Librarians confused as Johnian leaves chilli beans in library

It’s ‘bean’ getting quite strange…


St John’s library’s lost property collection is getting weirder and weirder, with a 1kg bag of chilli beans recently being added to the display.  

Other items left by students include a spotted tie, several pairs of prescription glasses, a DVD of Pan’s Labyrinth, various t-shirts, a pair of gloves, and an inhaler.

Bored of revision? Make chilli in the library!

A college spokesman added that in the past they’ve “found cough syrup stashed behind books and tinned fish in tomato sauce.

Students tend to live in the library in the run-up to exams and leave quite a few bits and pieces which we try to return”.

Free stuff! Oh wait, I mean lost property…

Similarly, last summer at Newnham librarians found a number of books hollowed out and filled with chocolate bars.

Whichever Johnian’s chilli con carne is now missing a vital ingredient can collect their misplaced beans at the library’s front desk.