Situations |
Funny Meanings |
| On opening up the library first thing in the morning |
This library
stinks. It must be all the mouldy books - or is it the patrons? |
| For patron offering lame excuses about a damaged book |
Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn. |
Patron:"You said that I could have [...] today. You even wrote it
down in that book. This is the third time I've asked for it. I want
to see someone in charge. |
I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear. |
Patron: "I can't find it. It wasn't where you said it was.
|
Stupid is as stupid does. |
| Patron queries directions numerous times: |
Baby, Sweetheart, would I lie to you? |
| Previous patron returns, asks same question again |
I think that you are very annoying. |
| This book sucks |
There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some
part.(Pliny Minor) |
| On sending out overdue notices: |
Read 'em and weep |
| On having to eject a patron: |
You're the
weakest link, goodbye! |
On being confronted by a huge backlog of
cataloging/shelving/processing/etc |
I came, I saw, I want to go home. |
| In response to having a mistake pointed out to you |
No mortal is wise all the time. |
| In response to general abuse or name-calling |
That's nothing - in a previous life
I was a Roman Emperor. |
| To obnoxious young patrons |
In the good old days,
children like you were left to perish on windswept crags. |
| To obnoxious older patrons |
If
Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar |
| To anyone complaining about your use of latin: |
Oh! Was I speaking
Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out. |
| To anyone responding in Latin |
You've
been misusing the subjunctive. |
On being repremanded by the boss for using Latin to abuse
patrons |
The devil made me do it! |
| Biblia's Tagline for emails: |
Lacking anything witty to say,
instead I offer this tagline in Latin |
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