Tuesday, March 25, 2014

What's a library?

In a PM to a friend I mentioned I was at the library.

Friend: What's a library?

Woofmutt: A library is a place where poor/cheap people go to check out CDs and DVDs, use computers, make loud phone calls, and let their screaming children run around unsupervised.

To help reduce the noise of people making phone calls and screaming children libraries have shelves full of bound reams of paper called "books." These books help absorb sound or keep it from traveling very far.