# I cracked up in the bookstore today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402 "2007-05-02T01:23:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/1 "2007-05-02T01:23:09Z")
You may find this offensive if you’re a religious person. So I’m walking around trying to see if anything catches my eye. I walk by the religion section so I’m not paying much attention, but I saw the title of one. It was _Christianity for Dummies_. I laughed out loud for a bit, nobody else was around so I didn’t get any weird looks. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/2 "2007-05-02T01:44:10Z")
I would have probably done the same. It’s like, what’s the alternative? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/3 "2007-05-02T01:47:48Z")
You know what kills me at B&N every time? The section marked “Religious Fiction”. I can never resist cackling at it. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/4 "2007-05-02T01:55:39Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin] You know what kills me at B&N every time? The section marked “Religious Fiction”. I can never resist cackling at it. [/QUOTE] There are certain questions I shouldn’t answer at the reference desk. See, I work in a library that uses the [Library of Congress Classification system(PDF)](http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco_b.pdf). Where the subclass for the Bible is BS. So when someone comes in and wants to find a version of the bible I have to send them to the BS section. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/5 "2007-05-02T02:03:24Z")
[QUOTE=Lsura] There are certain questions I shouldn’t answer at the reference desk. See, I work in a library that uses the [Library of Congress Classification system(PDF)](http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco_b.pdf). Where the subclass for the Bible is BS. So when someone comes in and wants to find a version of the bible I have to send them to the BS section. [/QUOTE] I am laughing. And surprised someone hasn’t sued. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/6 "2007-05-02T02:07:10Z")
I …can’t. There’s just too, too much there to laugh at. That’s too easy. No, really, it is. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/7 "2007-05-02T15:10:38Z")
_groan_ :rolleyes: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/8 "2007-05-02T15:17:55Z")
I cracked up when I saw [this](http://www.amazon.com/Astrology-Dummies-Sports-Hobbies/dp/0470098406/ref=sr_1_1/002-6081022-2420045?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178118878&sr=1-1) on a bookstore shelf, but the Christianity one is good, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/9 "2007-05-02T17:22:54Z")
I work for a library system, and one day our Acquisitions head called me over. She had been unpacking a box of new books, and noticed that she had the following titles on her book truck in this order : **Wine for Dummies** , **Sex for Dummies** followed by **Parenting for Dummies**. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/10 "2007-05-02T18:34:33Z")
[QUOTE=Snarky\_Kong] … It was _Christianity for Dummies_. I laughed out loud for a bit, nobody else was around so I didn’t get any weird looks. [/QUOTE] Was it next to _Who Moved My Jesus_? Or maybe _The Porpoise Driven Life_? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/11 "2007-05-02T18:48:45Z")
I once picked up two side-by-side books, held one in each hand, and walked up to the cashier (who was on the phone). He looked at the book covers and started cracking up. One was Whitley Streiber’s **Communion** , with that almond-eyed alien “grey” on the cover. The other was **The collected Works of Truman Capote**. The cover was a caricature of Capote, wearing opaque shades that made his eyes look just like that alien’s. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/12 "2007-05-02T19:36:54Z")
As mean as it is, I laughed at **The GED for Dummies.** ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cracked-up-in-the-bookstore-today/402402/13 "2007-05-02T20:06:58Z")
I saw this thread and thought “at least it’s not just me” 😃