Moby!...Dick?
A pocket sized mystery occurred today which I feel is worth posting about. Today in the mail, I received a copy of Moby Dick by Herman Melville. I was not expecting Moby Dick, in fact I already own two copies of it, so it was the last thing I was expecting in the mail. I was expecting a copy of Moby : Replay - His Life and Times because Moby is the man, but no one could possibly confuse Moby with a gargantuan, white whale, right?
To make things even stranger, I had started to read Moby Dick the previous night for fun, so I suddenly felt like I was being watched and psychologically messed with. Who knew that I read Moby Dick last night? Why did I get a book from Bookarama from Bensalem, PA? Did I order this book and forget about it? No. Who among my friends and family would do such a thing? I called many and no one had any clue.
I returned to my room and looked up Bookarama on Google. A search for “Bookarama Bensalem” brought up three meaningless results. The address, 3161 State Rd, turned out to be a mattress factory called Croydon Mattress Factory. Was our universe colliding with another parallel one and I received a package from this other universe?
I called Croydon Mattress Factory.
“Hello, Crotdon Mattress Factory.”
“Hello, has your factory ever been a book store? or did a bookstore own the building before you?”
“Um...I don’t think so.”
“At no point has your building every been a book store?”
“Right. Is that it?”
“Yup. Thanks.”
I think I hurt his brain.
I checked out the packaging and noted that the book cost $2.32. Now that made me think. I love buying really cheap books online, and $2.32 is practically free. Did I buy this book!? NO!!! But I did buy that Moby book for really cheap...oh my. A quick search of my Ebay buys shows that I indeed did buy a Moby book for $2.32 last week.
Not correct me if I’m wrong, but I figure that people who work at bookstores are literate. Moby : Replay - His Life and Times, Moby Dick. Not even close. Wow.
And there concludes the somewhat entertaining pill-sized mystery that made my life entertaining for a few hours.
PS If anyone wants to buy Moby Dick, I’ve got an extra copy.
To make things even stranger, I had started to read Moby Dick the previous night for fun, so I suddenly felt like I was being watched and psychologically messed with. Who knew that I read Moby Dick last night? Why did I get a book from Bookarama from Bensalem, PA? Did I order this book and forget about it? No. Who among my friends and family would do such a thing? I called many and no one had any clue.
I returned to my room and looked up Bookarama on Google. A search for “Bookarama Bensalem” brought up three meaningless results. The address, 3161 State Rd, turned out to be a mattress factory called Croydon Mattress Factory. Was our universe colliding with another parallel one and I received a package from this other universe?
I called Croydon Mattress Factory.
“Hello, Crotdon Mattress Factory.”
“Hello, has your factory ever been a book store? or did a bookstore own the building before you?”
“Um...I don’t think so.”
“At no point has your building every been a book store?”
“Right. Is that it?”
“Yup. Thanks.”
I think I hurt his brain.
I checked out the packaging and noted that the book cost $2.32. Now that made me think. I love buying really cheap books online, and $2.32 is practically free. Did I buy this book!? NO!!! But I did buy that Moby book for really cheap...oh my. A quick search of my Ebay buys shows that I indeed did buy a Moby book for $2.32 last week.
Not correct me if I’m wrong, but I figure that people who work at bookstores are literate. Moby : Replay - His Life and Times, Moby Dick. Not even close. Wow.
And there concludes the somewhat entertaining pill-sized mystery that made my life entertaining for a few hours.
PS If anyone wants to buy Moby Dick, I’ve got an extra copy.
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