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Even though libraries are citadels of silence, guarding humanity's best thoughts, it doesn't mean that humor is forbidden there. To prove that a giggle can easily accompany a pleasant read, Bored Panda has collected a list of some of the funniest examples of librarian humor.
From mocking impossible visitor requests to motivating students, these creative solutions definitely got everyone's attention. Scroll down to check out why you should go the library more often and upvote the entries you like best!
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#1
Sometimes I Wear My Panda Hat To Work. This Is What It Looks Like To Everyone Walking Into The Library
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
you look adorable! walking into a library and seeing this would really make my day!
Kimberly Robinson 7 years ago
If I walked in that library, I would think a panda sitting at the desk was perfectly normal.
Ehren Thomsen 7 years ago
Normal-sized librarian sitting behind a rather, but not unusually, high counter.
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#2
When Libraries Troll Their Patrons
Marie-Louise Chenois 7 years ago
"I want a book. I don't remember the name of the author or the editor, but i know it was about history, it looked cool. Can you get it for me please?"
Paul Ramos 7 years ago
When I worked at Barnes & Noble I would get that kind of question from customers ALL THE TIME.
Russell Waters 5 years ago
Yep, I worked at a bookstore too, and it’s a familiar story. “I’m looking for a book; I can’t remember the title or who wrote it, but it’s blue...”
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Ender Newfie 7 years ago
My school library does something like this. "I don't remember the title but there was a girl in a dress on the cover." And many many more....
Caroline Driver 7 years ago
This is also true of bookshops, this really happens, and they expect you to know what it was, and to have it right there and then
Amy Tilling 7 years ago
But there is nothing better than the feeling of handing them the book that they have given you 2-3 obscure/generic bits of information on! E.g. I think it has a donut on the cover... (One of the easier ones!)
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Bella Smith 7 years ago
laughing so hard I love reading and used to while in uni work part-time as a librarian and this was very common
Janina Prado 7 years ago
This happens outside of libraries and bookstores. Friend: "you know that book. It has to do with this guy and he kills people. Or something like that." Me: "0_o" Friend: "I know you know what I'm talking about." Me: "I'm not playing charades without the hand movements."
#3
This Was At My College Library Entrance
Maggie Stableford 7 years ago
Ha ha! The librarian at a school where I taught said that a child was sent by a teacher to come in and look for a thesaurus during a lesson. "I searched all through the dinosaur section," she said, "and I couldn't find it anywhere!" The trouble is she was serious.
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Madara Nīgale 7 years ago
thesaurus noun a book that lists words in groups of synonyms and related concepts
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#4
My Local Library
#5
"Please Do Not Let In The Cat"
Melissa Nunya 7 years ago
I have to admit I am already considering letting max into the library ;)
Shirin Kamer 7 years ago
Max will tiptoe in .... without disturbing the readers...will find a CATalog and sleep.
Emmy Funke 7 years ago
I’m with Max, libraries are a great place to be, mostly kind people, softly spoken, mice eating nibbles dropped by munching humans will be dealt with quickly and quietly, so all that’s lacking in a basket, loo, grub and water. Whàt is the problem? P.S. yearly vet-check, I’m sure readers will donate.
#6
My School Library Knows What's Up
memirkie xxx 5 years ago
however many books one have in his library, he'll still need to borrow some more. Believe me.
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Marcin Barczyński 7 years ago
Um, no. He calls himself "Batman", and nobody should second-guess his gender.
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Bella Smith 7 years ago
I love it when school look at what the kids like and turn it into something that the kids can relate to making the learning environment more comfortable
#7
Every Year My School's Librarian Dresses Up As A Book Reaper To Collect Overdue Books
ALIYAH ALLEN 7 years ago
if our librarian was more like that we would actually attempt to check out a book
Johanna-Nicollette Kidd 7 years ago
Il bet the little kids are too scared Not to return their books
Janet Judd 7 years ago
She's really a Druid High Priestess come to wreak havoc on the book disrespectors and her lessons will never be forgotten.
#8
Mystery Indeed
#9
Librarian Humor
Dora Larson 7 years ago
This was a HUGE debate on tumblr ic ant find it otherwise I’d link it but just believe...
foxlover05 7 years ago
The first for movies are called "Nana", and then there's a batman movie. Nananananananana Batman!(batman theme song)
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#10
My Local Library Is Taking People's Mugshot
Carmen Devore-Blakestad 7 years ago
HAHAHA! I need to get my picture taken. I read LOADS of banned books!
#11
I Went To The Library, Accidentally Ended Up In Intersteller...
Dan Holman 7 years ago
And you're a vampire because you can't see yourself in mirrors.
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Moezarella 7 years ago
if you enter through all the gaps, you'll find yourself in a different dimension...
