“A 1992 survey of 5,000 U.S. librarians, long withheld by a professional journal, found one in five respondents had engaged in sexual trysts among the stacks. Will Manly, who said the New York-based Wilson Library Bulletin withheld the results of his survey in 1992, published results recently on his Web site indicating 51 percent of librarians in the early 90s were willing to pose nude for money and 61 percent of respondents admitting to renting an X-rated film, the New York Daily News reported Monday.”
— United Press International, cited by Professor Glenn Reynolds, as if he needed an excuse to spend more time in the library
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No wonder why in It’s A Wonderful Life George Bailely looked so shocked when he discovered his wife Mary was the “Town Librarian.”
That was apparently worse than being town tramp like Violet Bick.
No wonder why in It’s A Wonderful Life George Bailely looked so shocked when he discovered his wife Mary was the “Town Librarian.”
That was apparently worse than being town tramp like Violet Bick.
It’s those reading glasses on a chain — drives guys nuts.
It’s those reading glasses on a chain — drives guys nuts.
I think the library science profession has a lot of homosexual men in it. I’s like to see what the numbers would be for females only.
I think the library science profession has a lot of homosexual men in it. I’s like to see what the numbers would be for females only.
Thrasymachus: You’re going to the wrong libraries, dude. Get out of San Francisco! 😉
Thrasymachus: You’re going to the wrong libraries, dude. Get out of San Francisco! 😉
“. . .I never thought something like this would happen to me but I was returning an overdue book the other day. . .”
“. . .I never thought something like this would happen to me but I was returning an overdue book the other day. . .”
At first, I read this as libertarians are having sex in the stacks. Which made me rethink my politics for a few minutes.
At first, I read this as libertarians are having sex in the stacks. Which made me rethink my politics for a few minutes.
Hey, they’re libertarians. Any port in a storm, IYKWIMAITYD.
Hey, they’re libertarians. Any port in a storm, IYKWIMAITYD.
and i thought the “sexy” librarian was a myth.
and i thought the “sexy” librarian was a myth.
I musta gone to da wrong library!
The librarian I remember was about 94 years old, had a neat bald spot, wore glasses that looked like the bottom of coke bottles, needed two pup tents to support her bosom and was about three axe handles across her backsides. She said she was Helena Thomas – twin sister to Helen.
Some guys have all the luck…
I musta gone to da wrong library!
The librarian I remember was about 94 years old, had a neat bald spot, wore glasses that looked like the bottom of coke bottles, needed two pup tents to support her bosom and was about three axe handles across her backsides. She said she was Helena Thomas – twin sister to Helen.
Some guys have all the luck…
Well….
My wife is a Librarian.
No comment, other than that, except to note that if you are married to a hawt Librarian, you won’t be bored, most days.
Heh!
Well….
My wife is a Librarian.
No comment, other than that, except to note that if you are married to a hawt Librarian, you won’t be bored, most days.
Heh!
It’s all those “Quiet” signs…
It’s all those “Quiet” signs…
I tried to become a librarian. I’m the studious, quiet type who loves research. I just couldn’t bear the courses — my first course on “Management of Libraries” was all about diversity, hating Republicans, hating Christians, and what to do with the homeless in libraries. It was just not my cup of tea.
Those one in five librarians were probably desperate. I can’t think of one remotely attractive person in the class . . .
I tried to become a librarian. I’m the studious, quiet type who loves research. I just couldn’t bear the courses — my first course on “Management of Libraries” was all about diversity, hating Republicans, hating Christians, and what to do with the homeless in libraries. It was just not my cup of tea.
Those one in five librarians were probably desperate. I can’t think of one remotely attractive person in the class . . .
I met her in an English class, so I don’t always think of her as a librarian, but technically, she did work at a branch of the university system a few hours a week, so count me as one of those who lost his virginity to a librarian.
I met her in an English class, so I don’t always think of her as a librarian, but technically, she did work at a branch of the university system a few hours a week, so count me as one of those who lost his virginity to a librarian.
Laura Bush.
Laura Bush.
