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Subject:    [Publib] Walter the dog
From:       sedanlib () terraworld ! net (Kathleen McCorkle)
Date:       2006-07-28 15:20:15
Message-ID: 006c01c6b27a$61676c80$9701a8c0 () staff
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Hey Joe, I just returned from Huston where my 10 year old grandson and I
sang the toot song quite often, not because of me but himself.  We had a
great time.  He likes beans & onions.
I am on the clock but work quite often off the clock to finish up and
besides my board has a great sense of humor.  I pass some Library jokes on
to them!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Schallan" <>
To: "Publib Publib Discussion" <publib@webjunction.org>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:55 PM
Subject: [Publib] Re: Walter the Dog


> Christine Perkins wrote:
>
> "Here's a story that had me in tears at our staff meeting this week,
> thought I'd share it with you at risk of introducing some low-brow potty
> humor to this otherwise professional list..."
>
> Hey, Christine, I work with Harold the Farting
> Librarian.
>
> We call him "Gassy Harry."
>
> Despite his unfortunate problem, he's a fine
> and accomplished fellow who, among other
> achievements, plays oboe for our community
> symphony, where he sits in the winds . . .
>
> One of the indignities of age is that one's body
> takes on a mind of its own, and allows things
> to escape, at inoppurtune moments, that wouldn't
> have escaped at all years before.
>
> A patron appeared at my desk, dropped his
> library card, and when he bent over to retrieve
> it, an involuntary something occurred.
>
> What is the polite, if not professional, response
> in this situation?  A brief "Don't worry about it,"
> sotto voce?  Falling off your stool in gales of
> uproarious laughter?  Making a remark about
> peeling the laminate off the reference desk,
> fogging the librarian's glasses, and
> instantly unbinding the World Books?
> Pointedly cocking your ear toward the window
> and declaring that you've never heard a birdsong
> like that?
>
> The answer to this exact situation was provided
> long ago by Miss Manners herself:  Flatulence
> has no social existence.  When an involuntary
> episode of it strikes someone, the surrounding
> parties carry on exactly as if it had not happened.
>
> Without resorting to the LCSH, I am trying to
> imagine how the cataloguers, in their inimitable,
> humorous way, would classify Christine's
> story . . .
>
> Canididae -- Anecdotes, facetiae -- Flatulence?
>
> And of course, in our OPACs a child typing
> "Walter the Farting Dog" as a subject search
> would not find it.
>
> Has Sandy Berman addressed this?
>
>
>
> As usual, I am off today because of working
> tomorrow, and am most emphatically NOT
> musing on this curious subject on my employer's
> time.
>
> Fondest regards,
>
> Joe Schallan
> Phoenix
>
> Where pinto beans are a staple of the diet,
> and thus where, amigos y amigas, the hot
> winds blow . . .
>
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Kathleen McCorkle
Sedan Public Library
115 N. Chautauqua
Sedan, KS  67361
620 725 3405
sedanlib@terraworld.net   
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