*RING*
ME— Tri-Metro County Library.
BIRTHDAY LADY— Yes, could you tell me the birthday of that young actor who just died?
(Looks around for where Ms. M might have written it. We had both been on shift when we heard about Heath Ledger's death and knew Birthday Lady was likely to call. Unfortunately, if Ms. M actually wrote it down like she said she was going to, she did so in a very unobvious place, so I had to Google it.)
ME— April 4, 1979.
BIRTHDAY LADY— (Slowly) April.... ninth.... nineteen...
ME— No, April 4, 1979.
BIRTHDAY LADY— Oh. (Slowly) April.... fourth.... nineteen... seventy... nine.
5 comments:
When I heard about Heath Ledger, my first thought was, I wonder if the Birthday Lady will call Juice's Library!
It's a sign of how addicted I am to your blog when the first thought I had when I heard Heath Ledger died was "I wonder if he's too current for the Birthday Lady to care about".
Yeah, I was a little surprised he'd turned up on her radar, as she tends to specialize in actors from the 40's through the 60s. Then I realized that there was hardly any way for her to avoid news coverage about him and it all made sense.
Have you met the Birthday Lady?
If I have, I didn't know it.
I suspect she doesn't venture into the building much, but she's a patron all the same.
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