No, A Taco Is Not A Suitable Bookmark For A Library Book

David Moye

Here’s some food for thought: Tacos make lousy bookmarks ― especially for library books.

But that seemingly obvious bit of knowledge didn’t stop a photo of, yes, a taco in a library book from going viral this past weekend.

On Saturday, Amanda Monson, a librarian with the LaPorte County Library in Indiana, tweeted out a pic that may have whet the appetites of taco lovers while turning the stomachs of bookworms.

Monson said the taco pic came from “an actual book found in the book drop at my library in Indiana a few years back.”

A Twitter user identified the book with the taco in it as “Nonsense Songs and Stories,” illustrated by Edward Lear, according to Inside Edition. Monson told the outlet the book was donated to the library, but it wasn’t put on shelves.

“The staff took a photo of it and threw the book away,” Monson said.

This isn’t the first inappropriate bookmark Monson has seen since she started working as a librarian seven years ago.

Other bizarre bookmarks include uncashed paychecks, credit cards, $50 or $100 bills and panty liners.

“You can ask any public librarian, and they will have stories about the weird things that get left in books and returned to us,” she said.

As you might expect, the photo left a bad taste in the mouths of many Twitter users.

Monson’s taco bookmark pic is spicing up the internet, but it’s just part of a recent trend as brands are also using similar Twitter pics for promotion:

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Berlin

Ich bin ein burrito. Tex-Mex restaurant in Berlin, 1999. Many German-Mexican restaurants were notable for their vegetarian emphasis, perhaps catering to members of the German counterculture who had sampled Mexican food while backpacking along the Maya trail. Even the beef tostadas were served atop a pyramid of salad greens.
Ich bin ein burrito. Tex-Mex restaurant in Berlin, 1999. Many German-Mexican restaurants were notable for their vegetarian emphasis, perhaps catering to members of the German counterculture who had sampled Mexican food while backpacking along the Maya trail. Even the beef tostadas were served atop a pyramid of salad greens.

Rome

Old El Paso products in a shop window near the renowned gelato shop, Giolitti, Rome, 1997. Displays such as this one catered primarily to expatriates from the United States. Italians understandably preferred their own home cooking.
Old El Paso products in a shop window near the renowned gelato shop, Giolitti, Rome, 1997. Displays such as this one catered primarily to expatriates from the United States. Italians understandably preferred their own home cooking.

Tokyo

Plastic tacos. A Tex-Mex restaurant employs the Japanese art of fake food to display fake Mexican food, Tokyo 2001. For the best taco in Japan, you have to go to La Bamba Restaurant in Osaka. The owner, Oshima Bari, was a former Japanese hippie who studied Spanish in college and lived for a year in Mexico.
Plastic tacos. A Tex-Mex restaurant employs the Japanese art of fake food to display fake Mexican food, Tokyo 2001. For the best taco in Japan, you have to go to La Bamba Restaurant in Osaka. The owner, Oshima Bari, was a former Japanese hippie who studied Spanish in college and lived for a year in Mexico.

Brisbane

The first wave of global Mexican. Surfers were early evangelists of the taco, carrying Cal-Mex around the world on their search for the perfect wave. The granddaddy of overseas Mexican restaurants, founded on Australia's Gold Coast by Californian Bill Chicote in 1967, was called Taco Bill. Here, a rival in Brisbane, 2003.
The first wave of global Mexican. Surfers were early evangelists of the taco, carrying Cal-Mex around the world on their search for the perfect wave. The granddaddy of overseas Mexican restaurants, founded on Australia's Gold Coast by Californian Bill Chicote in 1967, was called Taco Bill. Here, a rival in Brisbane, 2003.

San José

Taco Bell goes global. Although many of the company's international ventures have failed, Costa Rica offers a success story. I photographed this busy store near the national university in San José in 2008, but I'm afraid I can't recommend any good Mexican restaurants in Costa Rica.
Taco Bell goes global. Although many of the company's international ventures have failed, Costa Rica offers a success story. I photographed this busy store near the national university in San José in 2008, but I'm afraid I can't recommend any good Mexican restaurants in Costa Rica.

NYC

Wet-Mex. Corona beers, tequila shooters, and bird-bath-sized margaritas create an alcoholic image of Mexican food in New York City, 2009. But in the past decade, Mexican migrants have created a likely restaurant scene both in the trendy Brooklyn neighborhoods of Park Slope and Dumbo as well as among the down-home taco trucks of Jackson Heights and Redhook.

Montreal

Agua fresca smoothies. Palm trees and tropical fruit drinks offer a taste of street food that is "Hecho en México" to visitors at the Jean Talon Market, Montreal, 2010. Operated by a chef from Querétaro, El Rey del Taco serves great mixiotes (pit-roasted lamb).
Agua fresca smoothies. Palm trees and tropical fruit drinks offer a taste of street food that is "Hecho en México" to visitors at the Jean Talon Market, Montreal, 2010. Operated by a chef from Querétaro, El Rey del Taco serves great mixiotes (pit-roasted lamb).

Paris

Paris al pastor. Street food becomes the new gold standard for authentic Mexican, displacing Tex-Mex stereotypes. Paris, 2012. Taco shops have begun appearing in tourist neighborhoods such as Chido in the Contrescarpe, but many insiders prefer El Nopal near the Canal Saint Martin.
Paris al pastor. Street food becomes the new gold standard for authentic Mexican, displacing Tex-Mex stereotypes. Paris, 2012. Taco shops have begun appearing in tourist neighborhoods such as Chido in the Contrescarpe, but many insiders prefer El Nopal near the Canal Saint Martin.

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