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the library at my college has set up an instant messaging account for the reference desk in our main library, so that the reference librarian can field multiple anonymous research assistance requests from anywhere. recently, i've dusted off my copy of ichat and started asking him/her absurd questions as study breaks.

so, this is the thread where i post our conversations, and you can do the same.

― lf (lfam), Friday, 5 May 2006 00:15 (nineteen years ago)

AIM IM with XXXXXXX.

8:58 PM

me: Can you tell me about "all the things I know but of which I am not at the moment thinking?"
them: um ... do I get another hint?
me: the moment is 9:07 pm on thursday
them: Robert Barry?
them: 5 copies in Ohiolink
me: well, i guess i am thinking of him at this moment

9:10 PM

them:4 of which are requestable
them:anything else?

― lf (lfam), Friday, 5 May 2006 00:16 (nineteen years ago)

*waits for Ned to appear and smash your head into the desk* =)

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 5 May 2006 00:17 (nineteen years ago)

it was a slow conversation

― lf (lfam), Friday, 5 May 2006 00:22 (nineteen years ago)

Toilet disasters at your workplace (Ned Raggett)

― lf (lfam), Friday, 5 May 2006 00:24 (nineteen years ago)

give us the IM name.

hilarity will ensue.

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Friday, 5 May 2006 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, those wacky Obies and their silly antics!

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 5 May 2006 06:42 (nineteen years ago)

whatevs, meed-face.

also, you can find the IM name on the oberlin website if you know how to look.

― lf (lfam), Friday, 5 May 2006 07:31 (nineteen years ago)

i'm thinking of doing one recontextualization of late 60s / early 70s conceptualism every thursday at the same time. try to build an internet relationship. i don't know. i'm going to test different things out every night for a while, i think. i want to try not to let them know that i'm putting them on.

― lf (lfam), Friday, 5 May 2006 07:33 (nineteen years ago)

I am totally imming them this thread!

― JW (ex machina), Friday, 5 May 2006 13:04 (nineteen years ago)

*waits for Ned to appear and smash your head into the desk* =)

With a smile?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 5 May 2006 13:43 (nineteen years ago) 

IM Service  	Screen Name  	
AOL Instant Messenger 	ObieRef 	
Yahoo! Messenger 	ObieRef 	
MSN Messenger 	        ObieRef@hotmail.com

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Friday, 5 May 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

obie ref real name no gimmicks

― TAO (daggerlee), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

ath: hey whts up ho i'm lookin for a book about the three six mafia can u help me or what
Auto response from ObieRef: I am currently away from the computer.

― ath (ath), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

ObieRef (12:26:21 PM): hi
ObieRef (12:26:23 PM): still there?
ath (12:26:35 PM): yeah i just b sippin on some sizzurp
ath (12:26:41 PM): whatchu doin ho
ath (12:27:51 PM): my shorty lf gave me dis shit and said i can find me books and shit
ObieRef (12:28:12 PM): ok; new ref person here. sorry for the delay. ya want books or mags or both?
ath (12:28:15 PM): do u got any books on no limit records or ATl
ObieRef (12:28:29 PM): hold on a sec
ath (12:28:42 PM): books or videos or rims
ObieRef (12:29:19 PM): i can find lots of magazine articles ...
ath (12:29:29 PM): whatever
ObieRef (12:29:40 PM): ok; hold on
ath (12:29:55 PM): yo jus get me a book alrready damn
ath (12:30:13 PM): yo do u got any obie trice
ath (12:30:46 PM): your name means obie trice refer dont lie
ath (12:30:53 PM): lol
ObieRef (12:31:12 PM): ok; here's an article that we have: Wadler, J. Joe Pistone went undercover to con the Mob: now he must stay there to save his life [FBI agent]. People Weekly v. 29 (April 25 1988) p. 100-1+
ath (12:31:20 PM): wuts that shit
ObieRef (12:31:28 PM): here's another:
ObieRef (12:31:30 PM): Shapiro, W. Going after Hell's Angels. Newsweek v. 105 (May 13 1985) p. 41
ObieRef (12:32:01 PM): Shapiro, W. Going after Hell's Angels. Newsweek v. 105 (May 13 1985) p. 41
ath (12:32:03 PM): wut the fukk ma supposed 2 do with that shit i want some crunk n shit nigga WHAT
ath (12:32:50 PM): u still there?
ObieRef (12:33:00 PM): OK OK -- it's in volume 105 (may 13 issue) of Newsweek mag, page 41 -- is that what you're lookin 4?
ath (12:33:18 PM): nah
ath (12:33:26 PM): fuck this shit i'm out
ObieRef (12:33:26 PM): you want the band?
ath (12:33:35 PM): i want some MP3 jams
cyprodine (12:33:44 PM): hook a brotha up obie
ObieRef (12:33:49 PM): OK; give me a minute

― ath (ath), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

oh my god what have i done

― lf (lfam), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

this reference librarian seems incredibly good-natured

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 5 May 2006 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

It's like an aikido version of ILX.

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Saturday, 6 May 2006 00:48 (nineteen years ago)

ath (12:28:42 PM): books or videos or rims

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 6 May 2006 00:54 (nineteen years ago)

ath (12:26:35 PM): yeah i just b sippin on some sizzurp
ath (12:26:41 PM): whatchu doin ho

ath:genius

― stet (stet), Saturday, 6 May 2006 01:42 (nineteen years ago)

i have tears on my cheeks from laughing. could this be topped?

now, more

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Saturday, 6 May 2006 01:46 (nineteen years ago)

Oh god, that chat is hilarious. My gut hurts from laughing so hard

― van igloo (van smack), Saturday, 6 May 2006 04:49 (nineteen years ago)

That librarian is so professional.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Saturday, 6 May 2006 05:28 (nineteen years ago)

