WTF of the year, 3

[oloriel]

There's a dried gentian inside my copy of Morgoth's Ring.

I have no idea where it came from. I've owned the book since June 2006. Last time I was anywhere that might have had gentian at a season that might have had gentian was August 2004. And I wouldn't have plucked any gentian anyway seeing how it's an endangered plant.

I have, in other words, no explanation for this. Unless my books go on vacations without me.

I profess to be astonyed, as Chaucer would say.

Comments

[satismagic.livejournal.com]

There are garden gentians, so it's not necessarily one of the endangered species.

And I have always suspected that my books are up to something when I'm not around to supervise them ... so I'm not really surprised.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

True... but I haven't been anywhere that had garden gentians either recently. Not that I can recall. So unless YOUUU put it in there and I only found it now, I'm completely stumped.

Up to something, ok. But running around stealing flowers? I mean, I'm not surprised to find flowers in my Silm as I do indeed use it to press flowers I find pretty when I'm on vacation (and the Silm ends up keeping them because it's the one book I always take with me on vacations >_>), but Morgoth's Ring has never even left my living-room!

[satismagic.livejournal.com]

I guess that this particular book was returned before it was shipped to you or something like that. And the person who decided not to keep it left the blossom inside. Or the person who packed it thought this would be a cool joke.

Or your cats are up to something.