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British hotel replaces Bible with.....

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Lifer
50 Shades of Grey

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/fifty-shades-grey-replaces-bible-british-hotel/story?id=16853389

Are hotel guests more interested in reading "50 Shades of Grey" than the Bible?

One British hotelier thinks so. And that's why, even though he says he's never read E L James' best-selling novel himself, Jonathan Denby has decided to remove all the Gideon Bibles from his hotel's 40 rooms and replace them with the book that's been dubbed "mommy porn."

He made the switch earlier this month at the Damson Dene Hotel in the Lake District of England.

Denby writes on his blog, Slow Life: "Tonight millions of women will be curling up in bed with a good book and you can bet your life it won't be the Bible. More likely than not it will be 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' I haven't read the book yet -- I'm not in the target audience -- but I'm told it's a ripping good yarn and everyone who's in the target audience loves it. This made me wonder about the sense of providing a book, the Gideon Bible which no-one reads, and many dislike, in the bedside cabinet of our hotel bedrooms, instead of a book which everyone wants to read, such as 'Fifty Shades of Grey.'
 
So lets see, they've replaced one of the bestselling and culturally significant books in history with a book that is essentially Twilight BDSM fan fiction with the serial number filed off.......... This will go over well.
 
MovingTarget said:
So lets see, they've replaced one of the bestselling and culturally significant books in history with a book that is essentially Twilight BDSM fan fiction with the serial number filed off.......... This will go over well.
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I don't see much of a difference there. Who knows 50 shades of grey can become as culturally significant as Bible in 200 years.
 
busydude said:
I don't see much of a difference there. Who knows 50 shades of grey can become as culturally significant as Bible in 200 years.
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"Please God NO!"

Literally.

That would truly be the downfall of western civilization. Think about how many links our culture has with Christianity from a historical perspective. Then imagine if each reference or inspiration taken from it were to be replaced with one from 50SOG. Finally, take the nearest icepick and apply repeatedly to the forehead because you can't un-think what has been thought. No amount of brain bleach can undo that crime against humanity.

In conclusion, 50 Shades of Grey is horrible.
 
lyssword said:
In bible's defense, there's some good raping and pilliaging parts if you're into that kind of thing
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Indeed. The Book of Judith was a pretty interesting example in that regard, but somehow I don't think that book made it into the Gideons' printing. :hmm:
 
I'd be more likely to read 50 Shades of Grey. Not a whole lot more likely, but it's greater than the zero chance of me reading the bible. A better idea would be not wasting paper, and don't put any books in the drawer. Alternatively, they could go to a used book store, and get a bunch of interesting used books. You know they'll end up stolen. No one took the bibles cause no one wanted them.
 
It's an erotic novel for women that has become a best seller. I went over some of the juicy bits but there wasnt anything to write home about. I lost interest pretty fast because the writing is so horrid.

IGuys are probably too visual to get interested into reading porn anyways.

Vdubchaos said:
Can someone explain to me what is this "50 shades of grey" BS?
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I would rather burn my eyes out with a molten dildo than read either of those books, might come in handy if the TP runs out though.
 
Vdubchaos said:
Can someone explain to me what is this "50 shades of grey" BS?
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From what I've been told by people that have read the book, it started off as a Twilight fan fiction that (in the usual fanfic fashion) included some perverse element into the story. That's why a user above referred to BDSM as apparently the book has a fairly hefty bondage aspect to it. It's also apparently modestly graphic from what I've been told. A friend of mine told me a story about how a coworker of her's was reading the book, and said coworker was a pretty reserved lady. Apparently, it was pretty easy to tell when she got to a "juicy part" because she would turn beet red, and get all nervous while reading it.

Although, it seems women get kinda horny after reading it, so no complaints from me. 😛

They are trying to make a movie out of it though... surprise.
 
MovingTarget said:
So lets see, they've replaced one of the bestselling and culturally significant books in history with a book that is essentially Twilight BDSM fan fiction with the serial number filed off.......... This will go over well.
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It'll probably go over very well. I think I'd prefer reading Twilight BDSM fan fiction over the worthless shit that's in the Bible.
 
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