Two bookstore suckies today.

[Anriana]

To be fair, not everyone pays enough attention to the sex industry to know even that much. And the thing says "pop-up", right? So obviously it's for children, just like comic books are.

I think the Kama Sutra predates the sex industry by just a bit. =p

[Chromatix]

On the contrary, the original Kama Sutra mentions "public women" as being an integral part of society - of course, a society very different from ours. In context, I think they were the local equivalent of prostitutes.

[Snowbird]

1) a woman walks in and sees "The Pop-up Kama Sutra" and opens it.

Maybe she thought it was about some kind of ultra fancy kind of coffee? I could swear I saw that as a flavor once...

Also, I couldn't read the subtitle on the link provided, but the artistic picture on the front was basically a man and woman in the nude (carefully edited, of course). She must've blanked out not to have caught that.

I had a few customers that would get into a lather about 'graphically explicit pornography' in our older kids/pre-teen/family discussion book section. They were sex education books with blandly scientific representations of reproductive organs. I can't imagine what else they'd use to teach their own children about that subject. Sometimes ignorance is not bliss.

[South Texan]

Maybe she thought it was about some kind of ultra fancy kind of coffee? I could swear I saw that as a flavor once...

Kama Sutra flavored coffee?
The ideas that came into my head as to what that might taste like just made me nauseous...

[AdminAssistant]

One of my favorite Indian restaurants is called Korma Sutra.

[Gurndigarn]

I think the Kama Sutra predates the sex industry by just a bit. =p

You... are aware of how old the sex industry is, right? Near as anyone can tell, it predates history.

[bloodrose]

You... are aware of how old the sex industry is, right? Near as anyone can tell, it predates history.

I think perhaps they meant the post-Larry Flint American sex industry in which pornography could be sold in places other than seedy dark-alley shops. When one says sex industry, I think of internet porn and hustler at 7-11, not of ladies of the night; though I recognize that is the original sex industry.

[CaroPhoenix]

<Twitch> Because, y'know, I'd want my children reading something like 30 Days of Night. It's a perfect bedtime story. But anymore of my comments on the whole comic book = kiddies debate probably heads into Fratching territory, so I'll be a good 'lil girl...

I'm with you on that one! I love me my comic books! I love Zenescope's Grimm Fairy Tales comics And let me tell you, my child won't read those until she's at least 18. I feel like handing one of the collected volumes I own to my mom and telling her to read it and then tell me I read "kiddie" comic books. Yeah, those aren't kid friendly, let me tell you that.

[Reyneth]

One of my favorite Indian restaurants is called Korma Sutra.

We can't forget B&J's Karamel Sutra! Yuuuum!

[Chromatix]

I think perhaps they meant the post-Larry Flint American sex industry in which pornography could be sold in places other than seedy dark-alley shops. When one says sex industry, I think of internet porn and hustler at 7-11, not of ladies of the night; though I recognize that is the original sex industry.

Ah, so you're actually referring to the adult entertainment industry, then.

[MTNLaurelPoacher]

1) a woman walks in and sees "The Pop-up Kama Sutra" and opens it. She closes it immediately and storms out saying something to the effect of "It's not safe to even walk into a bookstore anymore." Lady, It says "Kama Sutra" on the cover. What did you expect?

That is dangerous! You could put an eye out!

[Rapscallion]

You... are aware of how old the sex industry is, right? Near as anyone can tell, it predates history.

History is generally defined as when things were written down (or at least that's the definition I was taught in school). After that, we're talking archaeology and best guess.

Yup - gone and trumped it on that definition

Rapscallion

[ArcticChicken]

Maybe she thought it was about some kind of ultra fancy kind of coffee? I could swear I saw that as a flavor once...

Well, Kona is a type of coffee, as is Sumatra, maybe that's what you're thinking of.

[PepperElf]

Yes, that's why they're shelved in the Graphic Novels section and not the Kids' section. Also why so many of them are shrink-wrapped with little warnings on them.

lol. go to japan

anime's a little wider there - even the naughty ones. (hell you can even find kids' coin-op vending machines with a few x-rated ones mixed in...yeah i saw one in daiei mall... instead of cute pokemon or hello kitty it was half-naked girls in seductive positions)

[Snowbird]

Well, Kona is a type of coffee, as is Sumatra, maybe that's what you're thinking of.

Yes! That's the one, thank you! I feel silly now, mind all in pervy central over coffee.