Tuesday, 8 June 2010

183184

Me: Hi, can I help you there?
Man: Yep, 183184?
Me: *puzzled stare*
Man: You know... philosophy? 183184!!

With hindsight, he was obviously looking for philosophy and more specifically Plato, which are shelved under Dewey numbers 183 to 184. However, as he barked the number out at speed, it sounded like a phone number or reference number and confused me no end!

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Today the library was full of confetti shapes - there must have been several weddings in County Hall :)