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July 31, 2008 |
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C'mon Library!
FOUND by Suzanne Michal
in Kanata, Ontario, Canada
I found this written on a piece of foil from the inside of a pack of cigarettes. It was just outside the door of the Kanata Public Library. I wonder what was so shameful about their computers.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Don't feel bad, my library moves the books around when I'm not there.
well if you library quits caring you're pretty much lost, i guess; the final shiny beacon of hope for information from the computer.. and the ghastly thing just won't spit it out. and the tone of the note is endearing, so it doesn't even seem the guy or girl was rude to his or her library wich might be sort of an explanation.
i'd hope for the note's author that he made up with it :)
Where are you, Librarian? Tell us that you still care.
OF COURSE we care.
The problem here, though, is that this this disgruntled patron (btw, have you EVER in your life heard of a "gruntled" patron??) is complaining about the library's "compoter" NOT about its 'computer.'
And, as we all know, a "compote" is a dessert-like dish of whole fruits cooked in syrup.
And, as we all further know, librarians usually get kind edgy about you bringing food into the library (attracts insects and rodents, and so on). [footnote: yes, I know that as soon as you get your books home, there's food all over the place, in, on, or around the books].
Anyway, NO fruit compote in the library, please. And absolutely no "compoter" to cook the compote in the first place. Quit your complaining and read a book!
I'm completely gruntled with our local library.
Can I bring in my compote if I mash it up and use a straw?
I thought the heart with the little zig-zag was a nice touch.
Oh dear. A broken heart.
oh dear, i fear that i've spelled carrell wrong, but have no idea how TO spell it.
I'm very gruntled with my librarians. They are very nice, and don't yell at me when i bring my books back late. I think they see me as a fundraiser for the library. Tho, i've recently started renewing my books over the phone, which is quite handy.
Its funny. The two business establishments in this town that call me by name are the library and the pub. (well, the staff in said establishments, not the establishments themselves. that's just weird)
http://foundmagazine.com/find/2637
Same Heart. I TOLD you they were computers, not TVs.
and i never bring compote or any other fruit dish into the library.
My grandmother was a hellava compoter.
"Gruntled" sounds more like it would mean disgruntled than "disgruntled."
When people are disgruntled they tend to grunt.
Intriguing. I can't imagine what this is all about.
I also think it is very interesting that only scrap piece of the paper the author could find was the foil from his/her cigarette pack.
Mona, I think it's carrel.
I am not a smoker (but i've played one on tv), i have noted that smokers love to write things on their packages (of cigarettes) It would be handy to always have writing material. what would make this even cooler would be if the note was written using the burned stub of a wooden match.
Of course the Librarians care. The note, however, is written to the Library. The Library doesn't give a frog fart in space about the patrons.
If a frog farted in space (given that there is no air resistance), how fast would he be propelled?
I used to work in a university library and trust me, we don't care. In fact, we hate you. Our computers, they are full of hate. Hate-filled computers. Believe me those librarians...practically drunk on immorality.'Tis shameful yeah! ;D
It does make one wonder what in the heck the Library was doing to the computer, again.
I like the KIZZ-style S in shame on you.
I love the little broken heart. It adds the perfect touch.
Speaking of being gruntled, please enjoy Jack Winter's "How I My My Wife."
http://beebo.org/smackerels/how-i-met-my-wife.
Originally published in the "New Yorker," July 24, 1994.
Personally, I've always felt that a nice sorbet was a much finer fruity library snack-food substance. When compared to compote, that is.
It may be that this person is angry that their Library replaced the card catalogue with a computerized system.
Gruntle is the sound a baby makes in it's sleep. Being disgruntled is being as far removed from the contentment a sleeping baby has, and from the gooey feeling hearing a baby's gruntles gives you, as it is possible to be.
I think Smallbear is onto something...or...maybe some perv left a nice goetse up for the next unsuspecting sucker-patron who happens to disturb the sleepmode.
Yay! This is my find!!
@ Suzanne in Kanata ... any clue what the problem was inside the library that caused the note?
Nope, no clue. They've been there for years. I know there's a 1-hour time limit for using them. Maybe the network was down or something that day!
@Effie-I love your definition of gruntle. I long to hear a gruntle again....
@ Mint Car81 - what's a goetse?
@Mona-You don't want to know what "goatse" is. I made the mistake of looking it up on my computer at home and it's rather disturbing. If you don't want to lose your lunch, don't do it! (involving a man and his rectum) I would imagine if some unsuspecting person went to a computer in a library and goatse popped up, they would scream.
I'm kinda disappointed in this one actually.. BORING!! much ado bout nothing' if you ask me..
Well. I'd kind of thus far successfully blocked that from my mind after first seeing it (with NO WARNING on the link!) on the SDMB in about 1997... thanks for the unwelcome reminder, Mint Car81. Thanks A Lot.
A "Gruntle" might also be a common misspelling of "Grundle", a slang word for the space between the testicles and anus, sometimes referred to as the "Gooch".
I looked up "goatse" at urbandictionary.com to find out what it meant without actually having to see the image. Inquiring minds want to know, without being scarred for life. Gross.
Hehehe sorry about that. It is pretty disturbing, yeah?
well, i'll just thank my lucky stars that i'm at work, and can't look up lurid things like a goatse. Thank you, friends, for doing the looking up. I'll spare myself, i think. or maybe do the urbandictionary thing
wandering, i thought that was called the 'taint'.
I've seen bigger.
So.. Ummm... grundle.. I have a cute little neopet called Starry Grundle.. and you're saying he's a Taint?
@Wandering.. I know someone whose last name is actually Gooch.
Goochie-goo.
Eeeww, Lance! Clean that up!
Ya'll made my day, already!! Great convo, here!
I'm thrilled to see that Suzanne's FIND from Kanata, Ontario made it to this wonderful site!! Good goin', girl!
I'm wondering, Suzanne, when did you send in your FIND? Just to see about how long it took to get there and then put up on the board?
I'm hoping to see MONA'S FINDS sooner, as well!
I live in Thornhill, Ontario which is 10 miles north of downtown Toronto, where abouts is Kanata?
I'm thinking maybe the computers in that Library are either old *dinosaurs* and are in desperate need of some TLC, or, the internet was down 'cause they're still using *dial-up*?
Funny that the author wrote on ciggy paper...in a library there must be loads of it!
Our library practically has us on speed-dial because we constantly use the inter-library loan system and always have a reserved book "available for pickup, they will hold it at the front desk for 3 days, please pick it up."
I always wondered why hate notes are addressed "Dear ______". The word dear connotes fondness or favor. Well, it does to me at least.
@Holly the Homemaker
Hi Holly. Kanata is on the West side of Ottawa. I think I sent in the find over a year ago!
Someone got kicked off the library's computer again for looking at porn in public.