Actually the inspiration for the Tsundoku illustration was an old 1966 Aurora model kit series called “Whoozis” and Alfalfa Whoozi did indeed resemble Alfred E. Newman! Believe it!
The college I graduated from had a cardboard boat regatta—each team (I think it was by dorm hall) made a cardboard & duct tape “vessel” and elected lightweight paddlers who could swim to attempt a loop in the little campus pond. The winning team got a pizza party.
jasonsnakelover over 3 years ago
One time I saw a temperature in the United States that was 81 below zero.
My landlord would have a fit if I practiced tsundoku.
May the Lord be with you.
the dorf over 3 years ago
Judging from today’s pictures, Alfred E Neuman suffers from tsundoku.
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
One question regarding tsundoku: なぜ?
monkeysky over 3 years ago
Why is Alfred E Neuman the illustration for Tsundoku?
Gent over 3 years ago
Dang. Do I have tsundoku too if I read em a little but never read em again for a long long time?
therese_callahan2002 over 3 years ago
Can’t read those books if your glasses fall off and break into pieces. and you’re the last human on Earth.
bookworm0812 over 3 years ago
The kid looks like Alfred E Newman.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 3 years ago
If that kid’s Japanese I’m Poloponese.
Take care, may Niigata rodeo champion Hirohito Nagayamord be with you, and gesundheit.
jpayne4040 over 3 years ago
Tsundoku is pretty popular here in the USA too!
jpayne4040 over 3 years ago
With my luck, that would be the day my heater would go out!
dwdl21 over 3 years ago
Tsundoku? How about collector? LOL
ForrestOverin over 3 years ago
Coffee sales were especially brisk that day in Alaska.
Terr Bear Premium Member over 3 years ago
I now buy books that sit unread in my Kindle. A modern, more space efficient tsundoku. ;)
TheBigPickle over 3 years ago
Why is Alfred E. Neuman in this? Does Ripley’s have the rights to use him? And why?
dv1093 over 3 years ago
I believe they have those cardboard boat races all over the US.
stamps over 3 years ago
If your excess collection of mathgrid problems collapses, is it a Tsundoku sudoku tsunami?
dv1093 over 3 years ago
Since I got my Kindle, I’ve got unread books piled up in my house also. How do you get rid of something no one wants?
FassEddie over 3 years ago
Norman Mingo might take exception to that book obsession.
Prospect Creek’s brass monkey population never recovered.
I’d call my boat Torridge’s Porridge because I bet that’s never been done.
Take care and get dressed.
PatsyL.Paul over 3 years ago
As Alfred P. Neuman would say: “What?..me read?”
paranormal over 3 years ago
Tsundoku sounds like hoarding…
TheRip over 3 years ago
Actually the inspiration for the Tsundoku illustration was an old 1966 Aurora model kit series called “Whoozis” and Alfalfa Whoozi did indeed resemble Alfred E. Newman! Believe it!
pbr50138 over 3 years ago
I asked my wife…who’s from Japan…about that word and she said she’s never heard of it.
Craig Westlake over 3 years ago
And “Dumbdoku” covers the not reading part…
Nancy Simpson over 3 years ago
Is the new geezer thread going to be crude jokes?
flashdrive1988 over 3 years ago
Spectator: “Hey Kids! Stop smoking in that boat, and NO freebasing with that ether!”
RandomLantern445 over 3 years ago
So it was -80º Fahrenheit (-62º Celsius) on January 23, 1971. Huh!
oakie817 over 3 years ago
so Alfred E. Neuman practices tsundoku? are you mad?
Bilan over 3 years ago
Does this mean that Sudoku is filling in numbers and letting them pile up?
chromosome Premium Member over 3 years ago
Are you allowed to coat your cardboard boat with Flex Seal?
Taracinablue over 3 years ago
The college I graduated from had a cardboard boat regatta—each team (I think it was by dorm hall) made a cardboard & duct tape “vessel” and elected lightweight paddlers who could swim to attempt a loop in the little campus pond. The winning team got a pizza party.
Jaime Jean M over 3 years ago
I seem to suffer from “Cloud Tsundoku”. I have more books in my Kindle than I can read in my lifetime.
TPFSA over 3 years ago
The guy sitting at the table looks like Alfred from the Mad Magazine. CREEPY