The University of Liverpool Library in northwest England this week revealed what someone had used as a bookmark in one of its books.
And, well, here it is:
This is not a bookmark. pic.twitter.com/oy7tqM3aJv
— Uni of Liverpool Library (@LivUniLibrary) January 21, 2020
Yes. A plastic-wrapped slice of undetermined cheese.
Itās unclear what book it was being used inside. But library staff tossed the offending article and their tweet soon took on a life of its own.
Other libraries chimed in:
No whey https://t.co/KWgeDvd4yk
— National Library of Scotland (@natlibscot) January 21, 2020
So sweaty...
— Goldsmiths Library (@GoldsmithsLib) January 21, 2020
Please do not use cheese as a bookmark in our (or any) books. https://t.co/SkTsf39Ujq pic.twitter.com/GBvgXWhCNI
— Chicago Public Library (@chipublib) January 21, 2020
People shared their own bookmark horror stories:
I found this one in one of our libraries. pic.twitter.com/CJjlFTRHVd
— Robert Stokkel (@r_stokkel) January 21, 2020
I once worked in a public library where a customer had used a rasher of crispy bacon as the bookmark!
— SFHT Library (@SFHTLibrary) January 21, 2020
I take your "cheese" bookmark and raise you the "crunch cream" bookmark... https://t.co/ZJ7XstygS9
— Leys Library š (@LeysLibrary) January 22, 2020
OMG after over 30 years in libraries, this is a new one. I've had a rasher of streaky bacon (raw), a condom (in its packaging, fortunately) a slice of toast (buttered) and Ā£85 in notes. Separate occasions/customers. I managed to track down the owner of the cashand return it š
— š·ArgentologyĀ®š· (@Argentologist) January 21, 2020
I've found onion skins! šāļø
— silvia (@silviaro7) January 21, 2020
same energy pic.twitter.com/p4usAsBs8S
— UC Berkeley Library (@UCBerkeleyLib) January 21, 2020
A debate over the original post also broke out:
I disagree. If it was placed in a book to mark a page it is, functionally, a bookmark. https://t.co/RD9QJYkm3h
— Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley (@lottelydia) January 21, 2020
I will never side with bookmark prescriptivists. a bookmark is defined by its function, not by whether The Man says it can be used as a bookmark. does it mark your place in a book? then it's a bookmark. https://t.co/5cfXc8s19J
— hern (@alexhern) January 21, 2020
Well not anymore after you removed it. https://t.co/vAHf0HLwdj
— Brandi-shanks thee Indoor Cat š¾ (@ItsTheBrandi) January 21, 2020
And then came the puns. So. Many. Puns.
Camembert it when people do this. Unbrielievable.
— School of the Arts (@sotauol) January 21, 2020
If they weren't reading The Grate Gatsby, I'll be bitterly disappointed #badumtss https://t.co/UxJogbqMG3
— Josh Knapman (@Joshknapman) January 21, 2020
If only students would handle library books more caerphilly
— UEA Library (@UEALibrary) January 21, 2020
You gouda brie kidding! š±
— UoL School of the Arts - Student Support Centre (@SotaSSC) January 21, 2020
Opened a volume in central library the other week and a trouser leg end fell out. That was a turnup for the books.
— Steve Grace (@wibblegrace) January 21, 2020
Someoneās misplaced their library curds.
— Bri Wilkinson (@BrianRhys) January 21, 2020
Was it inside #JohnSteinbeck's East of Edam?!!
— IPCallaway (@IanCallaway352) January 21, 2020
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