56Z")

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> Something to enjoy while waiting for Stephen King’s next book, _Stuff I Found Between My Couch Cushions_ .

Yes, but the stuff between Stephen King’s couch cushions is sentient and will rise up to conduct a campaign of terror.

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### Author: ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haruki-murakami-airs-his-laundry/956242/3 "2021-12-20T12:40:54Z")

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Some people will try anything to finally get that Nobel. I think this will do it.

They do have a Nobel Prize for Laundry don’t they?

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### Author: ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haruki-murakami-airs-his-laundry/956242/4 "2021-12-20T13:01:36Z")

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Add this to the list of “Books that could have been Instagram posts”.