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[meganbmoore]

You know, normally, I'd say that this is one of my secret fears, but not something I actually worry about, as while I do tend to just stack up books for a few months until I get off my butt and put them away, they're never big stacks, just several short ones, and well out of my way.  However, a few weeks ago, I had to take my comic boxes out of the bedroom closet, and ended up just leaving half of them in a stack about 4 shortboxes tall, and hadn't gotten around to putting them back up yet.  Last night, they fell over.

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[jessicamee.livejournal.com]

it seems like it'd be kind of hard to get burried under a stack of books. and unless it killed you immeadiately, couldn't you just push them off you? one at a time if you have to.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

If they hit you just right, they can cut off your circulation. There's also the possibility of hitting your head and losing consciousness, and then not being able to move them off of you, of the books being heavy hardcovers, etc.

[jessicamee.livejournal.com]

yeah, that makes sense. but if it doesn't knock you out right away... idk maybe i'm just underestamating how heavy books are.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Paper is heavy.

I'm not surprised at the death, mostly surprised that there aren't more. I've got a book called Tokyo: A Certain Style which contains hundreds of photos of how Tokyo residents really live, not the cleaned-up traditional aesthetic that gets put into magazines and design books. And most apartments are so small that anyone who keeps books has floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and double-stacks them.

[jessicamee.livejournal.com]

wow. i guess i've always taken my book shelf for granted.

[keelieinblack.livejournal.com]

Ha, I saw that too--not quite as bad as the woman who got stuck and suffocated to death behind a bookcase, but it's still slightly terrifying, especially for those of us who have cheap bookshelves and tend to double-stack things.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Yeah. My main bookcases are pretty sturdy(ones was built by my father, who's a trained carpenter, even though he's only ever done stuff for family and friends (or friends of) since it wasn't the best way to support a family, and he inspected the other) but the case where I keep my manga backlog is meant for DVDs, not manga...

[desdenova.livejournal.com]

When I lived in LA I really did worry that my 7-foot jam-packed bookcases would fall down and kill me if there was an earthquake. Fortunately, that didn't happen, but it looks like my fears were justified!

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I think manga has blinded us to the very real threat...

I no longer have a desire for an icon with an arm sticking out of a pile of books going "don't worry, happens all the time."

(Except...I still want one...)

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Eeee! That's always been one of my fears, too. (And your idea for an icon is a hoot.)