Buy it or get out, this ain’t a library. But sir, we need to know if we’ll like them before we buy them. When we’re done we put them back and say didn’t like it and leave.
This reminds me of the TV special, It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown. CB is trying to sell his comic books so he can buy Peggy Jean a pair of gloves, and with comic books scattered everywhere, a little boy asks him “Is this all you have?”
Some 80 years ago, my cousin Bobby and I would go into the drugstore, pick up a couple comic magazines and hide behind a rack of whatever – just as long as it was big enough to hide behind and read the comics. Either the druggist was a very kind person or never caught on, we managed to finish our reading and then run giggling out of the drugstore.
My friends and I did this when we were kids. We had several drugstores within walking distance. If one kicked us out, we’d move on to the next one and continue reading. Only at one drugstore would we get thrown out almost immediately if we opened a comic book. The rest would let us “browse” for at least a little while.
When I was around 5, there was a grocery store that had benches, and a little table in between. There were comic books, highlights magazine, and others. Mom could leave me there while she shopped. It was wonderful
eced52 1 day ago
If the druggist was any kind of guy, he would make you clean up your mess and leave the store.
mccollunsky 1 day ago
He’s busy checking how his new soda jerk is doing the ice cream sodas.
iggyman 1 day ago
It’s not a library, kids!
PhantomStrngrr 1 day ago
“SCRAM, YA LITTLE MOOCHERS! PAYS ER GIT OUT! DIS AIN’T NO LI’BARY!”
Blu Bunny 1 day ago
Buy it or get out, this ain’t a library. But sir, we need to know if we’ll like them before we buy them. When we’re done we put them back and say didn’t like it and leave.
therese_callahan2002 1 day ago
Guess they don’t know about the no reading if you’re not buying rule.
markkahler52 1 day ago
He should give you kids some drugs…
anamchara42 1 day ago
This reminds me of the TV special, It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown. CB is trying to sell his comic books so he can buy Peggy Jean a pair of gloves, and with comic books scattered everywhere, a little boy asks him “Is this all you have?”
Ruth Brown 1 day ago
I’m old enough to remember sitting on a sack or box and reading while my parents did the weekly grocery shopping.
misterdan 1 day ago
I remember those days.
Ol' me 1 day ago
I seem to remember some of the old Peanuts strips referred to them as “comic magazines,” not “comic books.”
Purple People Eater 1 day ago
I once went into a store that had a rack like that. All the comic books were in the top shelves, and the “adult” magazines were in the bottom shelves.
uniquename 1 day ago
And he’d stop moving them around so it was hard to find them.
sangwin80 1 day ago
Some 80 years ago, my cousin Bobby and I would go into the drugstore, pick up a couple comic magazines and hide behind a rack of whatever – just as long as it was big enough to hide behind and read the comics. Either the druggist was a very kind person or never caught on, we managed to finish our reading and then run giggling out of the drugstore.
phritzg Premium Member 1 day ago
My friends and I did this when we were kids. We had several drugstores within walking distance. If one kicked us out, we’d move on to the next one and continue reading. Only at one drugstore would we get thrown out almost immediately if we opened a comic book. The rest would let us “browse” for at least a little while.
brucebernhart 1 day ago
When I was around 5, there was a grocery store that had benches, and a little table in between. There were comic books, highlights magazine, and others. Mom could leave me there while she shopped. It was wonderful
Scott S 1 day ago
A few years ago the Barnes & Noble here removed the bench that had been in the periodical section.
But they do still have large chairs in other parts of the store, as well as the cafe.
liberalnlovinit 1 day ago
Ah, sadly I’m old enough to remember going to the local druggists for comic books…
jmcenanly 1 day ago
I haven’t seen comic books in a drugstore in decades. Do they still have them?
Strawberry King about 24 hours ago
Pay or leave. That’s his rule.