Amy Tilling 7 years ago
While incredibly cool I also find this kinda sad... Where are all the books? The surrounding shelves are saggy and sparse and there is still room for an entire shelf to be empty the the entire length of the stacks!! I think someone should buy that library a whole load of new books! :)
#12
My Town's Public Library Has A Clever Blizzard Solution
Allie Faux 7 years ago
Cold? Check out a book, take it home, find warm cozy blanket, make hot chocolate, now curl up on best chair, wrap blanket around self, sip hot chocolate while reading favorite author's new book.
Janet Judd 7 years ago
A sensible solution. Read a book, engage your mind, and forget the cold. Maybe wrap yourself in a blanket. And fuzzy socks.
#13
My Local Library Has This Sign On Their Dropoff Slot
Lauren Cocilova 7 years ago
I want to start doing this at my library book drop even though there is no sign...
paulo marreco 7 years ago
"Not a squirrel. Just a regular harmless racoon, and I' not hungry" (and this was how I got Keith's lunch. Again.)
#14
Who Ever Said Librarians Don't Have A Sense Of Humor?!
Dave “DodgyMerchant” Thompson 7 years ago
As if he ever read a book I really mean ever
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BethAnn Pettigrew 4 years ago
Why does everyone feel the need to make this political. The date was 2017 and many liberals hated Trump's unusual form of intelligence. I bet everyone of you voted for Biden, and today, 8/25/2021, our country is in an awful mess and in terrible danger. Illegal immigrants are pouring across our southern border in mass quantities. We are experiencing a world-wide pandemic with mask mandates and dangerous unapproved vaccines. Afghanistan is under control of the Taliban and American citizens are stranded with no way out. Biden is a demented idiot with no standing in the world. I could go on and on, but I think my point has been made. God bless the USA.
Jessica J. 2 years ago
1. The day to stop immigrants from entering this country was in 1585. That ship has sailed. My ancestors have been hear for 10,000 years. Those immigrants you whine about share the blood of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca, and so their ancestors have also been here 10,000 years. If your so worried about the population, then pack it up and go back to Europe. 2. The Afghanistan policy that was followed at the VERY BEGINNING of the Biden Administration, was developed, written, and signed by the TRUMP Administration. EVERY news station explained that, even Fox. By the time Biden got to office, it was too late to change course. 3. Biden and Trump are FOUR years apart in age...FOUR. And Trump is the only one that has shown signs of Dementia. How do I know this? Well, aside from the letter written and signed by MANY members of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association, I have degrees in Sociology and Psychology, so I'm a pretty good judge of these things.
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Johanna-Nicollette Kidd 7 years ago
Yep, or the 'Real Life' section, cos most of those are works of fiction&fantasy
#15
I Am Glad To Know That I Am Safe In My Universities Library
danielw 7 years ago
I've a remote-control velociraptor that I printed. I think maybe I need to break it out...
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Beverly Palmacci 7 years ago
Good to know. Gives the readers a little break from worrying about global warming.
Missy Finley 7 years ago
Can we talk about the fact that the alleged university person confused Universities with University's?
Jerry Nicholas 7 years ago
Love this. Except the creator should have written "...my University's Library".
Aleksey Elfstrom 5 years ago
this library apparently existed 23 billion years before the earth did
#16
This Librarian Is Brilliant
#17
We Found This Beautiful Wooden Writing Desk In The Newbold College Library, Opened The Drawer, And Found This Message
Janina Prado 7 years ago
stop yelling at me! I can only vote once per post!! sheesh....
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#18
My University Library, Ladies And Gentlemen
#19
Saw This In My School Library
James Naron 7 years ago
I have this quote on a T-shirt, and that T-shirt is the excuse my wife used to come up and talk to me when we first met.
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Tiny Dynamine 7 years ago
His creole English was really bad. Better would be "Apart from a dog/ Other than a dog..." and "Inside a dog".
Laura Wesoff 7 years ago
This is just a librarian quoting an oft-used Groucho Marx quote. Not exactly original.
#20
My Wife Is A High School Librarian And One Of Her Students Lost A Turtle In The Library Earlier In The Week. Today He Was Found. She Swears This Picture Wasn't Staged. Is This Awesome Or Is My Wife A Liar?
Heather Johnson 7 years ago
Pretty sure that is a tortoise. I have one named Wilbur that looks similar to this one. I love this though. It's super cute.
Pandykinz 7 years ago
Donatello is the name of one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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StarKitten 7 years ago
Turtle in the library? *makes instant connection to my favourite book series that mentions the library having a turtle at one point*
#21
I Love My Local Library
Celestial Lynx 7 years ago
Books are the strongholds of knowledge— knowledge is the best weapon one can have T^T
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
A thick hardcover book can make a pretty good blunt weapon in an emergency too. So it's win-win.
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Magpie 7 years ago
Now we need a Libraries' bend space reference. Terry Pratchett to go with the excellent Doctor.
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A Totally Normal Cellist 7 years ago
I've never smashed the upvote button faster before!! The TARDIS!!1!1!!
