Sad joke

[Laura Pearle <lpearle@PCS-NYC.ORG>]

I received this joke from some friends... unfortunately, given my students,
it's all to real:


I was reading a magazine and came across an unfamiliar word.  "Grubstake."
I decided to look it up.  Without thinking, I automatically wrote it down on
a piece of scrap paper, intending to go home later and look it up on the
Internet.
Did I mention I was in a library?
It suddenly dawned on me.  I thought, "Wait a minute, you idiot!  You're in
a LIBRARY for God's sake!  Do you realize what that means?"
"That means they have terminals with FREE INTERNET ACCESS!  I can use a
terminal right here!"
Only then, of course, did it occur to me to use an actual paper dictionary.

Laura Pearle
Head Librarian
Gladys Brooks Library
Professional Children's School
lpearle@pcs-nyc.org

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