Thank you. My point exactly. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t say I had this this experience with a famous person but YOU haven’t heard of him.
I had no trouble following AB and his story. I wonder about some of the rest of you. How is twit an archaism? It’s part of my current vocabulary and I bet it is part of a lot of peoples’ vocabularies. Also, the use of “not-unfamous” might be a bit “twee” (fyi, means “excessively quaint”) but it’s still English.
It is! I missed that the first time through the thread. Great story.
On par with AB’s story, I once found one of my own books, which I had signed over to a friend, at Half Price Books.
Ulp. Thanks, pal.
I assume he REALLY needed the cash…
As a noun, sure; as a verb, not so much.
Can you define “dick” for the class? Oh wait…
I think the “twit/tweet” hijack has run its course.
Start a new thread if it’s that compelling.
This guy bought a barbecue smoker and found another guy’s leg in it. And then refused to return it to him.
Meh, I got nuthin’ really interesting. Found some hardcore porn in a library book in high school, probably stashed by the owner when he saw the librarian coming. (I mean, it was intensely interesting to me at the time - it was the first time I really understood the what-bit-goes-where mechanics of intercourse - but it doesn’t make for a good story 30 years on.)
I don’t think anyone is questioning that it’s english. It’s just a very strange way to tell an anecdote.
Back when EBay was fun, I was the high bidder on a beautiful leather bound bible, autographed by the author. But then EBay closed the auction after some ass reported it. 
I found a smushed bug.
Page 53, second paragraph
Same here, except I was out-bid at the last second for its sequel, The Holy Bible 2: Tokyo Drift.
I bought what I thought (based on its title) was a textbook on humanitarian endeavors. Turns out it was full of recipes.
I got that joke.
Ah, Soylent Green.
Not to be confused with Green Peace.
The original owner sued but the court ruled he didn’t have a leg to stand on
I’m thinking To Serve Man
My then-fiancee was walking with mobility instructor in downtown LA, fretting aloud about whether getting married was going to be a good decision. As they passed a stationery store/printer, her companion glanced in the window at one of the displays and found a cocktail napkin with our first names on it (and, of course, a wedding date considerably in advance of ours). It’s one of the prized possessions in our wedding keepsake album.
Also, litcrit is such an obscure field, it’s difficult to conceive that a volume of it could be anything other than un-famous.
I found some old silver certificates in a used book. I think it was $33 worth. They are not worth much more than face value as I recall. I should probably pull them out and check again as this was over 20 years ago.
Was it in a specialised work?