** 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."