EPISODE 031 (231): Monsieur Stanky

Way back in EPISODE 16 (116) of this podcast, I started to tell the story of our penultimate stinky patron, Mr. Stanky.  So, 67 episodes later, I finally get around to picking up where I left off. 

Mr. Stanky was a guy who was so eye-wateringly stinky that he defeated all comers from our air-freshener arsenal. We dreaded his appearance, because we knew with great certainty that at some point during his visit (and, perhaps, even after it) we would each be pummelled about the face by his horrifying odor. He was astoundingly stinky... except when he wasn't.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Tales from the "Liberry" blog
• Original Blog Entry: "The Secret Origin of the Untalented Mr. Ripley"
• Original Blog Entry: "Of course, by that time my lungs were aching for air"
• Original Blog Entry: "Juice Vs. The Stench Volcano"
• Original Blog Entry: "Juice Vs. The Stench Volcano Part II: It's been Stankronized!"
• Original Blog Entry: "Mr. Not So Stanky?"
• Original Blog Entry: "Mr. B-Natural Vs. Mr. Stanky"
• Original Blog Entry: "Au revoir, Monsieur Stanky! Au revoir!"
• Original Blog Entry: "Mr. Not So Stanky 2006"
• Original Blog Entry: "Mr. Stanky: The Return"
• Tales from the "LiberryCAST" Episode 16: "Stanky Patrons & Dusty Turds"
• "LiberryCAST" Favorite Podcast of the Week: Bat Segundo interviews Peter Davison

EPISODE 030 (230): The Untalented Mr. Ripley and other "Liberry" Criminals

The Untalented Mr. Ripley was far from the only would-be master criminal we encountered, but he was one of the few who we knew that were eventually arrested for it.  However, his semi-allies, The Fagins, were far more destructive to the "liberry" proper and are infamous for stealing piles of books from our branch and others across the years.  These, and one other, are their stories.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Tales from the "Liberry" blog
• Original Blog Entry: "The Secret Origin of the Untalented Mr. Ripley"
• Original Blog Entry: "Training Day"
• Original Blog Entry: "Fagin Attack!"
• Original Blog Entry: "The Even LESS Talented Mr. Ripley"

EPISODE 029 (229): Mookiestinks!

From nearly day one of the Tales from the "Liberry" blog, one of my major topics of frustration was the seemingly neverending series of horrors visited upon me via our public  restroom.  From patrons who refused to use our handy air-freshener, to the toilet death throes after another patron flushed something unflushable, to puddles of standing urine, to the occasional poo festivals of our mentally handicapped patrons, I have seen things I cannot unsee.  Or unsmell.  Add to that our continuing theme of semi-bathroom-related crime and you have a metric shit ton of "liberry" hassle.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Tales from the "Liberry" blog
• Original Blog Entry:  "Good Omens 04"
• Original Blog Entry:  "Ass Bandits"
• Original Blog Entry:  "No, seriously, this restroom is out of order"
• Original Blog Entry:  "They TRIIIIED to kill it with a FORRRK LIIIIFT!"
• Original Blog Entry:  "Actual Conversations Heard in Actual Libraries #51"
• Original Blog Entry:  "A Sign We Desperately Need"
• Original Blog Entry:  "And now, we return to our regularly scheduled program"
• Original Blog Entry:  "I've got another itch and the only thing that can cure it is more cowbell (Moving Days N)"
• Original Blog Entry:  "Sometimes Standing Urine is a Good Thing (Moving Days O)"
• "LiberryCAST" Favorite Podcast of the Week: Nerdist and Bullseye interview Liam Lynch.

EPISODE 028 (228): The Coot

The majority of patrons are not rogue patrons.  Some are great, some average, some merely annoying and some are what I called benign irritants.  They're not evil, but sometimes may as well be for the amount of hassle they create.  Such a patron was The Coot--an old man who didn't quite rise to even 6th grumpiest status, but who still demonstrated some of the most aggressive passive aggressive behavior I've ever seen. 

 

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SHOW NOTES:

• Tales from the "Liberry" blog
• Original Blog Entry: "The Coot"
• Original Blog Entry: "Liberry Glossary: Coot Pile"
• Original Blog Entry: "Attack of the S.E.W.S."
• Original Blog Entry: "Cat Piss Man (a.k.a. Bodily Excretions Week Day 3)"
• Original Blog Entry: "Cootastic!"
• "LiberryCAST" Favorite Podcast of the Week:  Fatman on Batman #15: Diedrich Bader Interview Part 1

EPISODE 027 (227): Tales of the Bladder Thieves

We didn't have a lot of trouble when it came to lawbreakers and the "liberry."  More often, our patrons were overzealous when it came to the law and its intricacies.  But once in a while we were touched by the greasy caress of theft.

Today I present the tale of the theft of the library's laptop by thieves driven to crime by their own bashful bladders.  I also show how our own Junior Clubhouse Detective work that ultimately confirmed the identities of the thieves in question.

(Featuring a cameo by Chester the (Potential) Molester.)

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SHOW NOTES:

• Tales from the "Liberry" blog
• Original Blog Entry: "Legion of Evil-Doers (with Bashful Bladders)"
• Original Blog Entry: "Tales of the Bladder Thief"
• Original Blog Entry: "Drama Drama Drama"
• Original Blog Entry: "More Tales of the Bladder Thieves"
• Original Blog Entry: "Fate (and the Law) Finally Catches up to Jimmy the "Anonymous" Snitch
• Original Blog Entry: "Bladders Running on Empty"
• Favorite Podcast of the Week:  "The Moth, featuring Edgar Oliver"
• Edgar Oliver Article on Seniors World Chronicle