Another smalltown librarian

jporter jp4321 at IDT.NET
Thu Jul 3 13:55:25 CDT 1997


Peter, hackles up, sez:

>I say:
>The real deal is that librarians have a low tolerance for b*ll sh*t
>and lies so when a b*ll sh*t*r and liar gets caught in his lies he turns
>hostile.  There are not to many, if any intelligent people who would make
>fun of the profession of librarianship.  I'd be willing to bet for
>example that Pynchon, DF Wallace, or just about any author mentioned on this
>list would have more respect for any librarian (even a small town
>librarian) than they would for any hack writer who tries to make a living
>from a relationship with a man he knew all to vaguelly over thirty years
>ago.

Small town librarians v. hack writers. Hmmm. Don't think it would fill the
Garden, even the WWF would probably pass on that one. Let's keep on
topic(s): use of dialect, use of mysticism/science, difficulty in
communicating, etc., and forget about judging people by their profession.
OK?

jody







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