Joke of the Week #40

A chicken walks into a library; he goes up to the librarian's desk. "Book."

"You'd like a book?" the librarian replies.

"Book."

The librarian hands the chicken a book, and he leaves. The next day, the chicken comes back. "Book, book."

"You'd like two books?"

"Book, book."

The librarian hands the chicken two books, and he leaves again. The next day, the chicken comes back again. "Book, book, book."

"You'd like three books?"

"Book, book, book."

The librarian hands the chicken three books, and he leaves yet again. Well, by now, the librarian's curiosity is getting the better of her, so she decides to follow the chicken and see where he goes.

She follows him down the sidewalk, through an alleyway, through a field, and down to a pond. The chicken stops by the edge of the pond, upon which, a frog swims up to him. The chicken lays the books out in front of the frog, who looks each of them over and says, "Read it, read it, read it..."

From Nickelodeon Magazine

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Book Store:Funny You Should Ask...Return of the Grin Vol.2

In yet further proof that truth is stranger than fiction, this book showcases many(very odd!) real-life questions asked at library reference desks. Such questions range from book title butcherings("Do you have the book Diarrhea of the Worm?" A.K.A Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin*), to vague("Can you help me find a book I checked out last year about a little girl? I think the title had a 'the' in it."), to non-book/info related("Could you please pop my popcorn?**"), to mispronunciations("Do you have any books about Michael Angelo?"), to quests for information that doesn't exist("Do you have a recent photo of Abraham Lincoln?***"), to obvious("I need to find the autobiography of Bill Clinton, but I don't know who the author is."), to so bizarre that they just can't be classified!("How many calories are in a mouse?****")

Oh. My. Goodgollygosh.

 

"Open mouth, insert foot."

 

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*We hope... :-p

**Interestingly enough, the librarian who was asked to do this actually did it!

***This reminds me of that old joke:

By Shel Silverstein.

 



****This question was asked by a guy who had recently put his cat on a diet, and thought the cat was cheating by eating mice. The librarian thus reassured him that not only would a little mouse not have many calories, but that it was a good thing that the cat was catching mice.(Doesn't make the question any less odd though...)