[ILL-L] A Friday "silly" question

[Louisa Patrie]

At one time I worked in a very small specialized library catering to
education consultants who worked with sensory multi-handicapped children
in schools.  We had a psychologist who insisted on bring her very large,
very loud, very ill-behaved dog in with her at times.  The dog would
jump up on everyone and she would just laugh and say how cute it was.

I fixed her.  I told her if she could bring in her pet, I'd bring in
mine.

I had a Mexican Red-Knee Tarantula at the time, named Alice.  I brought
her in and asked the psychologist if she wouldn't mind if I let her
loose to explore, the way she let her dog loose.  And if she didn't like
that, I'd bring my snake in, a four and a half foot corn snake, not
dangerous or anything, but very "huggy".

I never saw the dog again.

Louisa Robison
Alberta Government Library
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA

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[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Paul B Drake
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 8:40 AM
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Subject: [ILL-L] A Friday "silly" question
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Andrea's "fun" question reminded me of a silly question: What animals
have come into your ILL department?

In talking with colleagues a few weeking ago, I remembered:

a snake - around someone's wrist
a bird - flew in (happened at two libraries)
dogs - came in through the Library's electric doors
cats - loved the office's southwest corner windows for napping, and the
office was on the second floor
a ferret - in someone's carry bag


I hope everyone has a fine Thanksgiving week and to non-US folks, a
great weekend.



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