Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 3/16/08 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/03/22/reference-question-of-the-week-31608/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Sat, 25 May 2013 00:44:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Reader http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/03/22/reference-question-of-the-week-31608/#comment-420 Reader Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:16:00 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/03/22/reference-question-of-the-week-31608#comment-420 we debated both interpretations and the entire “ass-ness” scale – we think “full-assed” is “total incompetence at doing something”

]]> By: Liz http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/03/22/reference-question-of-the-week-31608/#comment-419 Liz Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:33:31 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/03/22/reference-question-of-the-week-31608#comment-419 That sounds like one of those seemingly innocuous but really complex questions kids ask – why is the sky blue? where does trash go? why do they call it half-assed?

And though it’s really off-topic, this did remind me of a great Simpsons – Homer tries to spend “quality time” with the kids (smothering them in the process) and Bart tells him his half-assed underparenting was better than his half-assed overparenting, and he says “Awww. But I’m using my WHOLE ass.”

See, when you need the answer to a question, just go to The Simpsons.

]]> By: Chris http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/03/22/reference-question-of-the-week-31608/#comment-418 Chris Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:35:51 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/03/22/reference-question-of-the-week-31608#comment-418 That’s one serious-ass question. I laughed my – well, you know – off.

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