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Harry Potter books vanish from libraries

October 13, 2008 - 10:11am — Blake

MORE than 100,000 books worth a total of £600,000 have been stolen from libraries in Wales in just two years, the Western Mail can reveal today.

Children’s books, novels and health books have been among those stolen or never returned to branches across Wales.

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October 14, 2008 - 10:33am — Lee Hadden

Welch on a bet

What do you expect from a nation that invented the term, "Welch on a bet" for "won't pay your debt if you lose the bet"? If their very name means thief, it is not surprising that books are stolen from their libraries. And it is not surprising that the theivery is so widespread.

What is surprising is that they have such good bookkeeping of such gross theft of library books.

R. Lee Hadden (These are my own opinions!)

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October 14, 2008 - 11:03am — Fang-Face

Misinterpretation?

Seems to me that "welch" is more akin to "cheat" than it is to "steal".

There is nothing that cannot be found offensive by someone, somewhere.

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October 14, 2008 - 12:13pm — opaqueentity

welch meaning to go back on a deal surely?

And welch is nothing like Welsh anyway.
ch instead of sh.

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