The scout shop had just emptied of customers when the phone rang. It was a representative from Yellow Pages, calling to see if our shop had received a set of phone books. Now aware of them resting on the floor behind the counter, I responded with a "yes," and set our new books on the glass display case. As I hung up the phone, my co-worker Patrick asked if I had ever tried to lace two phone books together. I replied that I had not, to which he informed me of an episode of Mythbusters where they had done this very thing. Apparently, if you lace two phone books together, one page at a time, the friction created prevents them from being separated. Patrick could not remember how this episode concluded, but recalled that they had a game of tug-o-war with the books. If I had to guess, I would believe it is possible to pull them apart, but not with only two people tugging on it. With two phone books now gathering dust in the back room, I have taken it upon myself to come to a decision on the possibility of separating two interwoven phone books.
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