Reference Humor (fwd)

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>Date:   Wed, 14 Dec 1994 22:22:14 -0500
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>Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 20:30:00 -0500
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>WINTER CHEER
>__________________
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>Source unknown --
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>submitted to CU NEWS holiday issue
>from the files of Pat Maughan
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>
>                REFERENCE WORK
>     (sung to the tune of  Jingle Bells )
>
>Rushing through the stacks
>Searching for a book,
>Patrons on my heels,
>Everywhere I look.
>
>The book was short and green,
>Its spine was yet unmarked,
>Its series was unanalyzed,
>It left me in the dark.
>
>     Such a job, such a job,
>     Why did I choose this?!
>     Reference work is hardly bliss
>     It's often hit or miss.
>          (Repeat, Such a job ...)
>
>I'm looking for a book,
>The author's name is Hicks,
>I saw it in Des Moines,
>in nineteen-twenty-six.
>
>How can I find the date
>When tax became the law?
>How much did G.E. make
>In nineteen-sixty-eight?
>
>     Such a job, such a job,
>     Why did I choose this?!
>     Reference work is hardly bliss
>     It's often hit or miss.
>          (Repeat, Such a job ...)
>
>What was the price of wheat
>In Mexico last year?
>And how does that affect
>Domestic price of beer?
>
>Who's Chairman of the Board
>For Arco Oil and Gas?
>Could you say that once more?
>And say it not so fast?
>
>      Reference work, reference work
>      I know why I chose this.
>      Though reference work is never done,
>      I'm hardly every bored.
>      Reference work, reference work,
>      Sometimes it's a chore.
>      But the questions have me hooked,
>      I'm coming back for more!
>
>                HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
>
>Reference Humor
>
>

john badgley
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