[ModLib] The Best Sellers

[Michael Watson]

When scouting/scavenging I almost always find the big AA book in the 
company of the Book Of Mormon. Possible Assumption #1 is that people 
don't want to keep blue books. Possible Assumption #2 is that when 
folks quit Mormonism they reembrace booze.

-Michael

At 08:11 AM 6/26/2007, you wrote:

> > I hate arcania.
>
>Do you mean arcana?  No arcana, no fun.
>
>
> > James is a best-seller probably because it's quoted in the Big Book
> > of Alcoholics Anonymous, used by all the 12-step programs.
>
>I thought AA members could choose between this and The Lost 
>Weekend.  And most choose the latter.   Well, if not, this would 
>explain a high rate of relapse.
>
>
> > 204.1 is Dickens's Pickwick Papers. I have no idea what D4 is.
>
>And I ain't gonna tell ya what D4 is!  But I am sure some astute 
>collector will post the answer sometime soon.
>
>
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