[16:58] sanskritilx: hi dere
[16:58] sanskritilx: quick question
[16:59] ObieRef: shoot
[17:00] sanskritilx: i am doing an honors thesis on the contemporary art world and its interstices with sound art practices
[17:00] sanskritilx: i need to know who is more famous, Momus or Matmos?
[17:01] ObieRef: how do you think that would be measured?
[17:01] sanskritilx: by number of citations in academic journal articles
[17:01] ObieRef: give me a sec
[17:12] ObieRef: sorry its been busy here
[17:12] ObieRef: have you tried searching databases like: Art Abstracts, or ArtBibliographies Modern?
[17:14] sanskritilx: yeah i did, nothing
[17:15] ObieRef: hmm
[17:15] sanskritilx: i just need a rough breakdown, you know, 15,000 articles found for one vs 8,500 articles found for the other
[17:15] ObieRef: I'm trying quick searches in the databases and am not finding much at all
[17:16] ObieRef: you might try a more general database like Academic Search Premier
[17:16] ObieRef: or Readers' Guide Abstracts
[17:16] ObieRef: which cover general interest magazines
[17:17] ObieRef: fame is hard to quantify, obviously
[17:17] sanskritilx: honey, just look it up
[17:18] ObieRef: you can get to those databases from the library homepage
[17:18] ObieRef: also LexisNexis Academic
[17:18] sanskritilx: i can't go to the homepage, i am on 2400 baud
[17:18] sanskritilx: images take forever to load
[17:19] ObieRef: if all you want to do is count "hits"
[17:19] sanskritilx: yeah, JUST hits
[17:19] ObieRef: I can do another quick search but I've got to wrap things up here
[17:19] sanskritilx: WRINKLEPAWSOME
[17:19] ObieRef: I'm supposed to close at 5
[17:19] ObieRef: hold on
[17:19] sanskritilx: thanks
[17:25] ObieRef: I'm sorry, but I'm getting swamped here again
[17:25] ObieRef: I'll be back from 2 to 5 tomorrow afternoon
[17:25] ObieRef: can you come in then?
[17:25] sanskritilx: sure, i'm a gentleman, i'll walk you back to the library in the morning
[17:26] ObieRef: I don't understand
[17:25] sanskritilx: A/S/L?

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Saturday, 6 May 2006 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

wrinklepawsome?!

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:48 (nineteen years ago)

"Wrinklepawsome" is WRINKLEPAWLICIOUS!!!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:50 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.pcbypaul.com/wpclipart/people/applause.png

― gbx (skowly), Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

Where will it end?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

It's only just begund

― Jimmy Mod is a super idol of The MARS SPIRIT (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:10 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha sanskrit that is too good

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:13 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.tableandhome.com/prodimages/74201.jpg

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:14 (nineteen years ago)

ath (1:35:39 PM): good afternoon, sir or madam
ObieRef (1:35:47 PM): Hi
ath (1:36:10 PM): allow me to introduce myself. my name is jodeci q. rockefeller-mulroon IV. i seek a reference article regarding the following subject: dinosaurs
ath (1:36:35 PM): do you have the power to assist me in my research?
ObieRef (1:37:06 PM): can you be more specific about what kind of article on dinosaurs?
ObieRef (1:37:19 PM): would an encyclopedia entry suffice?
ath (1:37:46 PM): yes. i am interested to learn about the chemical composition of the lining of the egg of a stegosaurus.
cyprodine (1:38:34 PM): i am also wishing to fulfill a personal quandary regarding the average length of an anklyosaur erection.
ath (1:38:59 PM): would you be so kind as to please fetch for me a related article on these topics in one of your many fine academic journals?
ObieRef (1:39:35 PM): I can suggest that you serach the database called Biological Abstracts to find references to articles
ath (1:40:00 PM): i apologize; i do not understand the meaning of the english word "serach." please articulate your response.
ObieRef (1:40:23 PM): search
ath (1:40:46 PM): very well. thank you and have a most splendid day, anonymous oberlin library reference desk clerk!
ath (1:41:42 PM): p.s. how much do they pay you for doing this?
ObieRef (1:41:53 PM): it's all in a day's work
ath (1:41:55 PM): tight
ath (1:42:06 PM): l8r

― ath (ath), Sunday, 7 May 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

ob1es are too serious, this might get wilder if we try some of the other colleges found here: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=reference+library+instant+message&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

― lf (lfam), Sunday, 7 May 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

AIM IM with ObieRef.

12:11 PM

adnaus23: HI DERE WAHT IS IT MADE
ObieRef: Sorry, I don't understand your question

― naus (Robert T), Sunday, 7 May 2006 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

we're not trying other colleges, lf. this is all about getting you expelled.

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 8 May 2006 00:24 (nineteen years ago)

i find this thread kind of depressing.

― lurker #2421, inc. (lurker-2421), Monday, 8 May 2006 01:09 (nineteen years ago)

we're not here to make you happy

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Monday, 8 May 2006 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

i find this thread kind of depressing.

i find it the funniest ile thread in an age.

― jergins (jergins), Monday, 8 May 2006 01:44 (nineteen years ago)

I would find it a little annoying, if I thought the librarian cared. These probably make his/her job more enjoyable.

― milo z (mlp), Monday, 8 May 2006 01:51 (nineteen years ago)

i worked as a music librarian in my student days. boring job manning a desk, would have loved something like this.

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 8 May 2006 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

Yessssss rationalizzzzzeeeee

― Jimmy Mod is a super idol of The MARS SPIRIT (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 8 May 2006 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

the music library workers at my school had access to aim!

i'm wondering how long it will be before librarian finds this thread...

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 8 May 2006 02:14 (nineteen years ago)

that 1st sent was an xpost to sanskrit

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 8 May 2006 02:14 (nineteen years ago)

i'm wondering how long it will be before librarian finds this thread...

uh, i'm guessing it already happened:

i find this thread kind of depressing.
-- lurker #2421, inc. (lurker242...), May 7th, 2006 7:09 PM. (lurker-2421)

― jäxøñ (jaxon), Monday, 8 May 2006 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

we're not trying other colleges, lf. this is all about getting you expelled.

i want my reference librarian all to myself!

― lf (lfam), Monday, 8 May 2006 03:46 (nineteen years ago)

The "A/S/L?" as a punchline to that one is genius.

