{"id":82446,"date":"2023-01-09T09:26:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T14:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/?p=82446"},"modified":"2023-01-09T09:26:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T14:26:20","slug":"dude-finally-returns-library-book-he-took-out-in-the-1970s-giving-200-for-overdue-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/dude-finally-returns-library-book-he-took-out-in-the-1970s-giving-200-for-overdue-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Dude Finally Returns Library Book He Took Out In The 1970s Giving $200 For Overdue Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_82447\" style=\"width: 738px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82447\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82447\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/library-01-728x391-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/library-01-728x391-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/library-01-728x391-1-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-82447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lake Elmo Library in Minnesota got quite the shock when opening their mail recently. A package arrived to the library and enclosed was library book that was 47-years late.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s basically a real life Seinfeld episode. (Literally, watch the clip below and you&#8217;ll see)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seinfeld - Jerry Grilled About Overdue Library Book\" width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bwvI_XftMzc?start=25&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The anonymous sender said he had borrowed the car repair manual in the 1970s and forgot to return the book before he moved. Included in the package was a handwritten letter and $200 in order to cover the overdue charges.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82448\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/library-02-728x415-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/library-02-728x415-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/library-02-728x415-1-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luckily the library had multiple copies of this book, so other locals were able to take out the book over the years!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82449\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/library-03-728x402-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/library-03-728x402-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/library-03-728x402-1-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out the news segment below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Overdue book finally returns to Lake Elmo library after 47 years\" width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RX40bSju6B8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Elmo Library in Minnesota got quite the shock when opening their mail recently. A package arrived to the library and enclosed was library book that was 47-years late. It&#8217;s basically a real life Seinfeld episode. (Literally, watch the clip below and you&#8217;ll see) The anonymous sender said he had borrowed the car repair manual in the 1970s and forgot to return the book before he moved. Included in the package was a handwritten letter and $200 in order to cover the overdue charges. Luckily the library had multiple copies of this book, so other locals were able to take <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3866,"featured_media":82448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[9390,9683,16444],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82452,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82446\/revisions\/82452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82446"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=82446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}