Turns out the current downturn in the economy is doing wonders for libraries. No, not because more people are seeking out the borrowing of books as opposed to purchasing them but rather due to the cosy carrells and steamy stacks. Coming in at #4 on Scanner’s ‘10 Reasons the Recession Will Rock Your Love Life’ is the return of library-sex.
4. Library-sex will make a comeback.
Combine America’s declining interest in knowledge, free admission, and sultry, stuffy sex-maniac librarians, and suddenly you have an accessible, sparsely populated impromptu orgy club. The public library, with its many dim corners and unlocked “reading rooms,” is a recession-era Plato’s Retreat. Take it from a former librarian: the microfiche room is far from obsolete when reappropriated in the right fashion.
Brings a whole new meaning to Library Lovers
“Dirty Deeds, AC/DC”
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