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Librarian Shares Photo Of A Taco She Found In A Returned Library Book Baffling The Internet
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Librarian Shares Photo Of A Taco She Found In A Returned Library Book Baffling The Internet

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I’ve never been much of a bookmark kinda guy. I would always end up losing or forgetting them so, like a monster, I either folded the page where I left off or simply remembered where I was. Of course, if your book is borrowed, folding pages is just plain rude so sometimes one needs to improvise.

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However, there is improvising and then there is this. Librarian Amanda Mae took to Twitter recently to share probably the most unusual bookmark substitute that you are ever likely to encounter.

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Just, ew. How and why was such a heinous idea ever conceived? Was it an act of desperation, quickly forgotten? Maybe revenge against a particularly evil librarian? Or perhaps simply a case of misplaced lunch?

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Twitter was instantly set ablaze with righteous indignation and theories about the mystery taco with some outraged at the disrespect shown to the book.

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While others were more concerned about the state of the poor taco. Who leaves tacos just lying around like that?

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Librarians also began to share their own stories of bizarre finds in books. Turns out that the taco bookmark was by no means a one-off in terms of edible items.

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And for some, the whole thing was simply a work of beautiful art, invoking feelings of absurdity, sadness and loss.

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What do you think? Scroll down to read the rest of the reactions below, and let us know your thoughts in the comments!

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James is a Bored Panda reporter who graduated with a BA in Peace And Conflict Studies and an MA in African Affairs. Before Bored Panda, he was an English teacher and also travelled a lot, doing odd jobs from beer-slinging to brickie's labourer and freelance journalism along the way. James loves covering stories about social and environmental issues and prefers to highlight the positive things that unite us, rather than petty internet squabbles about fictional characters. James is the grumpy, contradictory one who thinks that Bored Panda, due to its large audience, has a social responsibility to inspire and inform its readers with interesting issues and entertaining, well-researched stories. Let's do our bit to make our little corner of the internet a smarter, more truthful and less angry place!

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James Caunt

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James is a Bored Panda reporter who graduated with a BA in Peace And Conflict Studies and an MA in African Affairs. Before Bored Panda, he was an English teacher and also travelled a lot, doing odd jobs from beer-slinging to brickie's labourer and freelance journalism along the way. James loves covering stories about social and environmental issues and prefers to highlight the positive things that unite us, rather than petty internet squabbles about fictional characters. James is the grumpy, contradictory one who thinks that Bored Panda, due to its large audience, has a social responsibility to inspire and inform its readers with interesting issues and entertaining, well-researched stories. Let's do our bit to make our little corner of the internet a smarter, more truthful and less angry place!

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Shart
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What does this say about a society that morns the death of a taco....and not a book

Holli Burman
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some people are so disrespectful it makes me sick. How dare they wastes her time, having to clean up an OLD TACO. That poor woman. She needs to be paid more.

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Shart
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What does this say about a society that morns the death of a taco....and not a book

Holli Burman
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some people are so disrespectful it makes me sick. How dare they wastes her time, having to clean up an OLD TACO. That poor woman. She needs to be paid more.

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