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George Washington Racks Up 220 Years of Late Fees At Library
Everyone knows that George Washington couldn't tell a lie. What you probably didn't know is that he couldn't return a library book on time. From the article: "New York City's oldest library says one of its ledgers shows that the president has racked up 220 years' worth of late fees on two books he borrowed, but never returned. One of the books was the 'Law of Nations,' which deals with international relations. The other was a volume of debates from Britain's House of Commons. Both books were due on Nov. 2, 1789."
... in $1 bills.
When he goes to renew his Library card next time, bring a case against him and collect lots of those Washingtons
Where are the books now?
It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
- E. Debs
Epoch fail.
'We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.' RPF
Get Nick Cage on the case; those two books no doubt contain directions to the Illuminati's treasure stored in the hidden fortress of the Masons.
White guilt means guilt over doing what the other people would have done if they were in our forefathers shoes.
Of course every non-white superpower throughout history (the Mongols, the Persians, the Arabs, the Chinese, the Japanese, the Indians) was a beacon of human rights and good will towards men. It's only the evil European powers that exploited their position in the world towards their own ends.....
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
The library went to a lot of trouble to prove that their records from the 18th century are probably a bit inaccurate. It could have been as simple as a star-struck librarian forgetting to update the register.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
I was related to Mary Coyle Chase (author of Harvey). After she died in 1981 I helped clear out some things from her house. We found a book which had been checked out of the Denver Public Library in 1929. It was really fun returning it. I asked how much the fine was. The person at the circulation desk called the head librarian, and after a good laugh, they said there wouldn't be a fine.
I mean, think of how much revenue they must've lost!
- Despite popular opinion, I am not perfect.
Now we know why the US Federal Debt is so high. That fine is probably still being carried by the Office of the President.
The evidence that it was G. Washington is 'An aide simply scrawled "president" next to the title to show who had taken them out'. This seems pretty weak to me. How do we know this means the President of the U.S.? Maybe it was the president of the library, or someone else entirely. The entry was intended to make sense to the library staff, not random other people 200 years later.