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| Thursday, November 18, 2010 | Patron: If you don't read the books you get rid of, how do you spend your day?
/ Dewey: By answering long-winded, meandering questions about library science. /
/ Patron: So, you know anything worth reading?
/ Dewey: Thought you'd never ask. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101118 |
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| Monday, November 22, 2010 | [[Dewey is sitting, hands folding patiently waiting at the information desk. Mel is watching him arms crossed disapprovingly]]
/ Mel: You spend too much time sitting around.
/ Dewey: I'm waiting for the next patron / Mel: Do WORK!
/ Dewey: I used to work while I sat here. You made me stop so that I could make eye contact. [[Dewey points at eye]] / Mel [[begging]]: We need to increase efficiency to save money!
/ Dewey [[fist clenched emphatically]]: I'll sit around twice as hard. Like I really MEAN it. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101122 |
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 | Dewey : I'm not supposed to help her?
/ Mel : No!
/ She's doing *SELF*-checkout.
/ Help her help herself!
/ Without helping her.
/ [[a lady customer pointing self scanner at a book]] / [[Lady customer turns her head to read the sign Dewey is holding above his head saying "GOOD LUCK"]] http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101123 |
| Wednesday, November 24, 2010 | [[Tamara walking male patron towards library exit]]
/ Male patron: Let's pretend my witty banter made you smile.
/ Tamara: Okay! / [[Both walking past the bookstacks]]
/ Male patron: Let's pretend I was a model patron
/ Tamara: Done! / [[At the door, with male patron about to exit and Tamara preparing to close the door]]
/ Male patron: Let's pretend you didn't ask me to leave.
/ Tamara: Can't! But have a good night! Somewhere else! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101124 |
| Thursday, November 25, 2010 | [[Dewey and Colleen looking out a window, Dewey pointing]]
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| The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger Friday, November 26, 2010 | [[Dewey's head narrates over an image of a large right hand with an origami yoda finger puppet on the index finger. In the background a young man watched a girl and boy kissing and embracing. Scene has the title The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger]]
/ Dewey : Dwight is a weird kid.
/ He digs holes in his back yard and just sits in them.
/ He packs hamburger into a straw and eats it by squeezing.
/ And he's awesome at origami.
/ He figures out his own way to fold Yoda, which he sticks on his finger.
/ Origami Yoda : Rush in, fools do
/ Dewey : At a PTA fun night, he tells Tommy to ask Yoda for advice before asking a girl to dance.
/ Yoda saves Tommy from making a fool of himself.
/ Other kids start seeking wisdom from the paper Jedi master.
/ But are rigami Yoda's powers real?
/ Tommy interviews everyone who sought Yoda's wisdom and creates a case file.
/ He needs to decide whether to take Yoda's latest advice. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101126 |
| Monday, November 29, 2010 | [[Teenage girl walks up to Dewey's desk.]]
/ Girl: I can't read.
/ Dewey: There's no shame in that. / Girl: I mean I'm not allowed. I'm grounded from reading.
/ Dewey: That's...unusual. / Girl: Do you have a T.V. I can watch?
/ Dewey: That would also be unusual. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101129 |
| Tuesday, November 30, 2010 | [[Teenage girl at Dewey's desk]]
/ Dewey: You're grounded from reading because...?
/ Girl: Dirty books. / [[Silence]] / Dewey: There's no shame in-
/ Girl (interrupting): Dropped them in mud. It got all over the classroom. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101130 |
| Wednesday, December 01, 2010 | [[Teenage girl is following Dewey as he walks through the library]]
/ Girl: If I DID check out books...
/ Dewey: ...Your parents would be able to tell. / Girl: That's an invasion of my privacy!
/ Dewey: As your guardians, they're FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE. / Girl: So if I "lost" a bunch of expensive books...
/ Dewey: I admire how quickly you found a revenge angle. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101201 |
| Thursday, December 02, 2010 | [[Teenage girl is talking to Merv and has a stack of books in her arms]]
/ Girl: Thanks for checking these out for me!
/ Merv: Make sure to hide them. / Girl: And if my parents ask you about this?
/ Merv: We never spoke and/or texted. / [[Teenage girl is walking away smiling, Dewey and Merv look on]]
/ Dewey: You helped a reader. Thanks, Merv.
/ Merv: You got a girl to talk to me. Thanks, Dewey. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101202 |
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| Wednesday, December 15, 2010 | [[Patron hands a book to Dewey]]
/ Patron : Someone left a piece of toilet paper in this book. / [[Dewey drops the book.]]
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| a class="searchlink" href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101216">http://unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101216 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Friday, December 17, 2010 | Gabby and Gator by James Burks / Ten years ago, Gator was flushed down the toilet by his owner.
/ He's not a little alligator any more.
/ After gobbling up an old lady's poodle in the park, he's pursued by an animal control officer.
/ Alone in the sewer, he feels like a monster.
/ But sometimes he hears a tuba playing, and it makes him dance.
/ Gabby is a recycle-or-die vegetarian tuba player, the weirdo the other kids avoid.
/ When a bully steals her hat, Gator makes him flee and helps her get it back.
/ Gabby takes Gator home and makes him a veggie shake. Gator tries to eat her stuffed bunny.
/ They work out their dietary differences and become friends.
/ Then the bully reports Gator to animal control and it's Gabby's turn to save him. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101217 |
| Saturday, December 18, 2010 | Kid: Why doesn't the library filter the internet the same way they filter books?
/ Dewey: But we don't filter books! / Kid: You don't just hand out dirty books to kids?!?
/ Dewey: We do if they ask for them. It's called universal access. / Kid: Really? Then I want...
/ Dewey: Fortunately they seldom know what to ask for. / Kid: I'm going to go look up...
/ Dewey: And they get grounded for a month when their parents find out. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101218 |
| Sunday, December 19, 2010 | [[A line of patrons wait in front of the information desk. A sign near the desk reads: "One Question Per Person".]] / Long-haired patron: Is that sign for real?
/ Dewey: Yes. Next! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101219 |
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| Wednesday, December 29, 2010 | Female patron: Who is that volunteer?
/ Dewey: Just another guy looking for work. / Female patron: He's extraordinary.
/ Dewey: Actually he is. Are you going to offer him a job? / Female patron: No, but I was thinking of asking him out.
/ Dewey: I'll accept that as a happy ending. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101229 |
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