http://www.qandj.info Quotes and jokes, citas y chistes, inglés para documentalistas castellanohablantes. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:39:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hola, A library user is working on a PC and is getting frustrated because something isn't going well. Already tired of it, he asks Dewey to help him, so that he can blame Dewey afterwards. Dewey accepts, resigned to playing the martyr: http://www.unshelved.com/2010-3-2 Patron: - Can you help me? Dewey: - Looks like you're ... http://www.qandj.info/one-of-my-primary-job-responsibilities/ Hola, amigos, The book dispensing machine installed the other day at the Mallville Public Library proves to be a box of surprises: http://www.unshelved.com/2010-2-2 Lectora: -There's just a single button. How do I know what I'm getting? Dewey: -You'll find out when it comes out the slot. It's like Christmas! After a while Lectora: -I don't want ... http://www.qandj.info/how-do-you-know-what-youre-getting/ Hola, amigos. A machine that dispenses audio and video materials has been installed at the Mallville Public Library, but someone confuses it with a snack vending machine. http://www.unshelved.com/2010-2-1 Mel: -How do you like our media dispenser? Dewey: -It looks like an old vending machine Mel: -It's been adapted for library materials Dewey: -Not everyone got that ... http://www.qandj.info/not-everyone-got-that-memo/ Hola, amigos: Una pastillita más para aprender y practicar inglés. Dewey is shocked by the boring booklists made by librarians. So he makes his own booklist: http://www.unshelved.com/2010-2-8 Dewey: - The new booklists are out! I'm abuzz with what was included! And excluded! Mel: - Librarians worked hard to make those lists! Dewey: - Now I know ... http://www.qandj.info/a-very-new-booklist/ Hi folks, The lady we met the other day is still complaining and Dewey's cynicism exasperates her even more... http://www.unshelved.com/2010-1-19 Dewey: -Done complaining? Lady: -I'm not going to become a dinner party anecdote. Dewey: -I don't need notes for that. I just make up the details. Dewey: -Though in your case, I won't need to do ... http://www.qandj.info/i-just-make-up-the-details/ Hola, colegas: An angry reader is complaining to Dewey, and he makes his customary show of appearing to take it seriously while he makes fun of her: http://www.unshelved.com/2010-1-18 Reader: -Furthermore -- Dewey: -There's a furthermore? Hold on a second. Reader: -You're taking notes? Dewey: -Your irritation is unusually complex. Reader: -Aaarrrgggghhh! Dewey: -How many g's does that have? TRADUCCIÓN Una ... http://www.qandj.info/hold-on-a-second/ Estimados colegas, La tira de hoy no es muy graciosa, pero nos servirá para aprender 3 términos: to feel dizzy (marearse), to feel queasy (sentirse mal) y clinging (aferrado). There is a new carpet in the library, and its bright colours have made a reader dizzy. Dewey tries to give her "solutions" in ... http://www.qandj.info/dizzy-carpet/ Hello, folks, Monty goes into a library wearing shoes that squeak, and the librarian (the archetypal librarian with glasses, her hair in a bun and a low tone of voice) acts quickly to preserve the silence of the place. http://comics.com/monty/2010-01-15/ Monty's shoes: - squeak!, squeak!, squeak!... The librarian [whispering something unintelligible and pointing at ... http://www.qandj.info/squeaky-shoes/ Hola, amigos, In today's scene, Dewey tells a reader not to return a book to the shelf. At the same time he realizes his role as "the library police", and gets the idea to play a little joke as if he were arresting a criminal. Mel, the library director, always careful ... http://www.qandj.info/youre-not-supposed-to-do-that/ Hi, colleagues, As is quite common in our Q&J stories, today the action takes place in the Mallville Public Library, although not dealing specifically with any library subject. So we diversify our vocabulary. Some library users have complained to Mel, the manager, because they noticed a foul odor. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091222 Mel: -People are complaining about ... http://www.qandj.info/311/