30 Times Librarians Surprised Everyone With Their Sense Of Humor

Even though libraries are citadels of silence, guarding humanity's best thoughts, it doesn't mean that humor is forbidden there. To prove that a giggle can easily accompany a pleasant read, Bored Panda has collected a list of some of the funniest examples of librarian humor.

From mocking impossible visitor requests to motivating students, these creative solutions definitely got everyone's attention. Scroll down to check out why you should go the library more often and upvote the entries you like best!

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Sometimes I Wear My Panda Hat To Work. This Is What It Looks Like To Everyone Walking Into The Library

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Miss Cris 6 years ago

Great!!!!

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Cats999 6 years ago

That must be a bored panda.

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Kent Obediah Hayton 6 years ago

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Tamara Laney 6 years ago

That would totally make my day--hilarious!

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Shruti Naik 6 years ago

you look adorable! walking into a library and seeing this would really make my day!

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Devil Kitty 6 years ago

You should put a book up their for the panda to read

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Devil Kitty 6 years ago

I used the wrong there

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varwenea 6 years ago

Very inviting and welcoming. :)

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Kimberly Robinson 6 years ago

If I walked in that library, I would think a panda sitting at the desk was perfectly normal.

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Beverly Palmacci 6 years ago

Very short librarian or very high counter?

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Ehren Thomsen 6 years ago

Normal-sized librarian sitting behind a rather, but not unusually, high counter.

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lindsayaotter 6 years ago

Those warm greeting panda eyes are smiling at me.

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Phoebe Bean 6 years ago

Things definitely getting better, a panda in a library!!

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Valerie Davis 6 years ago

I love it !!

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toby casey 5 years ago

So if there are THIRTY instances...why is it surprising that librarians have a sense of humor? Or is it that you do not go to the library and had some misconceptions about the library and were surprised that your assumption were wrong. Yes I am a librarian, and yes, I am calling you out for likely not a being a regular at a library but yet making a commit on them, which although made in humor, is still offensive and wrong. Spend a little more time at a library, there is probably quite a bit more that will surprise you.

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paulo marreco 6 years ago

Working at a library that panda will never be bored.

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Jack Mayson 6 years ago

I need to go there.

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Heatherz_myBoo 6 years ago

Uhhhh, Yes please!

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Martha Chisum 6 years ago

So cute!

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Oscar 6 years ago

Sure ain't a boring panda!

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Royleen Seibert 4 years ago

To my former coworkers at Steely Library

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Ishy Christine Degyansky 4 years ago

LOL!!!!

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Matthew Collins 4 years ago

Now we need griz and ice bear....

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CrazyCatLady 5 years ago

* Grinning*

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Joy Lennick 6 years ago

Love that! I now live in Spain, but used to spend hours in my local library in Romford, Essex

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Kikka io 6 years ago

I have this hat!!!!

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Kathy Tubby 6 years ago

very unusual!

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Kathy Tubby 6 years ago

very unusual!

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Mette Espås 6 years ago

Funny !

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Sherri Mantooth Bagwell 6 years ago

Ha!

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IAmTheRealTimbo 6 years ago

Flash from Zootopia

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Susan L. Miller 6 years ago

Aww, that is TOO cute!

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Bella Smith 6 years ago

AWESOME

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Linda Christian 6 years ago

Do you have any books on panda's? Oh! In the bamboo section? Thank you!

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Cha 6 years ago

bored panda

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Johanna Zamora 6 years ago

So great!!!!

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Kendra Miller 6 years ago

I just wanted to say that libraries are no longer "citadels of silence" they are noisy community hubs with lots of chatter and laughter (there is usually a quiet study area set aside). But in this day and age you will never get shushed for talking in a public library (unless it's so loud it's echoing on the other side of the library). By saying that it is a "citadel of silence"... Your just perpetuating that incorrect stereotype, when libraries are working so hard to change that and show the truth.

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Charlotte Brine 6 years ago

I literally got shushed for talking normally in my local library last week. Unless you are the ambassador for all libraries the world over then you can't sit there and call someone out on something that you don't know all the facts about directly.

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Shirley Bond 6 years ago

I bet the kids love it !

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Amy John 6 years ago

Umm, can I check out this book on pandas plz?

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Janet Judd 6 years ago

Delightful!

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Angel 6 years ago

cute ^^

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Thumbe Llina 6 years ago

Brilliant hahahaa

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Pernille Dyre 6 years ago

😂😂😂

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Cheryle Fuller 6 years ago

Heeeheehehehe!

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Maria T. 6 years ago

good grief how tall is that counter

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Kristin Haskins 6 years ago

Where,OH, WHERE???

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Pat Hege 6 years ago

How sweet

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Carmen Elena 6 years ago

Love it!

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BoredBirgit 6 years ago

Where are all the books?

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godavari doke 6 years ago

Children will love to visit you and ask for the hat insted of a book

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Susann Campbell 6 years ago

Do you speak English? I speak no Chinese.

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