― uptoeleven (uptoeleven), Monday, 8 May 2006 04:05 (nineteen years ago)

I agree this is sort of depressing, but funny in a way. I'm all for pretty much harmless, albeit annoying pranks, but isn't there a better target for this than a librarian who is actually really trying to help no matter how absurd the requests get?

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 04:17 (nineteen years ago)

how about you make some suggestions

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Monday, 8 May 2006 04:18 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, what's yr IM, mickeypaws?

― jäxøñ (jaxon), Monday, 8 May 2006 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

x-post

You're probably right, but these aren't vicious are they? It's hardly the same as a prank emergency services call where lives may be lost. Is there really this great fear that the findings of books and journals may be delayed and essays may miss deadlines by precious seconds. Unless the individual involved is completely humorless they're hardly gonna be upset by such innocent joshings.

― uptoeleven (uptoeleven), Monday, 8 May 2006 04:22 (nineteen years ago)

m 0 dest m 1 ck eyb (de-google-safed. "1" = "i" etc.)

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 04:23 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I'm not horribly offended or anything. I can just imagine the librarian maybe getting frustrated with them and killing the service, in which it sucks that a prank ruined a really cool thing (if you're willing to buy that reference librarians on AIM are "cool").

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 04:24 (nineteen years ago)

I can just imagine the librarian maybe getting frustrated with them and killing the service

ding ding ding.

i mean, i don't know, this just seems about on the same level as the people who call 867-5309 and ask "is jenny there"? funny haha if you're the one doing it, but being on the receiving end is usually boring and annoying and makes you feel like you're being fucked with. and i don't know, if i were that ref librarian i might be really creeped out by the walk-you-home line.

that said, the dinosaur one is kinda funny, though when the guy drops character at the ends it ruins [not makes] the joke for me. i guess that's my problem, i just don't think these IMs are done very well, and i can't imagine the librarian walking away going "that was clever and funny". i've been prank called before and walked away laughing because it was really fucking funny, so it can be done...

― lurker #2421, inc. (lurker-2421), Monday, 8 May 2006 13:06 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah and it probably stops having even the potential to be funny - from the librarian's POV - after ooh, twice. But if they've decided to offer a service like that they're probably prepared for it. And you'll get bored after a while, bless.

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 8 May 2006 13:10 (nineteen years ago)

take the analysis elsewhere, dudes.

THIS THREAD IS ONLY FOR FUNNY STUFF W/LIBRARIANS

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 8 May 2006 13:13 (nineteen years ago)

you forgot to ask the status of his bellybutton

― -+-+-+++- (ooo), Monday, 8 May 2006 13:33 (nineteen years ago)

this looks as good a place as any to OTM lurker's comment:

i guess that's my problem, i just don't think these IMs are done very well, and i can't imagine the librarian walking away going "that was clever and funny"

OTM.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

[15:11] sanskritilx: hello?
[15:11] Auto response from ObieRef: I am currently away from the computer.

...


[17:19] ObieRef: can i help you with something?
[17:19] sanskritilx: hail fellow, well met!
[17:19] sanskritilx: do you have any information regarding the rules and regulations of football?
[17:21] ObieRef: not accessible from the reference desk, try the library catalog
[17:21] sanskritilx: SUCKERS
[17:21] ObieRef: i dont follow
[17:21] sanskritilx: OBERLIN COLLEGE FOOTBALL SUCKS!
[17:21] sanskritilx: EDISON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL RULES!
[17:21] ObieRef: omg LOL

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 8 May 2006 18:26 (nineteen years ago)

i'm not sure how i feel about "otm" being used as a verb.

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 8 May 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

Ask her what her opinion of the new Bloodhag album cover (_Hell Bent for Letters_)

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

yes, that will be hilarious

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

prob'ly not, but i think it's a cute cover.

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:17 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00082ZRN0.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

Given the type of harassment that female librarians in particular often have to put up with from patrons, there's a lot of stuff on here that is extremely obnoxious. Or: vicious or not, a bunch of you are really behaving like inconsiderate assholes.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

Er, seems like the person in question doesn't mind.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure it's more than one person on the other line. These seem like two very distinct voices to me:

ObieRef (1:39:35 PM): I can suggest that you serach the database called Biological Abstracts to find references to articles
ath (1:40:00 PM): i apologize; i do not understand the meaning of the english word "serach." please articulate your response.
ObieRef (1:40:23 PM): search
ath (1:40:46 PM): very well. thank you and have a most splendid day, anonymous oberlin library reference desk clerk!
ath (1:41:42 PM): p.s. how much do they pay you for doing this?
ObieRef (1:41:53 PM): it's all in a day's work

vs.

[17:21] ObieRef: i dont follow
[17:21] sanskritilx: OBERLIN COLLEGE FOOTBALL SUCKS!
[17:21] sanskritilx: EDISON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL RULES!
[17:21] ObieRef: omg LOL

I imagine the "omg LOL" ObieRef doesn't mind, but whose to know about the rest?

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

if they are bored at their monotonous desk job, then hopefully it will brighten their day.
if they are as joyless as some people on this thread, then i don't care if they're offended.

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

sanskrit, I think you're pretty funny sometimes, but really, do you think the Oberlin library staff gets a kick out of ILX inside jokes? I imagine I'm not so funny to them yet. Feel free to paste them some pictures of my navel or something, or link to a few threads, but until then I suspect they won't be wearing lollerskates when reading "wrinkle-" as a prefix.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

If the librarian had a lot of other things to do I could see where it might be annoying, but there's no need to get all Real World Tammi about it.

― The Mercury Krueger (Ex Leon), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

From realworld Tammi

http://www.tammisworld.com/archives/date.jpg

i'm guessing his belly button is pierced

― jäxøñ (jaxon), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

THINGS THAT AREN'T FUNNY
In descending order of funnyness

This post.
The concept of this thread.
Mickey jokes.
The practice of this thread.
Exaggerated gangsta slang.
People bitching about the concept of this thread.
The Holocaust.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

http://tittsworth.com/images/2005/os.jpg

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

Also, as a reminder, it's not generally okay to call strangers "ho" any more than it's generally okay to call strangers "n*****". If you've spent a lot of time immersed in the scummier side of hip-hop culture, you may have lost track of that.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

so is this a salaried college staff member or kids doing work studies at the ref desk? the latter might explain the "omg lol" reaction. i imagine that the full time staff members wouldn't be working at 9 pm. if i were a work study kid i'd welcome these ims to pass the time.

