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  • The Lady Who Grew a Veil

    This doesn't fit conveniently into any category here. The lady in question wasn't sucky but she was decidedly odd.

    Because the Library in which I work deals with ancient religions, we often get very pleasant, polite people who are a bit odd. On this visit we had a couple who dressed in sweeping, white robes.

    He was her teacher and spent a good hour getting her acquainted with the place and settled with the materials she needed to do her work. She was a good student. She went about her assignment and was as nice as could be.

    We closed for lunch at Noon. Readers had to vacate the Library but could return at 1 PM. It was our practice to alert readers at 11:45 that we were closing in 15 minutes. That gave them time to bring their work to a rational close. If they wanted to return after the break, everything would be just as they left it.

    I went to remind our lady reader about the break and saw her wrapped in a magnificent red and gold silk shawl. Her head was tilted back and her mouth was silently working. In one hand she held a metal crook. In the other she held a beaded flail. She was literally in the position of a mummified Pharaoh.

    How do you tell someone in such deep communion with her gods that the Library is closing for lunch?
    Last edited by Dips; 06-22-2009, 03:15 PM. Reason: The mod team doesn't need permission to move a post.
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    Our canopic jars need to be topped up?
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    • #3
      You could comment very loudly to the "musuem crew" that this must be the mummy that was on display and if they could please carry it outside to their vehicle.
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      • #4
        Start humming "Walk Like an Egyptian' loudly and hope they get the hint?
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        • #5
          Personally I would put on a gas mask and start asking "are you my mummy?"
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          • #6
            Quoth Boggles View Post
            Personally I would put on a gas mask and start asking "are you my mummy?"


            you win!
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            • #7
              That had to be one of the creepiest episodes I had ever seen, Boggles!

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              • #8
                You get to close the library for lunch I wish they would let us do that at the library I work in. Granted, there are enough people working where we can go to lunch in shifts.
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                • #9
                  Quoth JoitheArtist View Post
                  Start humming "Walk Like an Egyptian' loudly and hope they get the hint?


                  That's funny
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                  • #10
                    Quoth Boggles View Post
                    Personally I would put on a gas mask and start asking "are you my mummy?"
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                    • #11
                      Quoth FenigDurak View Post
                      That had to be one of the creepiest episodes I had ever seen, Boggles!
                      The guy who wrote it becomes executive producer/head writer type person next year.

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                      • #12
                        Quoth LibraryLady View Post
                        ...She was literally in the position of a mummified Pharaoh.

                        How do you tell someone in such deep communion with her gods that the Library is closing for lunch?
                        Same thing you tell any mummy. "Let's wrap this up!"
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                        • #13
                          I don't get the mask reference (im guessing it's part of an episode of a tv show of some sort..?)

                          and you could kneel in front of her and slide forward till she either has to notice you or let you touch her, and then ask her quietly if she'd like to stop for now to nourish her god-filled body so she can continue her marvellous work....

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