http://tempest.pugsplace.net/2007/11/06/i-weirded-out-a-bunch-of-librarians-today/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:00:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://tempest.pugsplace.net/2007/11/06/i-weirded-out-a-bunch-of-librarians-today/comment-page-1/#comment-18468 Tempest Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:50:36 +0000 http://tempest.pugsplace.net/2007/11/06/i-weirded-out-a-bunch-of-librarians-today/#comment-18468 Yes, I did indeed ask this of a public librarian. It was at the local regional library; she ended up calling the headquarters library in Tampa. The conversation was humorous: "Yes, the Swiss Franc. Yes, Switzerland." (I'd made an especial point on that so they didn't confuse it with the French Franc) The person in the business collection at the John F. Germany library in Tampa was apparently utterly clueless about Francs, especially the Swiss kind. I might as well have asked for pictures of the Roswell aliens or something. :) Yes, I did indeed ask this of a public librarian. It was at the local regional library; she ended up calling the headquarters library in Tampa. The conversation was humorous: “Yes, the Swiss Franc. Yes, Switzerland.” (I’d made an especial point on that so they didn’t confuse it with the French Franc) The person in the business collection at the John F. Germany library in Tampa was apparently utterly clueless about Francs, especially the Swiss kind. I might as well have asked for pictures of the Roswell aliens or something.

]]> http://tempest.pugsplace.net/2007/11/06/i-weirded-out-a-bunch-of-librarians-today/comment-page-1/#comment-18452 Pug Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:37:11 +0000 http://tempest.pugsplace.net/2007/11/06/i-weirded-out-a-bunch-of-librarians-today/#comment-18452 Holy crap. And was this of a public librarian? Holy crap. And was this of a public librarian?

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