Fill your office with numerous books, pamphlets, dictionaries, periodicals, magazines, newspapers, professional literature and a stack of your favourite comic books. No matter what they want, you promise to look it up, mumbling something like: "I know I've read it somewhere...but where?". Embarrassed by your neverending effort to be of service but never coming back with something, they'll start avoiding your office, leaving you to the thrilling adventures of Uncle Donald and Daisy...

(Fulbert Nijpels)