i’m an interlibrary loan librarian. so if we don’t have a certain book at our library, i ask other libraries if we can borrow theirs. if they want one of ours, they ask me.
i wish i had a dime for every time someone has asked me if their book is in yet:
Your turn: “I wish i had a dime every time __________________________.”
23 responses so far ↓
Indian Lake Papa // May 1, 2008 at 8:10 am
I wish I had a dime every time some one has asked me to fill in a blank!
lori // May 1, 2008 at 8:25 am
I wish I had a dime every time someone spelled my name wrong…my first name…darn New Englanders!
mandythompson // May 1, 2008 at 8:39 am
Papa: HA!!!!!!!! i’ll send you a check for $.10. OK?
Lori: what’s your first name - Lori? how hard is that!?
Heather // May 1, 2008 at 8:58 am
My oldest asked me why?
Kristiapplesauce // May 1, 2008 at 9:03 am
I wish I had a dime for every time our electricity went out.
lori // May 1, 2008 at 9:13 am
[for some reason, new englanders insist on spelling it Laurie...??]
Travis // May 1, 2008 at 9:19 am
Them: “My email won’t send… it has been 37 seconds since it last worked.”
Me: “Remember when I told you that for 30-45 minutes at a time, do to congestion, mail MAY not send? And how I followed that info with: if it lasts more than a few hours, tell one of the tech guys?”
Them: “Ohhhh, yeah.”
Me: “let me know if it still won’t send by the end of the day”
Them, tomorrow: “It worked again yesterday, but it has been 39 seconds since my email last sent!”
Heather Blankenship // May 1, 2008 at 9:26 am
Travis- hahahaha…I hope Jon’s not one of those people!
I wish I had a dime for every time someone asked me if and when I am going to have another child! OMG>>> it’s been 81/2 years since the last one… pretty safe to say, I am done!
this is danielle/yeller/dee commenting NOT daniel // May 1, 2008 at 9:42 am
I wish I had a dime for every time one of my girls cried. They are happy girls…but babies cry. I’d be Riiiich.
whatireallywanttosayis // May 1, 2008 at 10:23 am
I wish I had a dime for all the really great ideas I’ve forgotten.
Scratch that. I wish I had those ideas back and a dime for every captain crunch kernel that has torn up the roof of my mouth.
mandythompson // May 1, 2008 at 10:23 am
Travis: quit & come move up here.
Heather: YEAH! when ARE you gonna have another??? Tay is SO fun! the world needs more.
gchyayles // May 1, 2008 at 1:15 pm
I wish I had a dime for everytime someone looks at me funny when I praise God or acknowledge Christ as my Savior! They look at me with surprise like “you don’t LOOK like a Christian” because I’m South Asian and people expect me to either be Muslim or Hindu. Hmmm..
Oh and another dime everytime someone asks me which agency I’m the ED for [they have not established my title as of yet and there are a million organizations hoping I'm their ED--don't ask, it's a terribly sad story!]
Amy // May 1, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I wish I had a dime every time I change a diaper!!!
I smiled when I read about your day job- when I was in grad school me and our ILL librarian were tight… I swear I saw her once a week… but not in that annoying “has my stuff arrived yet” sort of way
Leslie Brooke // May 1, 2008 at 4:07 pm
I wish I had a dime every time someone asked me how I put up with Jay!!!
traciejane // May 1, 2008 at 6:22 pm
I wish I had a dime every time someone asked me how I ended up in small town Georgia from Michigan.
edfromct // May 1, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I wish I had a dime every time someone tells me how lucky I am to be so thin as they scarfed down that double cheese burger.
I wish I had a dime every time someone complains about their job when there are so many people wishing they had a job.
I wish I had a dime every time I patted my self on the back for a job well done, just before I hit the wrong button and screwed the whole thing up.
Sarah Markley // May 1, 2008 at 7:50 pm
I was a Circulation Desk clerk during my undergrad for three years. I used to open the library as well - nothing scarier than being the FIRST person in a huge library in the early morning, all the lights are out, everything smells dusty, and oh…the smell of old theology books! =)
I wish I had a dime for every one of those books.
mandythompson // May 1, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Brooke: how DO you put up with Jay?
Amy: i’m SOOOO glad you aren’t one of “those” patrons!!!
Sarah: HEY WOMAN! fun - librarians. yes. scary!!!! and i WISH i had a dime for all the books too. ugh
lovewillbringustogether // May 2, 2008 at 1:44 am
Mandy - MR. Love???? So Formal, so respectful sounding - so not like your normal self? ;-).
Tam must be having a good effect on you
I wish i had a ten cent piece… (we Aussie’s don’t ‘doo’ dimes and penny’s have been removed from circulation for decades)… for every time someone left a comment on Tam’s Blog - i could retire in a second.
Thank You ‘57′
Actually it’s 34 = 7 and 54 = 9 and 103 = 4
act = 7 9 4 = 20 = 2
Morning #2!
Luck-ee
(no toilet jokes, please!)
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mandythompson // May 2, 2008 at 7:42 am
Mr.Love: so, NOW i’m #2 if you go by my initials, and you DON’T want anyone to make potty jokes about this? ah huh…. these numbers just crack me up! did i mention that my husband was a math major in his undergrad degree? yes. he’s a genius.
as for my “normal” self, well, i’m actually pretty nice and polite in real life. i know - who’d believe it! tam is about the only person i pick on… and, that only happens on the net (remember the vid? we have a whole ‘nuther relationship - kinda like sisters?) anyway. yeah.
Mr.Love i thought would be better than just “love” in my blogroll… and i try to keep my blogroll matching the names that people use ON my blog - that way newbies won’t get confused when connecting commenters with blogroll names.
see? i’m nice.
lovewillbringustogether // May 4, 2008 at 12:42 am
Drew a Math Major??? Oh Dear - you poor girl - it’s worse than i thought! (Note to self: - go easy on the little Southern dear - she’s only compensating for life’s deprivations).
Slight correction Hun, you are 2 (the word Number is not really ‘appropriate’) by reason of your FULL name - not your initials (i only used them for simplicity and ‘privacy’ concerns. ( not that you’ve made your name all that private)
people probably should be just a litle more careful with personal details on the net! The Number of your Name is 794 and that ‘reduces’ to 2
Mine is 645 which becomes 6… make of those what you will, but to me it just means you are not a Beast (666)
See - i can be nice too
And i am not going to forget the Vid - especially whenever i have trouble going off to sleep!
SHORT - Short videos - Snappy and to the point!
I look forward to the next much shorter one! :-)… and the answer to my question i posted on Tam’s copy of the post.
and you BETTER know that i get you and tam’s relationship and that i was doing my best to borrrow your style and feel the same way about you as Tam does.
You’re SO spoiled
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tam // May 4, 2008 at 12:49 am
yah.
what he said
alece // May 4, 2008 at 1:57 am
what’s with your horrible cow-hide dress?
i wish i had a dime every time someone asked me what country i live in AFTER i’ve already told them south africa. (they think it’s like south america or something????)