Some people’s dreams revolve around sex; others, nice sports cars or being able to see long-dead relatives. For me, one “happy” topic is foreign language books, apparently.
I dreamt this morning33 that I was at a massive shopping area; it seemed like it was a flea market or some such, but it was in something akin to a warehouse; very tall ceilings. We were at a used book place, except rather than browsing the shelves, you stood in line, and people “took your order”, as it were. The counter was piled with books, so while waiting, I picked up a book with a blue cover, and, lo’ and behold! It was a copy of Russian without Toil, printed in the 70s. Having the German version of the book, I obviously wanted (but didn’t need) the corresponding English version. They also only wanted $1.16 for it. No, I don’t know why it was a dollar and sixteen cents in my dream.
I’m not sure why we were at a flea market-ish place without any cash, but we were. I asked them if they took debit or credit, and the lady said yes. So, I reached to my back pocket, only to discover that I didn’t have a back pocket for my wallet, as I was wearing my boxers. Okay, then! I’m not sure what exactly happened, but in the next part of my dream, I found myself at home with the book.
By the time I got home, however, the title had changed – literally. When I looked at the cover of the book, it was for a completely different language. In my dream, it was something like “Yeradov ohne Mühe”; I remember not knowing what language that was, so I googled it, and discovered on Wikipedia that it was the Russian word for Hungarian.33 And yes, the base language of the book had morphed as well – from English to German. Fiddlesticks, the base being English was why I wanted it to begin with! 
I recall being a bit bummed that it had changed to Hungarian, but decided that I’d probably want to have a go at it later, so it joined all of my other books on the shelf.
I think such a dream is worth at least 50 Geekery points. Maybe 75.3
- I tend to only remember dreams that I have after I’ve woken up in the morning, and then fallen back to sleep. I’ve no idea why. Does anyone else have this?333
- Not really, of course – that would be ВенгерÑкий Ñзык.333
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Though I can’t claim to be an expert, I’m certain that this dream is worth more than 75 points.
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I’d say it’d be worth around 250 points….
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although I do love to read, I’ve never had a geeky dream like that before. So far the only time I went crazy for books was a couple of months back when a local chain bookstore was having its annual mid-year sale. Books that were 75-80 bucks just a month before the sale were being sold as little as 15-20 dollars… now that made me go crazy, so much so I spent nearly 200 bucks that day itself buying almost a dozen books on the spot! Very rare thing for me to do mind you…
But you my friend, you are special…you dream about books! lol I’d give it 13279 “Whose-Line-Is-It-Anyway” geeky points
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Tom, Fig: Thanks for the points.
Uncannyman: Good deal on those books! What were the books about? $75-80 per book sounds almost like textbooks.
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they’re mostly hardcover business literature books… books over here in tend to be extremely pricey
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