Occasionally, a library patron will try to check out a reference book. "Can't you make an exception for me?" "No," I say with a smile. At the Chained Library of Zutphen, the Netherlands, Sixteenth Century librarians found a way to get the point across. The library was open to everyone. To make sure that the books didn't walk off, the monks chained all of the books to the reading desks.
There are footprints in the bricks on the floor. Perhaps they're from an animal, but since at least the Nineteenth Century, monks attributed them to the Devil.
(Photos: Julie Somers)
Comments (3)
it's totally a bad ass Scotsman.
We still have that cereal package from 1984 with the photo of controversial Miss America turned Superstar - Vanessa Williams
But one is missing : The Nintendo Cereal System !!
Mario and Zelda characters chaped cereals !
http://jetube.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/games-un-pixel-pour-votre-breakfast/
http://theimaginaryworld.com/bslt15.jpg
Like every cereal company, they cut back on sugar and people quit buying them. Just like Coke & Pepsi won't listen to the customers that don't want corn syrup in their soft drink.