What's your biggest contribution to society?

Was in the chipper today and held the door open for a delivery man, was so proud of myself :cool:

Sure did and I said you're welcome

My Mam works in a charity shop back in the mid 90's and she used to tell us about this old guy who used to come into the shop all the time and ask for this really old book that some guy had written about his time in the war.

This guy was in the British Army and served along side the author or that the book was written about a battle he was in, I never really found out the full story.

Anyway, she wrote down the name of the book and always kept an eye out for it and advised him to check with all the second hand book shops and Easons etc.

He said he had done, many times but had always been told it was out of print for many years.

He continued to pop into the shop every few months anyway with no reports of luck and I often thought of the guy and felt bad for him as we were always told that the look of disappointment on his face was awful, every time he was told that it hadn't turned up amongst the donated books.

So anyway, then the Internet arrived and I found myself in an Internet cafe for the first time ever with three things on my mind:

1) Gary Holton died (black haired guy from Auf Wiedersehen Pet) and I wanted to know how, as it had always bugged me.
2) Drew Barrymore's had done Playboy and I wanted to see the pics.
3) This damn elusive war book.

Well, Gary died of an OD, the playboy pics were hawt, damn hawt and a small secondhand bookshop in Ontario just happened t have a first edition copy of the book in stock

Only problem was the it was $47 and shipping was another $11 and I was on the dole

I searched and searched online for a cheaper copy, but there was none and so I had to buy the darn thing at that price.

Book arriveed and I told my mam I found a copy in Chapters on Abbey St for £2 and so she should sell it to him at that price.

Months passed and the fool never showed up again looking for the book, until one night just as they were closing up, drenched to the bone apparently and he just shouted from the doorway, not wanting to get the shop wet, had that book ever showed up.

It had and he was delighted

OutlawPete wrote: »

It had and he was delighted

His name wasn't J.R. Hartley by any chance, was it?

MistyCheese wrote: »

What's your biggest contribution to society?

My penis.

Terry wrote: »

You will all miss me.

I have a high-power sniper rifle. I won't miss you. Guaranteed. I'll miss your attitude though. Try to stay alive a bit longer, eh?