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http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/people-used-to-submit-stupid-questions-to-the-library-before-the-internet-existed--bkg8C8CYthx?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100
HereToKickAssAndChewGum
I think if the internet was around then, this would be a Buzzfeed listicle of "Dumbest Questions Asked of Librarians!" You won't believe #4!
buggeredifiknow
So...people have always had really really stupid questions.
fezfolife
I thought it Read " Before the internet there were lesbians"
BeatsBearsBattlestarGallactica
Fun fact: Socrates and plato are sort of the same in that everything we know about socrates is "Plato says socrates says" and after his 1
BeatsBearsBattlestarGallactica
death plato used socrates to say radical things without getting in trouble. We're really just giving an educated guess as to who said what
NateOfAmericans
Comforting to know that there have always been idiots.
PlatypusInterrobang
Wait, so, what time IS high noon?
lifeisapicnic
There still are librarians. I am one of them! Google may be faster, but I can find the RIGHT answer.
MrsSinner
My childhood hero was the librarian in my town. She taught me that being smart is not necessarily knowing the answer, 1/2
MrsSinner
Being smart is knowing how to find the answer.
MrsSinner
Apologies for poor grammar and formatting. My phone is straight from the devil. :(
lifeisapicnic
This is awesome. And so true!
RickCaptain
Most of us older imgurians remember librarians - or Dewey?
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Just got accepted into a school for Library Sciences with hopes of being a librarian. I practically grew up in the local library.
4Outof5DentistsRecommend
I remember when they got rid of the card catalog. I couldn't find books anymore, but I could see another library 50 miles away had one.
morrissimo
Both. Vividly.