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| University of Liverpool cheese bookmark sparks Twitter jokes | |
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| A cheese slice bookmark has given librarians and thousands of social media users a Gouda laugh. | A cheese slice bookmark has given librarians and thousands of social media users a Gouda laugh. |
| A tweet about the slice, found at University of Liverpool Library, has been shared more than 20,000 times. | A tweet about the slice, found at University of Liverpool Library, has been shared more than 20,000 times. |
| Associate director Alex Widdeson said the "disconcertingly warm and liquid" slice was discovered "somewhere between American history and geography". | Associate director Alex Widdeson said the "disconcertingly warm and liquid" slice was discovered "somewhere between American history and geography". |
| She said while library users were Brie to eat cold food, "we prefer them not use snacks as bookmarks". | She said while library users were Brie to eat cold food, "we prefer them not use snacks as bookmarks". |
| She said the person who found the cheese on Wednesday night was "so stunned" that she "forgot to note" the book it was inside. | She said the person who found the cheese on Wednesday night was "so stunned" that she "forgot to note" the book it was inside. |
| "It's fair to say they were a mix of amused and disgusted," she said. | "It's fair to say they were a mix of amused and disgusted," she said. |
| "I'm not sure even the mice would have been interested." | "I'm not sure even the mice would have been interested." |
| She said staff thought it might make a decent tweet, but never imagined it would receive so many shares. | She said staff thought it might make a decent tweet, but never imagined it would receive so many shares. |
| "We might end up adding it to our special collections as a monument to the success of the tweet," she said. | "We might end up adding it to our special collections as a monument to the success of the tweet," she said. |
| The social media post about it has certainly had a dairy good response, and many Twitter users and other university libraries curd not resist cracking jokes. | The social media post about it has certainly had a dairy good response, and many Twitter users and other university libraries curd not resist cracking jokes. |
| It is not the first time an unusual item has been found in the library, Ms Widdeson said. | It is not the first time an unusual item has been found in the library, Ms Widdeson said. |
| "A few years ago, we had the 'shelf-wich', a sandwich wrapper that was being used as a bookend, and it's not uncommon to find satsumas on our computers," Ms Widdeson said. | "A few years ago, we had the 'shelf-wich', a sandwich wrapper that was being used as a bookend, and it's not uncommon to find satsumas on our computers," Ms Widdeson said. |
| She added libraries could be "strange places", but the slice discovery had "given us a laugh". | She added libraries could be "strange places", but the slice discovery had "given us a laugh". |