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- pype, on 10/12/2007, -30/+153BOOKMAN: You took this book out in 1971.
JERRY: Yes, and I returned it in 1971.
BOOKMAN: Yeah, '71. That was my first year on the job. Bad year for libraries.
Bad year for America. Hippies burning library cards, Abby Hoffman
telling everybody to steal books. I don't judge a man by the length of
his hair or the kind of music he listens to. Rock was never my bag. But
you put on a pair of shoes when you walk into the New York Public
Library, fella.
JERRY: Look, Mr. Bookman. I--I returned that book. I remember it very
specifically.
BOOKMAN: You're a comedian, you make people laugh.
JERRY: I try.
BOOKMAN: You think this is all a big joke, don't you?
JERRY: No, I don't.
BOOKMAN: I saw you on T.V. once; I remembered your name--from my list. I looked
it up. Sure enough, it checked out. You think because you're a celebrity
that somehow the law doesn't apply to you, that you're above the law?
JERRY: Certainly not.
BOOKMAN: Well, let me tell you something, funny boy. Y'know that little stamp,
the one that says "New York Public Library"? Well that may not mean
anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole hell of a lot.
Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I've seen your type before:
Flashy, making the scene, flaunting convention. Yeah, I know what you're
thinking. What's this guy making such a big stink about old library
books? Well, let me give you a hint, junior. Maybe we can live without
libraries, people like you and me. Maybe. Sure, we're too old to change
the world, but what about that kid, sitting down, opening a book, right
now, in a branch at the local library and finding drawings of pee-pees
and wee-wees on the Cat in the Hat and the Five Chinese Brothers?
Doesn't HE deserve better? Look. If you think this is about overdue
fines and missing books, you'd better think again. This is about that
kid's right to read a book without getting his mind warped! Or: maybe
that turns you on, Seinfeld; maybe that's how y'get your kicks. You and
your good-time buddies. Well I got a flash for ya, joy-boy: Party time
is over. Y'got seven days, Seinfeld. That is one week! - chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -11/+79Kramer: Wait! Are you telling me the library cop's name is bookman? That's like an icecream man's name being cone.
- dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -6/+52We know. It just wasn't funny.
- Lososaurus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3514 year old in question responds by purchasing book from library for $7.
- paulieb13, on 10/12/2007, -13/+44CAN'T STAND YA!
- Shorties, on 10/12/2007, -7/+38No that would be: "Sony books has now begun putting rootkits in their media so that if you take your book inside a Kinko's it kills you..."
- ki1022, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31Librarian: "Hmmm, well. It says right here you have had this book out since 00:00 January 1st, 1970."
Kid: "Lady, I was born in 1992" - dizzyd_23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31Well, they needed to compensate for the cost of the merger. Why not stick it to the little guy.
And whats a 14 year old doing with a book anyway. Why isn't he at home playing games, or looking at pr0n on the interweb? Pretty suspicious... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+36buy the book next time- it's cheaper.
- morgrar, on 10/12/2007, -4/+31That's not so bad. It's only $3,806 and change per day.
So that's what inflation feels like... - ki1022, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Coincidentally, 60 D is also the average bra size of a Northern Wisconsin library employee.
- Massif, on 10/12/2007, -6/+20I really hope you didn't type that from memory... :P
- BurtDiggler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Man, I've had that book on hold forever! No wonder I've been waiting so long....
- Justinpirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12And the kid never touched another book ever again.
- tylerni7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13The sad thing is, I'm sure that's exactally what happened.
- SmartITGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Ok, you asked...
...So who'd they 'merge' with, the RIAA???...
Nah, that reporter/journalist is wrong... The kid's not being charged for a late fee, he's being SUED because clearly - since he has the book that long he must be pirating copies of it... - windex99, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15Mistakes happen. There's no need to cry.
Look at the damn U.S. Government for hell sakes. - Phyltre, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Let's all hope he was being sarcastic.
- poipoipoi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9i think it got modded down because it wasn't funny.
- firehydra2k, on 10/12/2007, -7/+15...and you're a dumbass. It's just a simple mistake.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Its sad when you have to write an obvious post with a "/sarcasm" tag so people will get it and not mod-down.
I suppose that is just an indictment against our current world and proves how bad things really are - that anyone would think I was serious that is.
At least dclowd9901 got it :-) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -18/+25and the digg masses masturbate to the half-a-damn-page pasting of a script from another website while on another story a thoughtful and well-written post gets buried by the mass of digg hamsters.
Oh joy - firehydra2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It's just a simple mistake. It's not something to kill yourself over...
- blacklilyninja, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8i am looking for an RIAA joke in here....
hmmm
nope.... not yet - Zm3r3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Jesz, I've still got a copy of 'Mien kapmf' (of however it's spelt!) and that was nine years ago!!! No wonder I'm £248,500 in debt!
- spacebar14, on 10/12/2007, -8/+12See @jowmalma? *That* was funny sarcasm. Not yours
- SmartITGuy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7See, Seinfeld fits into every part of life!
- TyRaNNOus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Every one else price gouges, I guess its only fair if they do :p
- diafel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Oh wow, it's another media article about a misplaced decimal resulting in a totally outrageous bill! It's the journalism equivalent of airline peanut jokes.
- ehudokai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Come on, I have dealt with other systems that were MUCH more mission critical that have had MUCH worse QA issues. The QA guy was probably some low paid tech grunt, just trying to get the integration done. Yeah it's funny, but not surprising.
- SmartITGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yes, the story of his life as a kid at summer camp.
- duckedtapedemon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3So apparently everyone from this library later goes on to work at NASA!
- dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5You don't listen to David Cross, by any chance, do you Tech?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Sorry. You are right. Its a little too close to the truth to be funny.
My bad (no sarcasm). - ndub, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3no idea. i hate writing descriptions so i just threw something together. i'll work on that!
- AngryBacon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Ok! Ok! I must have, I must have put a decimal point in the wrong place
or something. *****. I always do that. I always mess up some mundane
detail. - SmartITGuy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3tries to bring it back...
"Sir, I'm afraid this book has been 'flagged' !" - Kazenodeku, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This is actually a fairly common occurrence- two years ago I was fined 900$ for a book overdue by a week, was told it was a glitch, and got a letter from the collections agency. Last January my friend had a similar experience.
I still can't check out library books since I haven't paid the fine. - SystemError, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I just don't go to the library.
I got this thing called "internet". - Scourge, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Mein Kampf
- treed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm still on Temple of the Winds right now. I'll get there eventually.
- ndub, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5i guess you have to be a former wisconsin resident to get that one...
- treed, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6I have that very book in my to-read pile. Awesome.
- Llanowar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wouldn't even pay that fine if my book was a century overdue.
Though this is just an error, I never understood how libraries dare to ask multiple times the value of the book when it is overdue long enough. Fines shouldn't be (a lot) more than the actual cost of the book. - cantspeakslowly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You really should move it to the top of the pile, it's a good book. (of course, if you've read the first seven books in the series, you know that ;) )
- feanor512, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2How do you know the QA person was a dude?
- Osjpr, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5Well, if you ask me that script sucked from reading it and wasn't funny.
- sigmajt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I was interested in the story at first but even moreso to find out it came from my hometown!
- Rmplstltskn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Only someone who doesn't live here would say that. Or an idiot I suppose. Perhaps you'd like to try living under a totalitarian regime for a few weeks?
- orijimi, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3The average IQ of a Northern Wisconsin library employee: 60 D :
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