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General Hospital (uk) · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject: Books you just have to read!

Nicked from the BBC website,

The Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year

1978: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice (University of Tokyo Press)
1979: The Madam as Entrepreneur: Career Management in House Prostitution (Transaction Press)
1980: The Joy of Chickens (Prentice Hall)
1981: Last Chance at Love: Terminal Romances
1982: Population and Other Problems (China National Publications)
1983: The Theory of Lengthwise Rolling (MIR)
1984: The Book of Marmalade: Its Antecedents, Its History and Its Role in the World Today (Constable)
1985: Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Power: How to Increase the Other 90% of Your Mind to Increase the Size of Your Breasts (Westwood Publishing Co)
1986: Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality (Brunner/Mazel)
1987: No Award
1988: Versailles: The View From Sweden University of Chicago Press)
1989: How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art (Ten Speed Press)
1990: Lesbian Sadomasochism Safety Manual (Lace Publications)
1991: No Award
1992: How to Avoid Huge Ships (Cornwell Maritime Press)
1993: American Bottom Archaeology (University of Illinois Press)
1994: Highlights in the History of Concrete (British Cement Association)
1995: Reusing Old Graves (Shaw & Son)
1996: Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers (Hellenic Philatelic Society)
1997: The Joy of Sex: Pocket Edition (Mitchell Beazley)
1998: Development in Dairy Cow Breeding and Management: and New Opportunities to Widen the Uses of Straw (Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust)
1999: Weeds in a Changing World (British Crop Protection Council)
2000: High Performance Stiffened Structures (Professional Engineering Publishing)
2001: Butterworths Corporate Manslaughter Service (Butterworths)
2002: Living With Crazy Buttocks (Kaz Cooke - Penguin)
2003: The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories (Kensington Publishing)
2004: Bombproof Your Horse (J A Allen)
2005: People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It (Gary Leon Hill - Red Wheel/Weiser Books)
2006: The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification (Harry N Abrams)
2007: If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs (Simon & Schuster US)

And yes these are real book titles!
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Fire!!!! · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:45 am Post subject:

Geezz,some of those books must be qualified for the looongest book titles ever as well Shocked

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General Hospital (uk) · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:00 pm Post subject:

Lol!
Some of them are a bit on the long side. Also, who would have thought that there was a market for these kinds of books?
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Stanflex · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject:

I can't wait for the '08 edition Razz

General Hospital (uk) · Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:16 pm Post subject:

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General Hospital (uk) · Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:21 pm Post subject:

The 2008 winner was..

The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais

The shortlist for 2008 also included

Baboon Metaphysics by Dorothy Dorothy L Cheney and Robert M Seyfarth (University of Chicago Press)

Curbside Consultation of the Colon by Brooks D Cash (SLACK Incorporated)

The Large Sieve and its Applications by Emmanuel Kowalski (Cambridge University Press)

Strip and Knit with Style by Mark Hordyszynski (C&T)

Techniques for Corrosion Monitoring by Lietai Yang (Woodhead)

No news for 2009 yet......
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Aurrican · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:38 pm Post subject:

I get the feeling that the people that write these things are a little on the strange side.
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General Hospital (uk) · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:01 pm Post subject:

I admit there is a bit of me that is curious to have a look at some of these books...........
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Aurrican · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:18 pm Post subject:

you got too much time on your hands GH?
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General Hospital (uk) · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:33 pm Post subject:

Foiled again!!!!

[style=Scooby doo]Would have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for that pesky Aurry!! [/style=Scooby doo]
Laughing

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monkee · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:20 pm Post subject:

General Hospital (uk) · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:24 pm Post subject:

No idea what gives that idea..................
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also add

Real great litterature Smile

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General Hospital (uk) · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:44 pm Post subject:

Mmmmm, Pi
I like Pi, especially Steak and Ale. Wink

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