Death of LaTeX books...

[compilerbitch]

There was a recent conversation about recovery of books from dubious contamination recently on doseybat's LiveJournal, during which I mentioned that several of my previous LaTeX books bought it, one of which quite disgustingly at the hands of a particularly malicious leaky pineapple juice carton.

Well, a certain person was sitting at my desk late last night, doing LJ and munching Halloumi cheese. Said cheese is slightly unusual, in that it seems to be cured in brine after it has been matured normally, so it tends to weep salty liquid especially when warm.

Ok, guess where my LaTeX book was, relative to the uneaten remnants overnight.

Go on, guess.

It survived, luckily, because most of the liquid ended up on my (second best) skirt instead.

The book seems OK, and is currently taking an extended restorative break on my shelf in order to better get over its recent trauma.

Comments

[doseybat.livejournal.com]

noooo
noooooo
nooo
nooooooo
noooooooo
damn, i knew i should have finished the whole packet.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

And let that be a lesson to you! 8-P

(only the edge of the back few pages got wet -- I must have caught it in time)

[doseybat.livejournal.com]

but i was all careful with the packet and everything! did you eat the rest of the cheese?

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

It gave forth a remarkable quantity of liquid. I've not eaten the rest yet, but there is a significant possibility that it could get nibbled at very soon now.

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

*hands you a plate to put your midnight snacks on*

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Something *I* should have thought of! :)

[doseybat.livejournal.com]

owwww, thank you. *fluffs*

[doseybat.livejournal.com]

its all *your* fault anyway, for buying nice cheese.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Now that you explain it, I can clearly see the error of my ways. In future, I shall feed you only Tesco Value Horrorcheese.

[doseybat.livejournal.com]

*looks sheepish*
i did not necessarily mean it quite like that..
what i meant was, if you bought more nice cheese more often, i would have more practice eating it carefully, and your books would remain perfectly intact. there.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

More practice, yes. Sounds reasonable.

* orders many square metres of plastic sheeting, just in case *

[redcountess]

"for the cheese", right? ;-)

[doseybat.livejournal.com]

excuse me, what sheeting?! this is *cheese* money we are talking about here *wipes tear*

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Ok, I'll send the plostic back and buy more cheese. But only if you're good. ;-)

[yvesilena.livejournal.com]

Well, *I* want to know which one of you got white paint on the dog on Thursday. :)

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

It wasn't me, I wasn't there. Honest, guv!

I bet the poor bongly little chap wasn't terribly impressed. :-(

[yvesilena.livejournal.com]

I don't think he noticed...

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Sounds likely enough!

How are you, by the way? I haven't heard from you in ages!

[yvesilena.livejournal.com]

fine *boses*

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

That's good to hear. :)

[doseybat.livejournal.com]

hooch? paint? *confuzzlement*