My Sim had the whim to finish reading a book. So, I had him take out one from the bookcase. "Love in the Time of Sandwiches". This was a mistake, because although he appeared to be done in the bathroom, evidently, he was not. He walked back in (and I thought he was going to multi-task, read while doing his business). Nope, he flushed the toilet and the book isn't anywhere. I checked his inventory and no, it's not there. I can only conclude he deemed it a distasteful piece of waste material and did the only logical thing and gave it the deep plunge. :open_mouth: LOL

That's hilarious. Have you put the walls up to make sure it's not on a shelf? Maybe outside? Also, check to make sure you don't have any filters set in his inventory. I'm 100% sure that's not supposed to happen. :D

Well, all I can say to that is Joey is a bonifide genius. He may have a reason behind it's mysterious disappearance. :open_mouth:

That's easily the best method I've seen a sim do to avoid the book glitch.

"GalacticGal;c-17854287" wrote:@SamDenny the book glitch?Sometimes if a Sim gets up to do something else they will "forget" to put the book up and instead walk around with it.. and it can prevent them from doing certain action because they need both hands for said action. This can happen with any object a sim can hold though(yes even toddlers, I've had that happen..), it just commonly happens with books.

Oh, Dear, I Think He Flushed the Book!

ArcherDK
4 years ago
"GalacticGal;c-17854843" wrote:
"ArcherDK;c-17854535" wrote:
Shows what most Sims think about reading books :-)

Sh, that's NOT what an author likes or wants to hear, you know. ;) But I do appreciate your candor.

I am a writer and an author myself and as such I DO get to say this :-)
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"simplyzoe;c-17855646" wrote:
"GalacticGal;d-988693" wrote:
My Sim had the whim to finish reading a book. So, I had him take out one from the bookcase. "Love in the Time of Sandwiches". This was a mistake, because although he appeared to be done in the bathroom, evidently, he was not. He walked back in (and I thought he was going to multi-task, read while doing his business). Nope, he flushed the toilet and the book isn't anywhere. I checked his inventory and no, it's not there. I can only conclude he deemed it a distasteful piece of waste material and did the only logical thing and gave it the deep plunge. :open_mouth: LOL

Have you checked the family inventory? I find stuff there, especially books that are not in the bookshelf.

Just for the record, I did go through the family inventory — for an entirely different reason. However, the book wasn't there. I believe he flushed it. LOL Must have been one his teacher required him to read, or something. Or, it was just that bad.

@ArcherDK That wasn't meant to silence you by any means. Just a caution that most writer's don't wish to hear such. That's why I used the wink emoji. I was just playing. :)
ArcherDK
4 years ago
@GalacticGal Oh play some more ;-)
CAPTAIN_NXR7
Seasoned Hotshot
4 years ago
This feature is part of a set of game mechanics we can’t see.

He did flush it. Some Sims are kind enough to share “Love in the Time of Sandwiches” with the sewer rats. It’s a best seller down there. The devs just forgot to add the buffs, but that’s basically what happened. ?
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
LOL I like your thinking @CAPTAIN_NXR7
Sunflowergal227
4 years ago
lol that's hysterical! never had that happen before!
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"Sunflowergal227;c-17856377" wrote:
lol that's hysterical! never had that happen before!

Me either, that's what was so bizarre about it. LOL
whubble1817
New Scout
4 years ago
HAHAHAHA. I hope he has a plumber on speed dial!
Simburian
Rising Rookie
4 years ago
Maybe he had run out of toilet paper? We don't have newspapers handy in the game anymore! B)
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"Simburian;c-17857125" wrote:
Maybe he had run out of toilet paper? We don't have newspapers handy in the game anymore! B)

LOL Thanks for my morning chuckle. I hadn't thought of that.