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Bookshelves - The how/why of the books

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Screenshot 2024-11-22 at 10.19.06

5 years ago he was just normal.

Screenshot 2024-11-22 at 10.19.28

But now - Oh Wow! Have I missed something here? Is this the trendy new way to display your books or has the poor bloke had to sell the family heirlooms?

Would you?

And yes - this image was shamelessly stolen from Mumsnet 😀


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 10:23 am
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We noticed that as well. My first, fleeting thought was that it was a load of model railway wagons. It's obviously not but it's just as weird.


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 10:39 am
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There has been extensive discussion of how to order bookshelves on the last two episodes of the Rest is Entertainment podcast


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 10:59 am
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It's not his house...


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 11:14 am
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Where is he in that second image though? The first one is presumably at home but the second one doesn't look like a domestic interior - Looks like a still from a zoom call on a laptop so could be anywhere.


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 11:17 am
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I don't care if it's not his house... it's bloody funny    ( 😀  or whichever lol emoji happens to randomly work )


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 11:18 am
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There has been extensive discussion of how to order bookshelves on the last two episodes of the Rest is Entertainment podcast

He seems to side with Osmand in the first pic.


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 11:19 am
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I don’t care if it’s not his house

It looks like the literary version of a coconut shy. Only the books in the middle of the top shelf left to knock over to win a goldfish


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 11:21 am
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Dumber than drinks in jam jars, and that’s pretty dumb.


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 11:31 am
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Hate to disagree with you @bentandbroken - he has never been normal, like ever.


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 12:04 pm
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Posted : 22/11/2024 12:07 pm
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L-space gone wrong


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 1:11 pm
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Presumably that's his collection of dodgy dossiers


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 1:14 pm
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@aide I was merely referring to the bookcase element, although maybe its a background stunt by the film crew implying a posher version of one sandwich short of a picnic….


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 2:25 pm
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I arrange my books by size. I own quite a lot (my employer gives me a budget to buy them for professional development and if I don't spend the money, they might take it away so I have to spend it or lose it, but I don't have time to sit around reading them). I gave up pretending to read them years ago so it's much more convenient to just arrange them by size.


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 2:38 pm
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it’s much more convenient to just arrange them by size.

They don't call them 'volumes' for nothing.


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 3:51 pm
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L-space gone wrong

Ook.


 
Posted : 22/11/2024 4:36 pm

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