The Perils of Book Lending

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August 4, 2012 | 1

We’ve all been there, right? Your neighbor lends you a book, you don’t treat it very carefully, she complains, so you thrust a samurai sword inches from her face. It happens.

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  1. Pingback: A man unsheathed a samurai sword and threatened his neighbor because she said he mishandled a book she'd loaned him. - Michael L. Martin Jr. | The Official Site

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