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Jacob says there are no rats around here because he and the Divas patrol the environs extensively...
Jacob and the Divas and E have a zero tolerance policy for rodents, except of course for their Blogger friends, Squirrel, from Nyack, and Mouse, from Cleveland.
Jacob would not mind traveling to Nyack or Cleveland as long as there are no rats there. He thinks Edward and Dennis should come along, too...
In answer to E's Blogger friend Mouse, aka Kimy,
E and another hard-working librarian located the following from Cassell's Dictionary of Slang.
"To give a rat's ass...
A twentieth century pejorative implying something insignificant."
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While E and the other librarian were disappointed in the brevity of this information, they hope Mouse is happy. E feels librarians are an undervalued community resource. Jacob knows this is true because he loves E, puts up with the Divas, and wants E to get a position so she can use her considerable brain and quirky humor.
Jacob also knows that when anyone asks a strange, inconsequential or vitally important question, they can always get answers from a librarian. Librarians help in all kinds of situations, even disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. Librarians rock almost as much as cats do!