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

I used to work on campus. One time, while working in the candy store, I got a prank phone call using one of those online soundboard things that makes it easy to play a bunch of soundbytes from different movies, celebrities, etc. I didn't recognize whatever "celebrity" it was talking to me, and the soundbytes the person chose made no sense at all for what I said. I told them I knew exactly what was going on and was curious what soundboard it was, but they wouldn't tell me. They just kept repeating meaningless phrases. It was annoying and I hung up and went back to whatever it was I brought to read.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

As a friend of someone who worked as a reference librarian at a public library, I don't think anyone has even started to approach the level of obnoxiousness that library patrons will dish out in person. Other people (Ned?) can feel free to correct me, though.

― mike h. (mike h.), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

Also, as a reminder, it's not generally okay to call strangers "ho" any more than it's generally okay to call strangers "n*****"

actually and honestly i'd say it's somewhere around 60 to 80% more okay to call strangers "ho" than "n****," although i don't know exactly what your "n*****" is because that's got one more letter than the "n****" that i know. but please for the love of god don't make the mistake of trying to type the whole thing out in the process of settling this.

― ath (ath), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

if they are bored at their monotonous desk job, then hopefully it will brighten their day.

Woah, way to denegrate the library profession.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

so is this a salaried college staff member or kids doing work studies at the ref desk? the latter might explain the "omg lol" reaction. i imagine that the full time staff members wouldn't be working at 9 pm.

Are "kids doing work studies" really allowed to staff library reference desks in US colleges?

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

YES

― jergins (jergins), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

Ach, I don't know what I'm doing sticking up for the library profession. I got out of it when I realised I couldn't expect other people to treat it seriously when I didn't even treat it seriously myself. Well, a few years after that, I guess.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

I used to do desk security at the library in college, and there would usually be a library science grad student working the reference desk next to me. Sometimes she would tell me about stupid people trying to fuck with her on instant messenger, and we would laugh.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, well a library science grad student is almost a proper librarian, so that would be a bit different.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

my ex-gf runs a blog called Librarian Avengers, maybe you could ask her.

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

It's not hard for me to imagine regular undergrad students working the reference desk during evening hours, as long as they had a small bit of training. In fact, I know that was the case where I went to school.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

As someone who answers the phone for a daily sports call-in radio show, I encourage you all to give this librarian ho everything you've got.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

See, this is why librarianship is doomed if it wants to be treated on a level other professions. You wouldn't get a legal practice saying: "For legal counsel out of office hours, contact one of our team of kids with a small bit of training."

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

Are "kids doing work studies" really allowed to staff library reference desks in US colleges?

-- Alba (albab...), May 8th, 2006. (Alba) (later) (link)

they did at mine!

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

When I worked in a university library (pre-qualification), working with enquiries was the most challenging, favourite part of the librarians' day. They didn't see it as a monotonous desk job.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

The thread-starter did specify that they were "the reference librarian" not someone unqualified.

But I guess to most people anyone who works behind the desk in a library is a librarian, right?

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

LESS HANDWRINGING
MORE ROFFLES

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

at a university? sure.

unless you're the creepy old guy who worked security and kept all the drunk kids out of puking in the bathrooms.

xpost

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

it is standard for work-study students in the US to work in libraries checking out books, etc. whether they work as reference librarians I can't say.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

Checking out books, sure. That's a clerical task. Library assistants do it everywhere.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

perhaps the person using messenger relays more complex requests to the actual reference librarian? or is there to act as a buffer between the actual reference librarian and, say, ILX?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:17 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I guess so.

Sorry for being so boring.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

I'm probably wrong, but it's a distinct possibility

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

Some of the library science grad students here had to put some time in at the reference desk before graduating, I think.

At any rate, they would usually take the late-night shifts and were the only ones working reference.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

Okay, the sheer audacity of positing "ho" vs "n****" is approximately 5,390,235,234,242.9523345 times funnier than the IMs and I completely lost my shit at "WRINKLEPAWESOME".

― Dan (LOL At ILE) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

DAN PERRY IS WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

i agree with dan

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

cutty, you need to jump into the fray, esp after that expert Tiga trolling

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

Dan Perry likes my joke! He is surely some sort of sage!

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

Dude seriously what is yr problem?

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

no, don't bait him, or this will just devolve into a Mickey thread

MORE ROFFLES TOMORROW

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

haha

I sent a "hello" to ObieRef but didn't get a response. it may already be too late. :(

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

Whatevs, I'm kinda with the whole "the IMs weren't funny enough" crowd but yeah "WRINKLEPAWESOME" was, uh, wrinklepawesome and the football one had me lolling. kudos! Hopefully tomorrow you'll all get more of the LOL librarian and less of the stodgy librarian.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:10 (nineteen years ago)

no, don't bait him, or this will just devolve into a Mickey thread

-- jinx hijinks (mikeoptin...) (webmail), May 8th, 2006. (sanskrit)

[10:09] sanskritilx: does Lexis/Nexis have any newspsaper articles regarding notorious felon Derek Borchardt?
[10:09] ObieRef: i can check
[10:09] sanskritilx: he also goes by the alias of "Mickey" Borchardt
[10:09] sanskritilx: proceed with caution, he is extremely dangerous

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

At this point the ims are the least chuckleheaded comments on this thread.

― The Mercury Krueger (Ex Leon), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:14 (nineteen years ago)

No no that aware square lands on the ho v nigga thing. That's dead mind blowing.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

i have never seen such a masterful command of copy paste jujitsu

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

God Allmighty crafted the Ctrl+B and Ctrl+V combinations easy to handle, and they even point towards your mouth!