“Will Manly”? Is that a pseudonym or just a great name for a guy taking sex surveys of librarians?
“Will Manly”? Is that a pseudonym or just a great name for a guy taking sex surveys of librarians?
Libraries of Congress? What’s shelved under XXX?
Libraries of Congress? What’s shelved under XXX?
Hmmmmm.
Megyn Kelly wears *librarian glasses*.
……
Excuse me I’ll need some personal time here.
Hmmmmm.
Megyn Kelly wears *librarian glasses*.
……
Excuse me I’ll need some personal time here.
I “dated” a librarian, who was also a church organist. Oh, the stories I could tell, but will not, at this juncture.
Just pointing out that we had a prominent First Lady of the United States who was a fully accredited librarian, and her husband never got busy with overweight interns. So they, like, have that going for them.
Personally, I put it down to the hawt Dewey decimal action.
I “dated” a librarian, who was also a church organist. Oh, the stories I could tell, but will not, at this juncture.
Just pointing out that we had a prominent First Lady of the United States who was a fully accredited librarian, and her husband never got busy with overweight interns. So they, like, have that going for them.
Personally, I put it down to the hawt Dewey decimal action.
“indicating 51 percent of librarians in the early 90s were willing to pose nude for money”
I don’t have ANY interest in seeing pictures of librarians in their 90s! Even in their 80s, without a really good surgeon…
“indicating 51 percent of librarians in the early 90s were willing to pose nude for money”
I don’t have ANY interest in seeing pictures of librarians in their 90s! Even in their 80s, without a really good surgeon…
I work in a library. Have pretty much ever since I was in high school. Back then, some of the female shelvers used to…do stuff back in the stacks now and then. I never went all the way but we got after it. Hssn’t come up much lately, though. I don’t remember when this was but one time when I was working the circ desk, a woman who was a bit older than me but not at all unattractive and who had some overdue books, came up to the desk and annouced, “I need to be spanked.” I don’t know what came out of my mouth, if anything did, but it wasn’t English.
True story.
I work in a library. Have pretty much ever since I was in high school. Back then, some of the female shelvers used to…do stuff back in the stacks now and then. I never went all the way but we got after it. Hssn’t come up much lately, though. I don’t remember when this was but one time when I was working the circ desk, a woman who was a bit older than me but not at all unattractive and who had some overdue books, came up to the desk and annouced, “I need to be spanked.” I don’t know what came out of my mouth, if anything did, but it wasn’t English.
True story.
“He left River City the liberry building,
But he left all the books to her!”
The Music Man was really on to something.
“He left River City the liberry building,
But he left all the books to her!”
The Music Man was really on to something.
Worked as a librarian at a university for the better part of a decade. During that time I caught many many students “at it” in the stacks. I also found my fellow employees more than once, so this doesn’t surprise me at all.
Worked as a librarian at a university for the better part of a decade. During that time I caught many many students “at it” in the stacks. I also found my fellow employees more than once, so this doesn’t surprise me at all.
Funny, now the librarians are [partially] relegated to snooping on would-be porn-seekers gaining access via computers at the library. Thrills for me, but not for thee – or something.
Funny, now the librarians are [partially] relegated to snooping on would-be porn-seekers gaining access via computers at the library. Thrills for me, but not for thee – or something.
As cliche as it sounds, the hottest woman I have ever known was–you guessed it–a quiet, demure librarian. I tried to divine the reason for this paradox and surmised that a librarian is used to silence from both themselves and those around them in a way that is unique relative to other professions/work environments. As a result, once they’ve left work a librarian’s pent up feelings and emotions need (cough!) an outlet, KWIM?
Just at theory.
As cliche as it sounds, the hottest woman I have ever known was–you guessed it–a quiet, demure librarian. I tried to divine the reason for this paradox and surmised that a librarian is used to silence from both themselves and those around them in a way that is unique relative to other professions/work environments. As a result, once they’ve left work a librarian’s pent up feelings and emotions need (cough!) an outlet, KWIM?
Just at theory.
So I guess there’s no “YES YES YES” screaming?
So I guess there’s no “YES YES YES” screaming?