Wednesday, June 9

Wild speculation

On the invention of books:

Sycophant: Your latest drama has arrived, sire.
Aristocrat: Excellent. My, that's quite a stack of folio.
Sycophant: Quite.
Aristrocrat: Tell me, Jervais, is there a gentleman on staff that would hold the pages before me as I read?
Sycophant: Indubitably.

Later:

Aristocrat: Next page....

And after that:

Aristocrat: Next page....

And after that:

Aristocrat: Next page...

Prole: You know sir, it might be easier if you bound these pages in a sturdy substance such as leather or wood.  That would serve to protect the pages from handling, and make the act of reading alone a practical reality.

Aristocrat: Jervais, remove this man at once!

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