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

Seriously when I read that ho thing I seriously wanted to paste this:

http://home.gwu.edu/~tombot/CHAPIYM.JPG

But didn't know what the URL was. So I'll just go ahead and post it now.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

i really hate you, mickey

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:19 (nineteen years ago)

:D

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:22 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe Nabisco can come along and explain (without self-defeating digressions) why it's not a good idea to call people working in public service positions "ho" (which--really!--some women still do find offensive), why making stalker-like comments to the same people ("sure, i'm a gentleman, i'll walk you back to the library in the morning") is a problem, and how there's a power issue involved in toying with someone who is supposed to be polite and keep the public happy.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:46 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe someone can come along and explain to you that there was no actual need to bring up the word "nigga" to make that point, Miss Manners.

― Dan (Feel Free To Continue Missing The Point) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:58 (nineteen years ago)

other than the fact that ath used it, you mean?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

it's fun to say!

― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

also, everyone on this thread needs to try harder, esp. the IM fools.

― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:04 (nineteen years ago)

And if the justification really is "this should brighten those poor, bored librarian's dreary days!" rather than just being backwards posturing, then at least try to say something that would make sense to them. ath's in my opinion was the funniest, despite being somewhat insensitive, because the joke was something the librarian could actually understand. Other than sanskrit's football one, which was pretty funny, the others were just regurgitated ILX memes. I don't think they're funny here anymore, not even in an appropriate context, but when thrown in the face of someone completely clueless, they're even less amusing.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:08 (nineteen years ago)

t/s: "ho" vs "dirty ass bitch"

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

nb: my hating on the idiots in this thread does not mean i am aligniniining myself with mickey

― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

Or, in other words, please, please do not IM ObieRef and say, "YSI?"

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:12 (nineteen years ago)

strongo, thanks for getting that out of the way.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:12 (nineteen years ago)

no the cluelessness makes it MORE amusing!!!!
xpost to mickey

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:15 (nineteen years ago)

there's a power issue involved in toying with someone who is supposed to be polite and keep the public happy

again, ding ding ding. the whole reason this thing is such a jerkoff is that you're messing with people who would, at least half the time, LOVE to be able to tell you "hey, you know what, go fuck yourself."

i mean, what, do you think they're stupid? they KNOW you're pranking them, but they're obliged to pretend otherwise because in many cases, guess what, they need their job and they need the money and they can't hit back the way they'd like to, because they'd get fired. if you actually manage to be funny, and to include them in the joke in a way that works, great. otherwise, though, you're basically about on the same level as homer simpson fucking with the amish.

and yes, i think it's incredibly stupid and creepy to call them a "ho" or to A/S/L them or talk about going home with them. no amount of race-baiting -- on anyone's part -- will change that. sorry, there are far too many women out there who've been raped and molested to make that kind of bullshit roffleicious.

― lurker #2421, inc. (lurker-2421), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:16 (nineteen years ago)

T/s: Tami vs Beth S.

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

nb: my hating on the idiots in this thread does not mean i am aligniniining myself with mickey

you're no Nick Sylvester yourself, mr. small market

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:26 (nineteen years ago)

lurker #2421 is right, you guys. lots of women have been raped and molested, therefore it's not funny to tease a librarian. by the way all librarians are women.

― ath (ath), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

ath, lets do a tag team

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

oh, please do! there's nothing on tv tonight!

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:31 (nineteen years ago)

i'm gonna have to take a rain check on that one, jinx. lurker #2421 has pointed out to me that if you tease a librarian, you are teasing ALL women (since all women are librarians).

and antiques road show is on tv tonight.

― ath (ath), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:36 (nineteen years ago)

as a woman and frequent imer, i give my blessing to librarian iming!

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:42 (nineteen years ago)

ok who can guess who lurker is?

― city of gyros (chaki), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

right, because "all librarians are women" is exactly what i said.

(though actually:

"Library workers have been, and will continue to be, mostly female...In 2004, women accounted for 83.2% of all librarians, 83.2% of all library assistants, and the vast majority of library technicians.")

but you know, if you think IMing a (potential!) woman anonymously and calling her a ho and telling her you're going to walk her back to work in the morning (after you've fucked her, that is) -- especially if you know exactly where that woman physically is, and could easily track her down (and she knows this) -- well, by all means, go for it. buy yourself a coke.

xpost chaki if you're thinking i'm orbit, you're waaaaaaaay off. (i can't stand her either.)

― lurker #2421, inc. (lurker-2421), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

Hey I saw Party Girl, no need to lecture me, missy.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:47 (nineteen years ago)

actually i thought you were dee.

― city of gyros (chaki), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:48 (nineteen years ago)

Whoever lurker is, s/he is rabidly OTM.

And oh no sanskrit and jess, a rift in noize bros! Come on, noize bored, bros before hos.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:50 (nineteen years ago)

i've never liked sanskrit

― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:54 (nineteen years ago)

Bleh.... the "Noize Board." Give me a freakin' break. They're the ones who are truly the biggest ho's and n****s. Buncha cretins.

― ath (ath), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:57 (nineteen years ago)

who is this douche?

― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:59 (nineteen years ago)

ath

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:01 (nineteen years ago)

is he always this douchey?

― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:02 (nineteen years ago)

i'm guessing yes.

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/661/665580009l3cv.jpg

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:06 (nineteen years ago)

i dont like jess either but he has his moments

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:07 (nineteen years ago)

i would probably revise my earlier statement to say same

― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

SHINE ON, YOU CRAZY DIAMONDS

― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

lurker #2421 i knew it wasn't appropriate to harass oberlin college reference librarians and i won't do it any more. my girlfriend saw what i was typing, though, and she laughed and didn't think it was a bad idea. she's the same person who got on my case for laughing at that "ann coulter gets fucked in the ass, hard" fan-fic piece, which i thought was funny but then afterwards realized that it wasn't "fair" because it retaliated against a woman's offensive politics with sexual degradation, kind of like how republicans would respond to hilary clinton's politics with jokes about thick thighs, etc.

this is different, though, and i think you're overreacting. you don't need to remind "the boys" that women are raped and molested. the librarian never gave any indication that she (or he) was offended. they kept trying to help me, even adapting the funkee prince-ism of a "4" where "for" was the more library-suitable alternative. i didn't detect anything foul; i would have stopped if i did. the concept of lil jon at a reference desk was funny to me at the time, but of course it seems stupid and embarassing to have gone for that LOL now, after we've completely deconstructed the socio-political engineering behind the roffles.

