Comments on: Kelly’s Coffee & Fudge & Overdue Fees http://www.blackgate.com/2009/06/16/kelly%e2%80%99s-coffee-fudge-overdue-fees/ Adventures in Fantasy Literature Thu, 17 May 2012 04:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Black Gate » Blog Archive » More Disturbing Library Trends http://www.blackgate.com/2009/06/16/kelly%e2%80%99s-coffee-fudge-overdue-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Black Gate » Blog Archive » More Disturbing Library Trends Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:18:11 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2500#comment-1013 [...] I recently posted about my discovery that a coffee shop—with fudge included, for some reason known only to “Kelly”—had mysteriously arisen inside the BHPL. I tried to satisfy myself with the knowledge that the library would at least strive to keep the coffee and fudge behind the glass doors of Kelly’s Staining Bean Juice and Contaminating Sugar Sludge, away from the precious volumes of books and helping to keep at bay the armies of paper-munching insects that might like to snack on old copies of Gormenghast. [...] [...] I recently posted about my discovery that a coffee shop—with fudge included, for some reason known only to “Kelly”—had mysteriously arisen inside the BHPL. I tried to satisfy myself with the knowledge that the library would at least strive to keep the coffee and fudge behind the glass doors of Kelly’s Staining Bean Juice and Contaminating Sugar Sludge, away from the precious volumes of books and helping to keep at bay the armies of paper-munching insects that might like to snack on old copies of Gormenghast. [...]

]]> By: Ryan Harvey http://www.blackgate.com/2009/06/16/kelly%e2%80%99s-coffee-fudge-overdue-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Ryan Harvey Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:24:11 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2500#comment-965 Yeah, I don't get "Kelly's" (man or woman?) business model. And fudge is just one of the worst things you could smear on the library's only copy of <em>The Ship of Ishtar</em>. Yeah, I don’t get “Kelly’s” (man or woman?) business model. And fudge is just one of the worst things you could smear on the library’s only copy of The Ship of Ishtar.

]]> By: Bill Ward http://www.blackgate.com/2009/06/16/kelly%e2%80%99s-coffee-fudge-overdue-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Bill Ward Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:17:22 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2500#comment-963 And fudge, really? How exactly does fudge go with coffee, and who would want it around books? Simply mad. And fudge, really? How exactly does fudge go with coffee, and who would want it around books?

Simply mad.

]]> By: Bill Ward http://www.blackgate.com/2009/06/16/kelly%e2%80%99s-coffee-fudge-overdue-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-962 Bill Ward Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:15:59 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2500#comment-962 If only it wasn't 3,000 miles away from *me.* If only it wasn’t 3,000 miles away from *me.*

]]> By: Ryan Harvey http://www.blackgate.com/2009/06/16/kelly%e2%80%99s-coffee-fudge-overdue-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-960 Ryan Harvey Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:37:12 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2500#comment-960 Well, I can't get a single hand properly around the OED, so <em>War and Peace</em> is probably the best single-volume object for hurling. If I had a miniature trebuchet, I would definitely have used the OED. Bill, the used bookstore in the BHPL is easily the best I've seen in <em>any</em> library. And it's the closest used bookstore to me. Well, I can’t get a single hand properly around the OED, so War and Peace is probably the best single-volume object for hurling. If I had a miniature trebuchet, I would definitely have used the OED.

Bill, the used bookstore in the BHPL is easily the best I’ve seen in any library. And it’s the closest used bookstore to me.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.blackgate.com/2009/06/16/kelly%e2%80%99s-coffee-fudge-overdue-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-959 Gabe Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:41:07 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2500#comment-959 You should have hurled the OED at him. Since you can't speak, it would've been the best way to attack him with words--with every word! You should have hurled the OED at him. Since you can’t speak, it would’ve been the best way to attack him with words–with every word!

]]> By: Bill Ward http://www.blackgate.com/2009/06/16/kelly%e2%80%99s-coffee-fudge-overdue-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-958 Bill Ward Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:08:07 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2500#comment-958 A coffee shop in a library? These are strange days we find ourselves in, my friends. Still, glad to hear they have books for sale, and that they are serious about shutting up cell phone users. A coffee shop in a library? These are strange days we find ourselves in, my friends.

Still, glad to hear they have books for sale, and that they are serious about shutting up cell phone users.

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