HUMOR: what is nonfiction?

[Johanna Halbeisen <johanna.massed@RCN.COM>]

Out of the blue I got a volunteer for three weeks, a teacher ed
student with a community service requirement.  I set her to finding
the MARC records for my huge cataloging backlog.  At first I handed
her a pile and said, "this is Picture" or "this is fiction".  Then we
got into a large pile that was mixed, including nonfiction (I
attached the call numbers on sticky notes).  Last week she came to me
with a hefty Walter Farley novel and said, shouldn't this have a
number on it?  I was puzzled and asked her why she thought it should
have a number.  Her reply?  "It's so big and thick." !!  I had a hard
time not breaking down in giggles.

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