Generally speaking, when I am at the front desk of my library and someone asks me a question, I answer it briefly and simply. Like:
"Is there a librarian in the kids' room?"
Me: "Yes."
If they want to know more, and/or have a more complex question I simply start talking.
An example of this would not be kind to your Internet pleasure.
I talk and I talk and I talk and I don't stop until they feel they have mastered the material or found what they came for.
Conceivably a library patron could have me talk endlessly, explaining a wider and wider range of library information, speculation, history, and philosophy forever. All they have to do is never stop me.
No one has yet dared.
But if you really are curious as to what that would be like...
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If you were wondering, yes, you should comment. Not only does it remind me that I must write in intelligible English because someone is actually reading what I write, but it is also a pleasure for me since I am interested in anything you have to say.
I respond to pretty much every comment. It's like a free personalized blog post!
One last detail: If you are commenting on a post more than two weeks old I have to go in and approve it. It's sort of a spam protection device. Also, rarely, a comment will go to spam on its own. Give either of those a day or two and your comment will show up on the blog.