NDLA: Laughing with Librarians

The theme of the NDLA convention I recently attended was Laughing with Librarians. In one session, we shared our funniest library stories.

Some of the stories revolved around misunderstandings. For example, someone told of a patron who wanted more of those "garlic and romance" books. Or the student who wanted a book about a donkey...a donkey named Odie....Donkey Odie. (You may have to read those out loud with a little imagination.)

The creators of the Unshelved comic strip were speakers at a general session. They showed a comic strip in which a patron had used a strip of bacon as a bookmark. They asked the librarians at the convention if anyone had ever had a patron use bacon as a bookmark, and someone had. The Unshelved guys said that in every group of librarians they've asked, at least one librarian has had a book with bacon as a bookmark.

What are some of your funniest library stories? Have you ever had bacon used as a bookmark? What's the oddest bookmark you've seen left in a book?