The Weirdest Questions People Asked Librarians Before The Internet - http://io9.com/the-wei...
Dec 27, 2014
from
Stephen Mack,
April Russo (FForever!),
Micah,
reloj,
Jennifer Dittrich,
Andrew C (see frenf.it),
bentley,
MisterQ,
and
vicster.
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"Before we had Google for all of our embarrassing questions, Pinterest for craft inspiration, and Craigslist for all of the odds and ends of life, more people relied on public librarians to field all manner of questions. And the New York Public Library still has records of some pretty odd ones."
- Eric @ CS Techcast
Thw squirrel one still remains one of the great unsolved mysteries.
- Micah
My manager emailed a link to the entire customer service department, with the comment "Sometimes we feel like we’re the oracle, but these are the next level."
- April Russo (FForever!)
My favorite from the Gothamist article: Can you tell me the thickness of a US Postage stamp with the glue on it? Answer: We cannot get this answer quickly. Perhaps try the Postal Service. Response: This is the Postal Service. http://gothamist.com/2014...
- April Russo (FForever!)