Sunday, December 10, 2006

I Can't Help It, I Just Love Lists.

So, the other day I ran across a reference to the annual contest for the Oddest Book Title, put on by the Diagram Group, which I think is a professional group of writers and publishers. The only requirement is that the title have been published sometime in that year, and not just made up by voters. (Feeling a tiny bit skeptical, I looked a few up on Amazon. Yep, they're there.)

Some actually made me laugh out loud.

Please enjoy.

2005: People Who Don’t Know They Are Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do about It
2004: Bombproof Your Horse
2002: Living with Crazy Buttocks
1995: Reusing Old Graves
1993: American Bottom Archaeology
1992: How to Avoid Huge Ships
1988: Versailles: The View from Sweden
1984: The Book of Marmalade: Its Antecedents, Its History and Its Role in the World Today
1982: Population and Other Problems
1981: Last Chance at Love--Terminal Romances
1980: The Joy of Chickens
1978: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Nude Mice
Good times.

3 comments:

  1. Hey, what about those crazy buttocks!!

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  2. I wonder if anyone actually reads these books.

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  3. What are we going to do about those nude mice?

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