Reference Enthusiast Gifts

"These references are excellent Mr. Canning. But do you have any from someone other than your mother?"

'My name's Google and I'm being inundated with requests for information about every damn thing imaginable, by people I don't even know...It's endless!'

"I imagined the Library of Congress would be much bigger."

'Here's MY information highway!'

"Housekeeping?!"

'It finally took me thirty years, but I finally have one of every 3-D comic book ever made'

'Instead of a raise, Yomp, you may call me 'Chief', instead of Mr Staghorn.'

Clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought and memory.

"I understand the revisionists are hot on your trail, Professor Delauney."

'I don't understand. You've wasted the whole interview going on and on about what you know... I think you'd better start telling me who you know.'

"Makes me wish I'd kept that gorilla suit."

Library door sign says, 'We have encyclopedias ... the original Facebook!'

"I consider every member of our family to be like family."

Creativity 2.0

'But I did study. I guess the software didn't install successfully.'

Exposed Intimacy Safety Vulnerability Hidden Enmity

'Yes, your papers seem to have lots of citations, but I've checked: They're all self-citations...'

"I got my PhD in Nursing just so people would have to call me Doctor."

"I know your previous employer gave you an excellent reference, but you were self-employed."

"Anyway, to make a long story short, I'm the guy who invented CliffsNotes."

Tata: Goodbuy or Goodbye?

"Enjoy university darling, and don't come back during the holidays, we're going to air BnB your room."

'People who can read Venn diagrams...'

"Stop! Information overload. I need to rebuffer."

'That book is still floating around the system.'

'There's more information available now than ever before. I can only block out so much of it.'

'She files things on a biblical basis. Seek and ye shall find.'

Google Magazine

List making as therapy.

"I can tell you about this article or you can just read the comments online."

I don't know what it is, but it's a textbook case of something.

Returning to reading

'According to this list, this list is ranked #4 on the greatest lists of all time.'

'What's my Dad buying me for my Birthday?'

"Our state made the list for being on the most lists."