There was a farmer who was petrified of books
Throughout school, he was let off the hook
He opened not one in sixty years
And reduced his bookish wife to tears
When he traded her secret library for chooks
(c) Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
Note: Bibliophobia is the fear of books.
***This has been written as part of the 2015 A to Z Challenge. My theme for this year is the A to Z of Phobias and entries are written in the form of a limerick. Check out my other posts here***
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Cheers!!!
Shilpa Garg
2 April 2015 at 5:27 amAah! Poor wife!! Can empathize with her!
Good one for Day 2 Sanch 🙂
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 2:56 pmI figured most bloggers would empathise with the wife! 🙂
Swathi Shenoy
2 April 2015 at 5:32 amHehe this is one phobia I hope no one close to me ever has!! Cant bear it 😛
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 2:57 pmHaha…it’d be a hard one to live with I’m sure!
Nibha
2 April 2015 at 5:47 amOMG!! trading library!! :O Never ever! Feeling sad for bibliophobic people, they miss out on a lot! 🙂
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 2:57 pmI know…can you imagine that?!
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Monica Deshpande
2 April 2015 at 6:26 amAnother gem, Sanch. Too cool. 🙂
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 3:00 pmThanks Monica! 🙂
JazzFeathers
2 April 2015 at 6:55 amAnother fun one 🙂
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 3:01 pmThanks Jazz 🙂
AJ Lauer (@ayjaylauer)
2 April 2015 at 7:38 amI can’t imagine ever having that phobia. WAY too much of a bibliophile myself…
Fun theme 🙂
~AJ Lauer
an A-Z Cohost
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 3:32 pmI bet most of us bloggers can’t imagine having it! 🙂
Shantala
2 April 2015 at 10:41 amA fear of books! I suffer from the exact opposite condition – abibliophobia (fear of running out of things to read) 😛
*Shantala @ ShanayaTales*
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 3:32 pmHaha…I think we can all join you with that fear! 🙂
arpita
2 April 2015 at 10:56 amTrading the library!! The farmer will be a dead man walking lest he comes anywhere near to me. 🙂
Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 4:56 pmHaha…yeah, I’d be leaving my partner in a flash if he ever did that!
Eloquent Mind
2 April 2015 at 11:50 amNow who can ever hate books ! 🙂 But yeah there may be such folks out there too. Nice one !
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 5:31 pmHaha…there may be some people who are actually phobic! 😉
Shailaja
2 April 2015 at 3:31 pmLOVE! I am guarding my books from that farmer 😉
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 5:32 pmHaha…thanks Shailaja! 🙂
Lata
2 April 2015 at 3:40 pmHow much I will hate that farmer? No one touches my books. Good one.
Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 5:33 pmJoin the club Lata…if that was my partner, I’d leave him!
Parul
2 April 2015 at 4:31 pmGood one!
Thank God I knew this word. Yesterday’s was hard for me to memorize 😀
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 5:33 pmLol…wait for tomorrow’s Parul! 🙂
Vinitha
2 April 2015 at 4:36 pmIts not fair! Poor wife! Good one Sanch.
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 5:34 pmI agree Vinitha…very unfair! Thank you 🙂
Rhonda Albom
2 April 2015 at 5:23 pmBooks for chooks would not go over very well around here. Another winner.
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 5:35 pmYep…wouldn’t go too well here either. There’d be a divorce for sure!
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Suzy
2 April 2015 at 6:03 pmChooks for books – Oh that would’ve reduced anyone to tears.
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 6:24 pmYep…although it might have brought out the violent woman in me! 😀
usha menon
2 April 2015 at 8:19 pmAh! poor wife. Written very effectively.
Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 11:39 pmThank you Usha!
Sulekha
2 April 2015 at 8:50 pmHow is she still with him? Lovely post, hate him 🙂
Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 11:42 pmLol…yeah I’d be leaving him for that behaviour!
Prasanna
2 April 2015 at 8:51 pmWhat? Fear of books. Ok maybe text books but not surely of all books 🙂 And his poor wife! How could he trade her secret library?
Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 11:50 pmI know right? Grounds for divorce I’m sure!
Rajlakshmi
2 April 2015 at 9:41 pmohh that’s terrible. Poor wifey. Wonderful Limerick once again 🙂
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 11:53 pmThanks Raj! 🙂
Soumya
2 April 2015 at 10:21 pmOuch!! I’d kill a man if he does that 😛
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
2 April 2015 at 11:55 pmWell, I was thinking divorce but I guess kill is an option too for such blasphemous behaviour! 😀
Aathira
3 April 2015 at 12:12 amCan’t imagine someone ever having that phobia! :O I love your theme, btw!
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
3 April 2015 at 10:11 amI know, right?! Thanks Aathira! 🙂
Nisha Sanjeev
3 April 2015 at 12:12 amha. ha.. like your rhyme Sanch!
Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
3 April 2015 at 10:11 amThanks Nisha! 🙂
Kaddu
3 April 2015 at 2:02 amOh! Thank God I wasn’t that poor wife! Books for chooks! That’s unthinkable! [shudders]
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
3 April 2015 at 10:12 amYeah I would have left him 🙂
Geets
3 April 2015 at 2:10 amWhat fate his wife had..!! Well written..
Glad to have found you 🙂
Cheers
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
3 April 2015 at 10:13 amThanks Geets! 🙂
Shalini
3 April 2015 at 2:26 amGod! That’s the worst thing you can do to someone who loves books! 😛 Lovely post again, Sanch! 🙂
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
3 April 2015 at 10:42 amThanks Shalini!
Margo Kelly
3 April 2015 at 3:16 amThat was awesome! 🙂
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
3 April 2015 at 10:43 amThank you Margo! 🙂
Noah Dietz
3 April 2015 at 4:48 amPhobia limericks? I like this theme, it is a good theme.
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
3 April 2015 at 10:43 amThanks Noah! 🙂
anks
3 April 2015 at 5:58 ampoor thing… wish she had both the books and the chooks!
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
3 April 2015 at 10:43 amI know, right?! 🙂
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Corinne Rodrigues
3 April 2015 at 10:01 amOh the poor woman! I feel for her! Great idea this, Sanch!
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
3 April 2015 at 10:44 amI know Corinne…that would be grounds for divorce for me.
elly stornebrink
4 April 2015 at 4:35 pmPoor wife! I can’t imagine anyone not liking books. I mean how is that possible?! 😉 <3
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Sanch @ Living my Imperfect Life
4 April 2015 at 6:28 pmMaybe he had trouble reading in the first place? But yeah, an unimaginable fear for sure!