Re: Early Friday Funny
I recently received a telephone request form a patron wondering
if we had any "archives of prehistoric artists". I
pointed out (admittedly with a grin on my face) that archival holdings
of papers by prehistoric artists tend to be scarce, since they would
by definition predate the written word. Dead silence on the other end
for a minute. Of course some books in the library on the subject of
the Venus of Willendorf, cave paintings in Lascaux and Altamira, etc.
more than covered what the patron was looking for and everyone was
happy in the end. First time for everything;-)
Bart
I recently asked a group of 5 or so work study students if they
know who Dan Quayle is and got only blank, deer-in-the-headlights
stares from all of them.
--Maria
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