― ath (ath), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:11 (nineteen years ago)

strongo hulkington wishes he had as many $100-dollar bills as i do

― ath (ath), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:15 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think this is the same thing, but it's worth mentioning.

I'm a waiter. There's these two guys who always come in. They're in their 40's or 50's, and they're a gay couple. I'm not gay. I served them one time, and since then, they constantly come in and flirt with me. They've tried numerous times to get me to go home with them. No matter how many times I've tried to let them know that I'm not interested, they keep coming in, and they keep giving me notes.

And no matter how utterly disgusted I am, and to what extent it bothers me, I have to stand there and make polite small talk with them when they stop me, despite the management knowing the situation. I actually got in a pretty big argument with one of the managers on this very thing a few weeks ago.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:17 (nineteen years ago)

dude, it's your belly button ring!

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:19 (nineteen years ago)

the navel jewlery must throw them off

xpost bingo

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:20 (nineteen years ago)

I usually only advertise that on the internet. I don't think it'd be good for tips.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

actually, mickey, it wasn't worth mentioning.

― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:23 (nineteen years ago)

"i have a girlfriend!"

― strongo hulkington wishes he had as many $100-dollar bills as i do (dubplatestyl, Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:24 (nineteen years ago)

http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/6891/broccolidog6jw.jpg

― ath (ath), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 00:27 (nineteen years ago)

no worries, ath. the thing is, like i said, if you can do it in a way that they can enjoy (or at least not feel like they're being fucked with) and that's funny, i don't have a problem with it. i mean, give them a funny story to tell their friends/colleagues, no harm done, right? it's when it starts to border on being abusive that my bile starts to rise.

by the way i wouldn't mind seeing a more articulate explanation of why comparing the inappropriateness-levels of "ho" and "n***a" is supposed to be, like, this unthinkable and completely ridiculous thing. since, you know, yoko ono to thread, right?

― lurker #2421, inc. (lurker-2421), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 01:09 (nineteen years ago)

just wanted to say that i don't think this is the end of the world, but i do think it's creepy and i wouldn't think of doing it myself in a million years. but then, i am boring.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

i also sympathize with whoever it is that seems sad that people think anyone working behind a desk at a library is a librarian. i like librarians.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 02:31 (nineteen years ago)

ah, here we are:

http://myspace-347.vo.llnwd.net/00498/74/35/498885347_l.jpg

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 02:42 (nineteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/32/PubTimeEnough01.jpg/250px-PubTimeEnough01.jpg

― p@reene (Pareene), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 03:23 (nineteen years ago)

BITERSSSSSS

I'm old here, so what is... 'Oh, Wrinklepaws'?

― Unlimited Toothpicker (eman), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 05:18 (nineteen years ago)

should i annotate with full disclosure of ilx meme sources?

:P

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 09:53 (nineteen years ago)

cos WRINKLEPAWSOME needs to enter the lexicon

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 09:54 (nineteen years ago)

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/862/r6239554045ii.jpg

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:08 (nineteen years ago)

Congratulations!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:13 (nineteen years ago)

[10:11] herbert45x: i could use some help
[10:13] ObieRef: How may I assist you?
[10:13] herbert45l: my girlfriend and i are having a big fight about something really stupid, can you intervene?
[10:13] ObieRef: How so?
[10:13] herbert45x: can you give me the definition of "penultimate"?
[10:14] ObieRef: Merriam-Webster Online should suffice
[10:14] herbert45x: i am behind a firewall and can't access that site, this is crucial to the future of our relationship
[10:15] ObieRef: let me see what I can do
[10:15] herbert45x: i had a 690 verbal SAT goddammit
[10:16] ObieRef: excuse me?
[10:16] herbert45x: sorry, i'm just venting about Miss Priss over here..
[10:16] herbert45x: ..Becca acts like such a know-it-all
[10:17] ObieRef: hold pls
[10:18] ObieRef:
Main Entry: pen·ul·ti·mate
Pronunciation: pi-'n&l-t&-m&t
Function: adjective
1 : next to the last
2 : of or relating to a penult
- pen·ul·ti·mate·ly adverb

[10:18] herbert45x: AH FUCK
[10:20] ObieRef: ?
[10:20] herbert45x: can you look that up again with a different dictionary?
[10:21] ObieRef: no
[10:21] herbert45x: please?!
[10:21] ObieRef: sorry
[10:21] herbert45x: dang

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:28 (nineteen years ago)

NEXT SHOW AT 4PM FOLX

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:28 (nineteen years ago)

I never knew the word 'penult' before today.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 13:31 (nineteen years ago)

BORING

― lf (lfam), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

I am totally imming them this thread!
-- JW (jo...), May 5th, 2006.

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

Ppl objecting to this for any reason besides "not very funny IMs" are completely insane to me because the librarian can BLOCK YOU on IM if s/he is pissed off by this. And all they would have to do is show the IMs to their superiors if they got in trouble for it. If there was any indication that the person was truly bothered by it, that'd be one thing but jesus christ dudes. Even Tuomas is skipping this "battle."

