These Weird Reference Questions are from the Library Paraprofessionals Listserv. All of these are real and provide proof that a better idiot can be invented.
Do you have a list of all the books written in the English language?
Do you have that book by Rushdie: Satanic Nurses? (Actual title: Satanic Verses)
I was here about three weeks ago looking at a cookbook that cost $
39.
95. Do you know which one it is?
Can you tell me why so many famous Civil War battles were fought on National Park Sites? hahahaha…what a bone head!
Do you have any books with photographs of dinosaurs? hmmm…I dont recollect any camera-toting cavemen…do you?
Im looking for information on carpal tunnel syndrome. I think Im having trouble with it in my neck. (No…thats your brain miss-firing.)
I am looking for a list of laws that I can break that would send me back to jail for a couple of months. (I know…how about shooting yourself? That would get you life in prison!)
I need a color photograph of George Washington. (Ok…hold on…Ill check with the caveman…)
Is the basement upstairs? (Asked at First Floor Reference Desk) This one gets the golden stupidity award!