Analyn Lahr 7 years ago
One of my favorite episodes. The Doctor using a former companion's name as an alias, Queen Victoria, ninja monks, werewolf, AND David Tenant using his real accent.
Judah the Hammer 6 years ago
Of course, that can work both ways. Could end up getting the book thrown at them...
#22
Well Played Library Well Played
#23
Library Pun
#24
I Was Studying In The Library When My Phone Rang. Returned After A Few Minutes.
Eva Tóthová 7 years ago
and then there are paranoid people like me who keep their laptop with them even for a cab ride(instead of putting big back-pack into the trunk)
Tim Graham 7 years ago
I'm a security guard at a Uni library. The amount of stuff people leave on the tables is stupidly enormous. Phones, laptops, wallets, you name it.
emla 7 years ago
When I find computers where the students are clearly gone but they forgot to log in I either send an email from their account saying: you forgot to log out *name*, or find the most recent word document and put that at the top. For all that they are technology natives undergrads are pretty foolish about technology.
Bonnie Edwards 7 years ago
My hubby always criticises me for taking my handbag with me. I don't care. It's mine.
Sharon Vaughn 7 years ago
And then there are the fools who leave their phones charging unattended in the library.
thebridget 7 years ago
Why is this down voted?? That's a really stupid thing to do. Buy a portable charger unless you're okay walking by to find your phone has been stolen.
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Crochet lady 7 years ago
It could be the library's laptop and bolted down and this was a message to log out if you leave. Virtually stolen could be referring to your log in i.d.
#25
In My School's Library
Missy Finley 7 years ago
I too, feed off of the tears of the the anguished, so this is my favorite!!
#26
My Library Trolled The Blue Cover People
Delta Sierra 7 years ago
Swear to god, I'm working in a bookstore and an old lady asked if we had a book, from when she was a little girl, it was blue and had a teddy bear on the cover. She'd like to give it to a grandchild for Christmas. It was Dec 24th.
paulo marreco 7 years ago
Did you find the book? I mean, it isn't that hard, right? :)
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Dorothee Anderson 7 years ago
Funny, but most librarians can find that special blue (or red) book for you.
Michèle Gyselinck 7 years ago
When I was doing my second B.A. one of the compulsory courses was learning how to do library research, and as part of that class, writing proper bibliographies. I NEVER rely on what the book's cover looks like.
#27
Ran Across This In My Local Library
A Totally Normal Cellist 7 years ago
I might have smashed the upvote button even faster this time!!! DooWeeOoo!!!
BREAK YOUr perceptions 7 years ago
no it isnt, there just isnt enough of them yet. #theyareeverywhere
Ehren Thomsen 7 years ago
It has been already explained here, but there you go: it's a reference to the eighth and ninth episodes of the fourth Season of the modern Doctor Who series, "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead", were a microscopic alien species kills people inside a gigantic library. Incidentally, this story also introduced the popular character River Song. Along with the "The Empthy Child" and "Blink" episodes, this is one of the scariest stories on Doctor Who.
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Qwertykeala 7 years ago
Oh man is that from doctor who?! If it is that episode scared the c**p out of me! For awhile I was afraid to go to the library...
#28
My Library PSA
#29
The Librarians Are Making This Joke
#30
This Is On A School Library
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Georgann Haeffner 7 years ago
Working at a library was my all time dream job. We had a fantastic staff with tons of great ideas. One of my favorite quotes: Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. we had a great staff with tons of fun ideas. i love libraries!
Sancha Fung 7 years ago
When Frozen was still hot, my local library had a sign saying 'here I stand, and here I stay!!!'
Adrienne Early 7 years ago
Last year near Valentine's Day, my library had a display of wrapped books. It said "go home with a blind date". The books had the genre on them and a vague description.
JANET FAGAN 5 years ago
I'm a librarian and I'm so happy the sense of humor of librarians has finally been put in a spotlight!!! Janet
Vicki Johnson 7 years ago
Would someone please explain #9 to me, the one about Batman? Thank you.
Kathleen Hill 7 years ago
One of our daughters works at a Library. She's going to have so many new ideas next time she works!
Georgann Haeffner 7 years ago
Working at a library was my all time dream job. We had a fantastic staff with tons of great ideas. One of my favorite quotes: Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. we had a great staff with tons of fun ideas. i love libraries!
Sancha Fung 7 years ago
When Frozen was still hot, my local library had a sign saying 'here I stand, and here I stay!!!'
Adrienne Early 7 years ago
Last year near Valentine's Day, my library had a display of wrapped books. It said "go home with a blind date". The books had the genre on them and a vague description.
JANET FAGAN 5 years ago
I'm a librarian and I'm so happy the sense of humor of librarians has finally been put in a spotlight!!! Janet
Vicki Johnson 7 years ago
Would someone please explain #9 to me, the one about Batman? Thank you.
Kathleen Hill 7 years ago
One of our daughters works at a Library. She's going to have so many new ideas next time she works!
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