Excessively legalistic argument of the day

[muckefuck]

Said of a wrapped candy bar: "That's not food, it's groceries."

Whatever, pal; if I see it out again, it's garbage.

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[areia.livejournal.com]

I'm going to come sit in your library and surround myself with raw produce. "This? But it's an artichoke! No one eats these raw!"

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Guess again!

[areia.livejournal.com]

Freaks...

Fine then: "This? But it's a durian! No one in their right mind eats these!"

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

That might run you afoul of the Patriot Act. I think they're classified as a munition.

[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

I sometimes brought bags of raw produce to the Harold Washington Library. (I like to go to the Lincoln Park farmer's market on Wednesday morning, telecommute from downtown, and then go home to Hyde Park at night.)

They usually don't complain while I'm sitting there, but the guards don't like checking a week's worth of vegetables for books on my way out. So I've stopped.

[areia.livejournal.com]

I see your Patriot Act and raise you the Americans with Disabilities Act. I have an anxiety disorder, and this is my comfort durian. It's called Don. Don the Durian.

[areia.livejournal.com]

The last time I was in there I had my library book and the receipt in my hand on the way out. The guard looked in my work bag, saw the pile of books I already had in there, and said "Are those yours?" "Yes." He waved me on.

Great security.

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

That logic seriously hurts my brain.

[richardthinks.livejournal.com]

Do you eat it? Then even, perhaps especially if it's not food, it's not welcome in the library.