Borrow a Person

xoxoxoBruce · 02-24-2006, 08:29 PM

A Swedish Library project that allows you to "borrow" a real live human being rather than a book to provide some useful insight.

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This weekend, nine people, including a homosexual, an imam, a journalist, a Muslim woman and a gypsy, will be available at the Malmoe Library for members of the public to "borrow" for a 45 minute conversation in the library's outdoor cafe.

If you had your druthers, who (whom?) would you like to "borrow"? Doesn't have to be from that list, but a type rather than an individual...you can't ask for Brad Pitt or one of the Olsen twins.

Beestie · 02-25-2006, 12:30 AM

There's a lot of people I'd like to talk to for 45 minutes. But I think most of them would lie to me the entire time.

wolf · 02-25-2006, 01:31 AM

I am probably going to have to think about this for a while ... there are few classes/types of people that I haven't had face-to-face contact with. Non-crazy varieties might be interesting, though.

Elspode · 02-25-2006, 03:10 AM

That's gonna severely diminish the available pool of choices, isn't it?

Trilby · 02-25-2006, 06:16 AM

The gypsy, hands down.

Hypno Toad · 02-25-2006, 06:23 AM

What were the Swedish folk thinking? One of them will end up hurt, regardless whether it's in the library or not.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-25-2006, 07:41 AM

That makes the Swedish kind of like the Danes, Hypno Toad.

Although, probably anyone that agrees to be "borrowed", may not be typical of the group they purport to represent.

monster · 02-25-2006, 08:07 AM

Could you borrow them then get them to fix your car and mow your lawn? After all, no-one checks whether you actually read library books or use them to prop up the wobbly table. I wonder what the overdue fines are?

monster · 02-25-2006, 08:12 AM

Can't really think of anyone I'd like to borrow for 45 minutes. Unless we can use that time to talk some sense into them, in which case I'll start with a homophobe and work my way through the intolerance shelves

Spexxvet · 02-25-2006, 08:35 AM

A female porn star, a former president of the US, a CIA agent, a Kennedy assassination conspirator...

xoxoxoBruce · 02-25-2006, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

Could you borrow them then get them to fix your car and mow your lawn? After all, no-one checks whether you actually read library books or use them to prop up the wobbly table. I wonder what the overdue fines are?

No, you don't get to leave the library garden.

lumberjim · 02-25-2006, 10:11 AM

JIMMY PAGE

seakdivers · 02-25-2006, 10:41 AM

I would like to borrow someone from the past, not the present. I would love to talk to my youngest sister. This May she will have been gone for 10 years.

Other than that, I would like to borrow (in no particular order): Peter Gabriel, Danny Elfman, a zookeeper, and an ichthyologist.

smoothmoniker · 02-26-2006, 12:49 AM

A Nobel Prize Winner. Any Category. English Speaking.

barefoot serpent · 02-27-2006, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

The gypsy, hands down.

shouldn't that be palms up?

02-25-2006, 12:30 AM	#2
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	There's a lot of people I'd like to talk to for 45 minutes. But I think most of them would lie to me the entire time. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

02-25-2006, 01:31 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I am probably going to have to think about this for a while ... there are few classes/types of people that I haven't had face-to-face contact with. Non-crazy varieties might be interesting, though. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-25-2006, 03:10 AM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	That's gonna severely diminish the available pool of choices, isn't it? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-25-2006, 06:16 AM	#5
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	The gypsy, hands down. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-25-2006, 07:41 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That makes the Swedish kind of like the Danes, Hypno Toad. Although, probably anyone that agrees to be "borrowed", may not be typical of the group they purport to represent. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 02-25-2006 at 07:43 AM.

02-25-2006, 06:23 AM	#6
Hypno Toad "And in 1st place, the Hypno Toad!" Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: High Wycombe, England Posts: 13	What were the Swedish folk thinking? One of them will end up hurt, regardless whether it's in the library or not.

02-25-2006, 08:07 AM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Could you borrow them then get them to fix your car and mow your lawn? After all, no-one checks whether you actually read library books or use them to prop up the wobbly table. I wonder what the overdue fines are? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-25-2006, 08:12 AM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Can't really think of anyone I'd like to borrow for 45 minutes. Unless we can use that time to talk some sense into them, in which case I'll start with a homophobe and work my way through the intolerance shelves __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-25-2006, 08:35 AM	#10
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	A female porn star, a former president of the US, a CIA agent, a Kennedy assassination conspirator... __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

02-25-2006, 10:11 AM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	JIMMY PAGE __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-25-2006, 10:41 AM	#13
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	I would like to borrow someone from the past, not the present. I would love to talk to my youngest sister. This May she will have been gone for 10 years. Other than that, I would like to borrow (in no particular order): Peter Gabriel, Danny Elfman, a zookeeper, and an ichthyologist.

02-26-2006, 12:49 AM	#14
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	A Nobel Prize Winner. Any Category. English Speaking. __________________ to live and die in LA

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