BookJumper Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 i've read in a closet.This just triggered the memory of my strangest place - I knew there was one! I was interrailing (interrail: special train ticket giving the young traveller access to all trains within a certain country or countries) across Spain with two mates and, a couple of days in, I found myself at Madrid train station minus my ticket. Though the ticket is registered on a database with your name on it, it is non-replaceable in case of loss, as I discovered dispite many tears and prayers. Replacing it was unthinkable (300 euros, as I recall, aka all my food money), so I pretty much spent the next two weeks as a stowaway in train toilets in various states of disrepair, all of which air-conditioned me within an inch of my life. On the longest of those journeys (8 hours, count them, 8), I sat in the locked, rattling toilet of the day and nursed my nerves with Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"* (which, incidentally, I adored). *Needless to say, it took me a few years to find that image even remotely amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fayezie Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I don't think I've read anywhere strange yet! Will have to have a proper think!! But I also carry my book with me everywhere I go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Just the usual, I'm afraid. Let's see... well, a helicopter would be unusual, but not strange. I once sat cross-legged on top of a hockey goal (it was off the ice) and read Coelho while waiting for BF. Is that strange? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I once sat cross-legged on top of a hockey goal (it was off the ice) and read Coelho while waiting for BF. Is that strange? Yes. I don't think I've read anywhere strange, not that I can remember anyway. How boring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Yes. *laughs* Okay. I didn't find that strange, as I'm used to hanging out around the rink. And as BF plays hockey, that was a very natural place to be, and to wait for him. On top of it all, there weren't that many places to sit in, so I hopped on the goal. Perfectly logical, no? *laughs* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreader Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 At my younger sis's graduation ceremony. As soon as she had passed by on the stage my nephew and I simultaneously took out books and began to read much to the amusement of the rest of the audience:readingtwo: Well we found the speeches boring and I had to read a book for an essay assignment for my uni course which was due the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I once sat cross-legged on top of a hockey goal (it was off the ice) and read Coelho while waiting for BF. Is that strange? Thats awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Shoe Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Oh no I hope it was not a major accident . You read on the roof??? Wow!!!! Oh, don't worry, it wasn't serious. At least for me, my car and my book. Wow, people are really creative choosing strange places to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Thats awesome! *laughs* Okay. That was actually in Boston, should the location matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina1968 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 What happened to my response?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 At a party, well a christening in fact, it was very boring, I had a book in my bag, so I went with it, I think I finished the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msleigh813 Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I like to read just about anywhere really but the strangest place would be when I am fishing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anika Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I was in a math class, and was so wrapped up in my book (sitting in the back of the room with my math book in front of it) and the teacher picked the book up out of my hands. He was laughing really hard--then I noticed the bell had rang and everyone else had left, but I never noticed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eryk Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I was reading my Kindle while laying in the emergency room (thank God for pain meds) and the nurse was like, "Hey, a Kindle", and asked me all about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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