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:32 (nineteen years ago)

[16:08] EdisonRef: ok; here's an article that we have: Shapiro, W. Going after Hell's Angels. Newsweek v. 105 (May 13 1985) p. 41
[16:10] ObieRef: Hello?
[16:10] EdisonRef: I was also able to find Wadler, J. Joe Pistone went undercover to con the Mob: now he must stay there to save his life [FBI agent]. People Weekly v. 29 (April 25 1988) p. 100-1+
[16:10] ObieRef: Excuse me?
[16:10] EdisonRef: are these not adequate for your research project?
[16:11] ObieRef: who is this?
[16:11] EdisonRef: Edison Community College Reference Desk
[16:11] ObieRef: why are you IMing me?
[16:11] EdisonRef: what are you talking about, you IMed me!
[16:11] ObieRef: i think a connection has crossed somewhere
[16:11] EdisonRef: would you like the third publication?
[16:11] ObieRef: this is Oberlin reference
[16:11] EdisonRef: figures! are you outsourcing your extra work to us?
[16:12] ObieRef: i don't follow
[16:12] EdisonRef: do you want the last citation or not?
[16:12] ObieRef: sure
[16:12] EdisonRef: feature story in volume 105 (may 13 issue) of Newsweek mag, page 41
[16:12] ObieRef: ok, thanks
[16:12] EdisonRef: PLEASE STOP PRANKING US

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

kudos

― jäxøñ (jaxon), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

Oh man, teh genius.

― Confounded (Confounded), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

i can't imagine the librarian walking away going "that was clever and funny"

maybe not. but i am now walking away from my computer going: "that was funny as fuck, and sanskrit's last one is beyond genius."

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

my favorite is how they just give up and are like 'sure give me the info i don't need/didn't ask for'

[16:12] EdisonRef: do you want the last citation or not?
[16:12] ObieRef: sure
[16:12] EdisonRef: feature story in volume 105 (may 13 issue) of Newsweek mag, page 41
[16:12] ObieRef: ok, thanks

― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

this is easily the best thread on iles in ages. it just keeps on giving.

― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

Hahaha just when I thought funhating fuckers had ruined this thread I'm roffling tea all over the monitor and keyboard.

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 00:01 (nineteen years ago)

melton otm tbh

― teh_kit has 20 friends (g-kit), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:49 (nineteen years ago)

surprising

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:52 (nineteen years ago)

RJG, I feel bad for mentioning you in the "least funny" thread, because some of the joykillers in this thread are infinitely less funny than you.

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

don't worry about it

looking at threads you've posted on, I don't think you're very funny either!

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:05 (nineteen years ago)

This whole thread reads like that Armando Ianucci parody of shit (ie, all of them) prank callers:

"Are you the owner of the large brick car parked outside Broadcasting House?"
"You're through to British Telecom"
"Oh, I'm ever so sorry.. sorry.. bye"

"Ha ha, classic call!"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

It depends on the library whether the Internet reference is a professional or a student. A couple of students in my classes say that they worked on Internet reference when they were just college students. Most likely, if they get a question they can not handle, they would encourage the student to come in to the library. I don't think AIM leads itself to a very in-depth reference interview--probably better suited to quick directional and factual questions.

Behind the reference desk, it is more likely to be at least one librarian, maybe with other non librarians as well. Except in my job, in the kid's department, we are about half librarians and half not, and we alternate on the desk, except for at evenings--when there is always a librarian. Everyone just assumes we are all librarians, because no one really thinks about what is involved or not involved in being a librarian, besides the people who work at a library. Even when I worked at the circulation desk, most patrons referred to me as a librarian.

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 23:31 (nineteen years ago)

rjg, since the noize board is broken, i'd like to say that i think you're one of the subtly funnier posters on ILM and that last post proves it

― jäxøñ (jaxon), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 23:58 (nineteen years ago)

this thread reminds me of the "yelling things at people from moving cars" one

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 11 May 2006 02:20 (nineteen years ago)

i think that last one pretty much finally validated this thread's existence

― strongo hulkington wishes he had as many $100-dollar bills as i do (dubplatestyl, Thursday, 11 May 2006 02:33 (nineteen years ago)

everything between "jodeci q. rockefeller-mulroon IV" and "chemical composition of the lining of the egg of a stegosaurus" validates this thread.

― FLOWING STRAIGHT FROM THE SURVIVAL SCROLL (vahid), Thursday, 11 May 2006 02:50 (nineteen years ago)

four months pass...
school's back in session!

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 03:59 (nineteen years ago)

ask her if you can obtain much hard one.

― H2-H4 (H2-H4), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 04:09 (nineteen years ago)

i think she's closed for the night

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

hop to it!

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

Dude if Yvonne was still working there she'd kick your ass.

― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

okay!

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:12 (nineteen years ago)

Never before has something I read on the Internet made me laugh until I cried until EdisonRef met ObieRef.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

Are you people thirteen years old? A librarian isn't there to entertain you. What sort of entitlement on your part does this betray?

― thank you for shopping at wal-mart (section241), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

well, someone has sand in their vagina

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

i am entitled to laffs

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

No, none of this rings true. How would you like it if you were a librarian, didn't laugh at this shit, and then some anonymous cowardly asshole said that he or she 'had sand in their vagina'? Do you realize how much harassment and creepiness library employees put up with?

Thinking your juvenile, hostile and exploitative - not to mention SPOILED - does not indicate that one objectively has 'sand in their vagina'. In other words, just because someone doesn't think you are funny doesn't mean they don't have a sense of humor.

― thank you for shopping at wal-mart (section241), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

xpost
Entitlement? That shit was funny! I'm not about to perpetrate it myself, mind you.

Sorry, librarians must have buns and bifocals and are not to have any part in larfs and anyone who lols must be a little kid. (I'll be 40 in a couple of weeks)

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

For a second I thought that might have been the librarian, but then I realized a librarian would know the proper usage of "your/you're".

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't like 75% of ilx librarians anyway?

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

Our "juvenile, hostile and exploitative - not to mention SPOILED" what? You are missing a noun.

(xpost!)

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

Fuck off. When a bunch of frat-rapist juveniles don't think your harassment is funny, they have buns in their hair etc.

Listen, bitch - it's not funny when you put up with harassment and creeps every day. Do you understand what work is, or do you think you're above ever having to "serve" the public?

You're wasting someone's time, and ridiculing them behind their back. How that isn't hostile and juvenile is beyond me.

x-post to 'naked Kraken' - sometimes people make typos, you frauds.

Oh yeah, bring on the defensive 'oo - someone doesn't agree with my obvious adolescent mentality - how dare someone moralize' gang-bang!

