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Jun 21st, 2004 at 3:33pm

ReverseThrust   Offline
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Some of these are hilarious... I found them here.  There are some for you dirty minded folk on the site that have been omitted here....

ARTS and CRAFTS: Creative activities you may not have considered.
The Art and Craft of Pounding Flowers: No Paint, No Ink, Just a Hammer!; 2001 (QVC)
The Great Pantyhose Crafts Book; 1982
Woodcarving with a Chainsaw, n.d.
Build Your Own Hindenburg; 1983.

ANIMALS: Discover the amazing world of other species!
Gymnastics for Horses; n.d.
A Letter to the Man Who Killed My Dog; 1956
Optical Chick Sexing; 1954
Enjoy Your Chameleon; n.d.
Performing Goats; 1895
Fish Who Answer the Telephone; 1937
       Alexander Graham Bell meets Flipper?
The Flat-Footed Flies of Europe; 2001 (Brill)
Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice; 1978 (University of Tokyo Press)
The Joy of Chickens; n.d.
Outwitting Fish (Adams Media Corporation); 2001
       (sounds like an ideal candidate for the "Dummies" series)

FOOD: Get your appetite ready!
Pernicious Pork; or, Astounding Revelations of the Evil Effects of Eating Swine Flesh; 1903
Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality, by Glenn Ellenbogen (Editor); 1990
How to Cook Roadkill: Gourmet Cooking; 1987
Fashion is Spinach; 1938
Our Lady of the Potatoes, by Duncan Sprott; 1995
Life and Laughter 'midst the Cannibals; 1926
Lightweight Sandwich Construction, by J. M. Davies (Editor); 2001 (Blackwell Science)
Tea Bag Folding; 2001 (Search Press)
The Book of Marmalade: Its Antecedents, History and Role in the World Today, by C. Anne Wilson; 2000

CURRENT AFFAIRS: Keep informed so you can hold your own in conversations at your next social mixer.
Who's Who in Barbed Wire; 1970.
Correct Mispronunciations of Some South Carolina Names; 1981.
Manhole Covers of Los Angeles; 1974.
Freedom Must Not Stink; 1947
The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination, by Alain Corbin; 1986.

RELIGION: Our society's most taboo subject!
My Invisible Friend Explains the Bible; 1971
Thirty-six Reasons for Believing in Everlasting Punishment; 1887
The Baby Jesus Touch and Feel Book, by Linda Parry, Alan Parry (Illustrator); 1995

HISTORY: Learn about events that have shaped our world.
The Social History of the Machine Gun; 1975
Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun; 1995.
1587. A Year of No Importance; n.d.
Highlights in the History of Concrete; 1998


HOBBIES: How do YOU spend your spare time?
Original Tricks with Cigars; 1927
       (One of Bill Clinton's favorites?)
Pranks With the Mouth; 1879.
Explosive Spiders and How to Make Them; 1881
       Pyrotechnicist Scoffern shows how to make an artificial spider that, when touched, should go off with a bang.
Levitation for Terrestrials - Robert Kingsley Morison, Ascent, 1977

CAREERS: Are you bored with your 9-to-5 grind?
How to Pick Pockets. A Treatise on the Fundamental Principle, Theory and Practice of Picking Pockets; n.d.
How to Throw Profitable College House Parties, by Greg Heitz; n.d.
The Madam as Entrepreneur: Career Management in House Prostitution; 1979.
Amputee Management - A Handbook; n.d.
Butterworths Corporate Manslaughter Service; 2001 (Butterworths)

HOW-TO: Valuable instructional manuals - get yours today!
Teach Yourself Alcoholism; 1975
How To Become a Schizophrenic, by John Modrow; 1992
How To Avoid Huge Ships by John W. Trimmer; 1993
How To Abandon Ship; 1942
How To Do It; or, Directions for Knowing or Doing Everything Needful; 1864


MEMOIRS: Some people lead interesting lives...
Recollections of Squatting in Victoria; 1833
Camping Among Cannibals - Alfred St. Johnston. Macmillan, 1883.
       Dangerous exploits by an eccentric explorer
Mated With A Clown; 1884
How Nell Scored; 1929
I Was Hitler's Maid; 1953

CONTRARY VIEWPOINTS: You can find controversy on almost any subject.
The Romance of Leprosy; 1949
The Romance of Proctology; 1938
       "The history and development of this much neglected branch of surgery from its earliest times to the present day."
The Bright Side of Prison Life; 1897
The Sunny Side of Bereavement; n.d.
Your Friend, The Computer Hacker, by Carolyn Meinel

RELATIONSHIPS/MARRIAGE: Helpful words for the ultimate do-it-yourself project!
So Your Wife Came Home Speaking In Tongues! So Did Mine!; 1973
How To Be Happy Though Married; 1885
How To Forgive Your Ex-Husband; 1983
How to Cook Husbands; 1899
The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives; 1900
Be Married and Like It; 1937.

MISCELLANEOUS: Some books just defy classification...
Not Worth Reading; 1914
Girls of the Pansy Patrol; 1931
Keeping Warm with an Axe, n.d.
The Joy of the Upright Man; 1619
Follow Your Broken Nose; 1950
The Lull Before Dorking; 1871
Destroy all Goo-Goos, by Th. Metzger; n.d.
American Bottom Archaeology, Bareis, Charles J. and James W. Porter; n.d.
Virtual Reality: Exploring the Bra; 1998
Reusing Old Graves, by D Davies and A Shaw; 1998
 

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Reply #1 - Jun 21st, 2004 at 6:29pm

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Ha. Authors.....


They need "Book Titles For Dummies"!!!
 

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Reply #2 - Jun 22nd, 2004 at 9:59am

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lol, some people have way too much time on their hands.

Quote:
Woodcarving with a Chainsaw, n.d.

That's actually a legitimate art form.

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Build Your Own Hindenburg; 1983. 

That's a legitimate hobby too.

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Teach Yourself Alcoholism; 1975 

Ozzy owns this one.

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Girls of the Pansy Patrol; 1931 

Quite useful. It is "Pride Week" in Toronto after all.

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Not Worth Reading; 1914 

Had to read quite a few books in highschool that deserved this title.

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The Social History of the Machine Gun; 1975 

Never have so few done so little to kill so many.
 

I only pretend to know what I'm talking about. Heck, that's what lawyers, car mechanics, and IT professionals do everyday. Wink&&The Rig: &&AMD Athlon XP2000+ Palomino, ECS K7S5A 3.1, 1GB PC2700 DDR, Geforce FX5200 128mb, SB Live Platinum, 16xDVD, 16x10x40x CDRW, 40/60gb 7200rpm HDD, 325w Power, Windows XP Home SP1, Directx 9.0c with 66.81 Beta gfx drivers
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Reply #3 - Jun 22nd, 2004 at 3:13pm

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"The Romance of Leprosy" hmm. . .. Roll Eyes

"Fishing for Boys" . . .wait a minute  Shocked Undecided
 

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Reply #4 - Jun 22nd, 2004 at 4:20pm

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Grin Anyone read "Nose Mining for fun"!
 

Remember, never argue with a fool....he may be doing the same thing.
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