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  1. Individual Results May Vary: Male Patron: I need some Rogaine.Me: Excuse me?MP: [rubbing his head with an index ... http://bit.ly/eq7RQJ 6:36 PM Dec 22nd, 2010 via twitterfeed
  2. This Doesn't Have an Ending!: Patron: Hi, is the other lady here?Me: No, I'm sorry she's not. Is there anything ... http://bit.ly/fwohdG 6:25 PM Dec 22nd, 2010 via twitterfeed
  3. Apropos of Nothing: A Female Patron stops by the reference desk after leaving the public computers area.FP: I ha... http://bit.ly/gj8ITd 2:31 PM Dec 1st, 2010 via twitterfeed
  4. Super Curmudgeon: A Male Patron stops by the reference desk after leaving the public computers area.MP: I didn't... http://bit.ly/eSw4H1 2:22 PM Dec 1st, 2010 via twitterfeed
  5. I Wouldn't Have Guessed: Patron 1: Guess what [unintelligible] gave me?Patron 2: What?Patron 1: A case worker.Su... http://bit.ly/gWdpHF 7:35 AM Nov 30th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  6. Tinnitus Is Not a Disease, But a Symptom: To the guy who, while using our public computers, listens to a hand-he... http://bit.ly/eiYUbi 7:33 AM Nov 30th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  7. In the Teeth of the Evidence: A Female Patron calls and wants to know the order of the books in Dorothy L. Sayer... http://bit.ly/ecYGuV 7:28 AM Nov 30th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  8. Privacy Ends at the Altar: Phone Patron: Hi, is my husband there?Me: I'm sorry, I don't know who your husband is... http://bit.ly/iiIQ2f 2:00 PM Nov 29th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  9. Things Tony Tepid Doesn't Like: Cormack McCarthyPost-apocalyptic storiesUnrealistic sci-fi and fantasyMilitary fic... http://bit.ly/cItjHa 6:23 PM Oct 13th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  10. Daylight Come and Me Wan' Go Home: Female Patron: Do you have any books with Harry Belafonte? Do you know him? Hav... http://bit.ly/96eyum 4:28 PM Aug 31st, 2010 via twitterfeed
  11. A Process Known as Micturition: One benchmark moment in my career involves the drunk regular with the hateful wife... http://bit.ly/bhpnib 10:47 AM Aug 19th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  12. Reach Out and Punch Someone: Throughout the day, people may borrow our phone to make quick calls. Often the person... http://bit.ly/ajh5Uh 3:42 PM Aug 18th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  13. With Dennis Quaid as Lar: Male Patron: Yeah, hi. There's this movie I've been looking for, for a very long time.Me... http://bit.ly/dv8zZJ 5:29 PM Aug 17th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  14. Does Not Constitute Disorderly Conduct: Senior Male Patron: [observing several teens with sagging pants] Maybe I n... http://bit.ly/btQzBn 2:59 PM Aug 13th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  15. Frustration Is the Wet Nurse of Violence: Female Patron [with Yahoo! email account open on screen]: Will you help ... http://bit.ly/d6dMod 9:05 PM Aug 11th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  16. The Cheetah's Cruel Insouciance: Female Patron: [impatiently] Can you help me over here? I'm tryin' to do an onlin... http://bit.ly/8Y32rs 2:35 PM Aug 9th, 2010 via twitterfeed
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  19. The Future Is Now: Female Caller: I need the names and numbers of all the beauty-supply shops on the west side of ... http://bit.ly/aniEs3 10:54 AM Aug 4th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  20. Its Main Effects Are Psychological: Middle-age Female Patron: Do you like soda?Me: Uhhh ... I like some sodas, yea... http://bit.ly/bV0ZOq 9:39 AM Aug 2nd, 2010 via twitterfeed
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