― thank you for shopping at wal-mart (section241), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

omg BRING ON THE GANGBANG

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

huh?

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

You seem to be shockingly poor at reading comprehension for a librarian, "thank you for shopping at wal-mart".

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

nothing kills humor like misguided attempts at rational thought

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

frat-rapist juveniles

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

also, if you don't want hostile and juvenile behavior, ilx may not be the place for you

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

I could understand the hostility if any of these were even vaguely threatening and/or offensive.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

You seem to be shockingly deficient at coming up with original flames. And suddenly lacking in humor!

Was a time (2001, anyone?) when ilx was a bit more mature. Wonder what happened?

― thank you for shopping at wal-mart (section241), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

I had forgotten about this thread until today. A nice present.

― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

:D

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

x-post - When you intentionally waste someone's time to garner your own personal "laffs", you are being intimidating and offensive. You are being exploitative and not respecting people's work. You are wasting someone's time.

People in libraries deal with this 'oh, I'm not being threatening, oh no' cowardly behavior all the time.

― thank you for shopping at wal-mart (section241), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

I hate instructors way more than I would any student asking goofy questions. There is an instructor here that should be forced to live on a desert island with Carrot Top.

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

Marissa Marchant got a job as a librarian?

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

You seem to be shockingly deficient at coming up with original flames. And suddenly lacking in humor!

roffle

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

That's a terrible fate for Carrot Top.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

I'M ON UR THREAD
WITH SAND IN MY VAGINA

― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

xxxxpost

Were you looking for the "I hate young people; they're so spoiled and entitled" thread? If you really are a librarian, maybe you should change career paths with that youth-hating, public-hating hypersensitivity.

Anyway, you're getting really mad at us for laughing at something that happened last May.

I'm wondering What Would Ned Do? If he got some prankish IMs while at work, would it enrage him?

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, the testimonial. I mean, since you're all so 'college-educated' and all, I'm sure you know that one from Propaganda 101.

Listen, I've worked with a number of people who've had stalkers. There's a tense situation in some libraries. It's not funny, then, when people ask you bullshit questions and try to get you to 'dance' for them. It's exploitative- intentionally so. You're treating the person on the other end as if they're not human.

― thank you for shopping at wal-mart (section241), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

I'm wondering What Would Ned Do? If he got some prankish IMs while at work, would it enrage him?

Not really.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

Maf54: i obtain much hard ones
NedRaggett: Heavens! ;-)

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

Okay, now I think this is K3rry. Back away, everyone.

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

What a fraud this thread is. Who is your intended audience here- do tell! You people use the same tired tricks over and over again.

― thank you for shopping at wal-mart (section241), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

The intended audience is you people.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

dnftt move on to the roffles

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

I nominate Mr/Ms. Wal-Mart for "Best New Troll."

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

Okay, now I think this is K3rry. Back away, everyone.

Ah yeah, she works/-ed at a university library, too. Good call.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

It's lame to pick on librarians, really. Get a life.

― King Dickhead (Mr.Que), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.umabarauma.blogger.com.br/NO%20FUN6.jpg

come on, ignore ignore and on with it.

(btw-- it's usually kids working this job at oberlin. i asked around)

― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

x-post to 'naked Kraken' - sometimes people make typos, you frauds.

― and what (ooo), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

Homer: Ooh! Snappy answers to stupid questions! I'm great at these. Ask me if something smells funny in here, boy!
Bart: Does something smell funny in here?
Homer: I don't think so, STUPID!
Marge: Homey, do you want pork chops?
Homer: No, I want roast beef, you CLOD!

― and what (ooo), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

I'm wondering What Would Ned Do? If he got some prankish IMs while at work, would it enrage him?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

MOVE THREAD TO NOISE DOODZ ALL PICKLE TIME BAR SUMMER FUN

― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

Hahahah. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

Ned, you're so nice! Even to robots!

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

wait, so is WAL-MART an actual crazy person???? Killer!

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

any more kerry?

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Thursday, 5 October 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

i am so disappointed with this revive

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Friday, 6 October 2006 04:39 (nineteen years ago)

FUCK HATERS

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Friday, 6 October 2006 04:39 (nineteen years ago)

I totally spotted that as K3rry after 2 posts. *shudder*.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 6 October 2006 07:30 (nineteen years ago)

Ms/Mr Walmart: i work at a reproductive health clinic. We get zany, funny, disturbing and prankish phone calls all the time. I take my work seriously, but sometimes it is really funny when someone calls complaining about a "lump on the penis that keeps getting larger whenever they touch it".
If I determine that it is a prank call, I put them on hold, for. like, forever.
The prank IM's in this forum are so fucking funny...and not a big threat to the safety of an individual or the world.

― aimurchie (aimurchie), Friday, 6 October 2006 13:53 (nineteen years ago)

I totally spotted that as K3rry after 2 posts. *shudder*

Who?

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Friday, 6 October 2006 13:54 (nineteen years ago)

A former regular who is actually, seriously schizophrenic.

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Friday, 6 October 2006 14:59 (nineteen years ago)

FUCK HATERS
-- a name means a lot just by itself (lfamula...), October 6th, 2006.

http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2005/113-2/crybaby.jpg

http://www.cry-sis.org.uk/i/cryingbaby.gif

http://members.cox.net/scribeokc/graphics/crying_baby.jpg

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Friday, 6 October 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

nobody say anything bad about the white sox!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 6 October 2006 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

I like the Mets.

― aimurchie (aimurchie), Friday, 6 October 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

i had forgotten about k3rry

i am a bad stalker

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Friday, 6 October 2006 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

ARGH MUST SIGN UP FOR AIM. MORE ROFFLEz

― trees (treesessplode), Friday, 6 October 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

ath (12:26:35 PM): yeah i just b sippin on some sizzurp

― gershy, Monday, 11 February 2008 08:40 (eighteen years ago)

six years pass...

WRINKLEPAWSOME

― sleeve, Sunday, 25 January 2015 00:32 (eleven years ago)


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