Shopper Of Stories Gifts

Modern History: Last Year/Last Month/Last Week/Yesterday.

"It was terrifying experience being faced with that kind of compulsive, insane behaviour...I tell you it's positively the last time I put foot in the sales!"

Audio Books

"Finally, the alphabet is paying off."

'Dad's bedtime story was decent, but the special effects were non-existent.'

Ant story: 'and so they worked all day and they worked all night and then they worked some more, the end.'

"That was too many fresh original voices for one night."

"I'm sad to hear everybody lived happily ever after. That means no sequels to this story."

"Goodness! These tomatoes look so good!"

'That's my weird Uncle Benny. He claims that he was abducted by aliens in white lab coats.'

'I'm a writer.' - 'What a coincidence, I'm a reader.'

Mysteries.

Men discussing a book on a chat show

'Hello room service - can you come and tuck me in and read me a story please'

'He's a blight on the whole neighbourhood.'

Meet the pop-up author.

Proceedings of the club

''Masterpiece Theater' will not be seen tonight, so that we may bring you 'Slushpile Showplace'....'

"So it was a performance enhancing drug."

"It's post-gingerbread."

"'Moby-Dick'? Again?"

'-but the fire's on the GROUND floor!'

Cookery/Bestsellers/Humour/Art.

"That last customer thinks I should fire you."

Stephen King: The Bookstore

"No, I want a story I already know all the words to."

"We've got an emergency out here, Doctor - a compulsive shopper with buyer's remorse!"

Shop assistant falling in love with a customer

'Gramma, can you help with my homework?'

"There are too many starfish for you to save. How can you possibly hope to make a difference?"

"Grandpa! You have to let me put those under my pillow!"

I told you I lost it in the sun.

"Good lord, we found the queen!"

Weltanschauung (worldview).

"The bunny, …. May we assume that's you?"