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August 14, 2006 12:04 AM
Broken: Hawking book cover
Stephen Bedwell writes in:
It always aggravates me when libraries and bookstores put price tags or barcodes on the covers of books, often obscuring the title, author, or part of the synopsis on the back.
In this case, Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" becomes something entirely different.
I haven't laughed this hard since the BS cookies. Very funny. Considering there is a spot on the lower left of the cover that has no text on it and is the right size for the barcode, I would agree that someone did this on purpose.
The camera flash has obscured Hawking's face... anyway, this is a great one. Obviously it was done on purpose, which makes it even better.
I agree, it was either done on purpose or by someone who really didn't care. Still, I didn't know theoretical physicists were so egotistic! :)
Well, I suppose everyone needs an autobiography.
I have a feeling the barcode was placed there on purpose.
The thing that I hate is how my library tapes magnetic strips on the Audio CDs they check out. I think they are stuck on to prevent people from stealing them (since they will trip the detector at the doors), but they often mess up the playback of the CDs.
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Previous: Spreadshirt.com order status | Main | Next: (Seth Godin at Gel 2006)
Classic!
Posted by: Dave! at August 14, 2006 12:46 AM