i also agree to disagree with polonius, but when borrowing there are a few rules i try to abide by.
1). do unto a borrowed book as you would have a borrower do unto your loaned book. this means if they haven't previously dog-eared pages, then you shouldn't. same goes with underlining, writing in the margins, etc. i don't care how much you want to remember a passage or mark your spot. you gotta use your noggin to remember, and that's coming for a gal with a very poor memory. or, ask permission before you potentially deface their property and ruin what was once a beautiful friendship, romance, brotherhood...
2). do not loan a loan; do not borrow a borrow. if it's not yours to begin with, it's not yours to give to someone else. simple! and again, you can do it as long as you first get permission.
3). the onus is on the borrower, not the lender, to return the borrowed book. someone has been nice enough to part with their beloved copy of sweet valley high #13. don't make them agonize over its condition or well-being. read it, return it, and then have a lively discussion about the merits of this titillating series.
4). [optional. i know rules shouldn't be optional but this one is.] return with a note. again, not necessary, but i think it's a very nice gesture, plus a lovely surprise for the lender on down the road when they decide to crack open the agony and the ecstasy for the 16th time.
and now a selection of quotes from said borrowed book, which kicked this whole hootenanny off:
Then I go outside and there is a mailbox. And I feed the pages to the giant blue bullfrog. And it says, "Ribbit." And I go home. And I have had one hell of a good time. Electronic communities build nothing. You wind up with nothing. We are dancing animals. How beautiful it is to get up and go out and do something."
...I have this thing made out of steel, it's called a paper clip, and I put my pages together...
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