On Mar 12, 2:03 pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:47:44 -0800, Dimitri wrote:
> > "Silvar Beitel" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Went to my library's used book sale this morning, bright and early,
> >> and grabbed a small stack of cookbooks. Spent a whopping $9. I was
> >> in and out in ten minutes - you gotta work fast 'cause the used book
> >> sellers show up in force and practically inhale books - a guy picking
> >> through the cookbooks next to me already had at least 50 books stacked
> >> up in "his" corner. But I digress.
>
> >> There was a booklet called Quick and Easy Casseroles. "Over 100
> >> superb recipes! Most are ready to bake in 15 minutes or less!"
>
> >> Well, OK, I like casseroles, so I snarfed it up. On returning home, I
> >> noticed the can of Durkee French Fried Onions next to the dish on the
> >> cover picture. Sure enough, every one of those 100 recipes has Durkee
> >> French Fried Onions in it. (You know, those fairly disgusting canned
> >> things that top the "standard" Thanksgiving green bean casserole,
> >> which of course is in this booklet.)
>
> >> So I'm out 50 cents :-)
>
> >> --
> >> Silvar Beitel
>
> > That is a VERY DANGEROUS practice.
>
> > That's how it starts - 600 cookbooks later......
>
> it's a wonder we haven't seen stories of people crushed to death under an
> avalanche of cookbooks, kinda like those you see about newspaper
> hoarders...
>
> your pal,
> blake

Hmmm. The Collyer brothers. E. L. Doctorow's latest,
_Homer_and_Langley_, is a pretty good read.

Having been the chosen one to clean out a relative's apartment after
she lived there for 27 years and never, ever threw anything away, to
the point where the only open spaces were narrow corridors between
ceiling-high stacks of stuff, and having filled the building's
dumpster to the brim several times over (it was only a one-bedroom
apartment!), I'm really sensitive to this!

Fortunately, my own place is many times bigger and won't fill up for
another five or ten years :-)

--
Silvar Beitel