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Subject: OT - Humor - Library Questions of the Weird Variety

dialyn opened this issue on Jul 23, 2003 · 13 posts
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dialyn ( ) posted Wed, 23 July 2003 at 1:11 PM · edited Fri, 20 September 2024 at 5:29 AM

** WEIRD QUESTIONS ASKED OF LIBRARIANS ** ** "Do you have that book by Rushdie: 'Satanic Nurses'?" ** "Where is the reference desk?" This was asked of a person sitting at a desk who had, hanging above her head, a sign saying "REFERENCE DESK"! ** "Do you have a list of all the books written in the English language?" ** "I was here about three weeks ago looking at a cookbook that cost $39.95. Do you know which one it is?" ** "Can you tell me why so many famous Civil War battles were fought on National Park sites?" ** "Do you have any books with photographs of dinosaurs?" ** "I need a color photograph of George Washington [Columbus, Moses, Socrates, etc.] for a school paper I'm writing." ** "I need a photocopy of Abraham Lincoln's birth certificate." ** "Do you have a list of all the books I've ever read?" ** "I need to find out Ibid's first name for my bibliography." ** "Why don't you have any books by Ibid? He's written a lot of important books!" ** "I am looking for a list of laws that I can break that would send me back to jail for a couple of months."

jstro ( ) posted Wed, 23 July 2003 at 5:50 PM

"Satanic Nurses" - I had one. Took her three tries to give me a tetanus shot! Ouch! "Do you have any books with photographs of dinosaurs?" - Fortunately, my picture has not yet shown up in any books, as far as I know. :-) jon

 
~jon
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pakled ( ) posted Wed, 23 July 2003 at 9:32 PM

must of had the same one trying to get a blood sample from me..only bruises I've had in many a year..;) Do you have a book translating LOC into Dewey Decimal system?..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)

Shoshanna ( ) posted Thu, 24 July 2003 at 2:24 AM

I would like a copy of that list of all the books ever written in the english language if you wouldn't mind doing an extra print out. Shanna :-)


tien_avielle ( ) posted Thu, 24 July 2003 at 5:01 PM

Oh, my, geez, and THANK YOU! I really needed this today! Priceless humor!

meico ( ) posted Fri, 25 July 2003 at 7:08 PM

Hilarious .... but be warned - this now gives me leave to compile and publish a list of extracts from Parents' notes to the Headmaster. Give me a week [going away for a few days to Chester] and I'll post!

dialyn ( ) posted Fri, 25 July 2003 at 7:25 PM

Looking forward to it!! We can all use a laugh once in awhile. :)

Crescent ( ) posted Fri, 25 July 2003 at 9:31 PM

Can I get a print out of the Internet?

dialyn ( ) posted Fri, 25 July 2003 at 9:46 PM

;) Sure, do you want it as a pdf file?

pakled ( ) posted Sat, 26 July 2003 at 8:44 PM

hey, it could be a Writer's freebie..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)

dialyn ( ) posted Sat, 26 July 2003 at 8:53 PM

Attached Link: http://www.1112.net/lastpage.html

I have a start...well, actually I have the ending.

meico ( ) posted Sat, 26 July 2003 at 9:13 PM

Nice one,dialyn ... nice one!

dialyn ( ) posted Sat, 26 July 2003 at 9:34 PM

I can't take any credit for the idea or the page...but I like it. :)

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