Comments on: Why, you must be illiterate, and interested in overpriced, pretentious, tacky crap!

By: David LaPierre

David LaPierre — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:46:48 +0000

When I walk into a home decorated with Source Perrier, my first instinct is to run out the door screaming. Heavy on ostentation usually equals light on everything else.

By: Horace

Horace — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:10:14 +0000

The greatest irony here is that the copy mentions as one of its classics, The Great Gatsby, which has a scene in it in which the owl-eyed man specifically comments on the fact that the book pages in Gatsby’s Library have not yet been torn open, a reference to a vanity library as a sign of hollow wealth! I love it!

By: September Blue

September Blue — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:23:44 +0000

My favourite is the description of the Cherry Blossom Pillows: ‘In the language of flowers, cherry blossoms mean knowledge. All we know is that these lovely silk pillows woven with golden branches laden with tufts of white, cherry blossoms on a soft caramel ground are as welcoming as a day in spring.’

I’m wondering, though, if my own budget flat-pack bookcases are really all that far from the Libris Book Stand (’that dates from a time when books were a symbol of their owner’s wealth and learning’, none the less!). Cheap and functional though they are in themselves, it’s not an accident that the shelves in full view of visitors always get the more academically and aesthetically impressive books, while the falling-apart airport novels are tucked away in the case behind the armchair. Hmm.

By: jbj

jbj — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:24:04 +0000

To be clear, I’m only targeting copy here, not product . . . except for the fake book panels.

But the knives are pretty sad, I think.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:25:55 +0000

I would love to burn that, except I own a pair of these: http://www.trueswords.com/chronicles-riddick-knife-p-793.html
and really have no grounds to argue.