Where do you hide the libraries in that country of yours? I was looking all around for a decent-sized library and I just couldn't find one. Where do you keep your books, anyhow?
I mean, like, do I have to go to a store and actually buy a book in order to read it? Don't you guys have a place where you can sit down and look up things from the Internet? Can't you just take them books and get interlibrary loans someplace? No? How do you put up with that?
What if you want to get a video? You mean I have to rent and pay for that too? OK, so you people are rich enough to spend that kind of money, but how are we tourists supposed to visit and pay for all of these things?
Besides, what am I supposed to do with a book if I buy one? Before I know it I'll have to put up a bookshelf in my house.
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