Sunday Funny: Seriously these are real books!
March 10, 2013
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Ave you heard of the Oddest Book Title of the Year Awards?
According to The Telegraph, “The award, now in its 35th year, is aimed at giving much-needed publicity to obscure titles and the ‘undervalued art’ of writing them…Previous winners include Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers, How to Avoid Huge Ships, Living with Crazy Buttocks and, most recently, Cooking with Poo.
The Diagram Prize, for the bizarre and strange (although the heading states “strangle”) shortlist here…
Hope you get a giggle!
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What a cool contest concept!
Wish I could remember the actual title for that Cooking with Roadkill book….something about gourmet meals….
Well, I’ve had people ask me if there’s a typo in the title of my new book, THE RIGHT WRONG MAN. But mabye that’s not as weird as The Dog Asked Me to Type a Memo (I just made that up, but that would be a cool title – and a cool book!). Thanks for the fun post. Love the book graphic.
ooo, yes RW, that’s a great title! Ok, you need to write the next one and title it The Dog Asked Me to Type a Memo, LOL!
Truly, this is a case where the title’s so good, you just HAVE to wrtie a book around it. My writing brain is thinking…
Excellent RW! I look forward to hearing about your next project, hehehe!
Dang. I was going to submit my “Cooking with Poo” manuscript to your publishing house.
Sigh. Back to the drawing board.
yes, sir, Mike…draw away, and write away, LOL!
Too, too funny for words, written words that is, and corresponding titles! A hoot!
Thanks as always for the laughter Roxi!
glad you’re giggling, Penny, beats the heck outta those downer Top Twos-Days, hehehe!
I agree with you. Even when witnessing insanity run amuck, not naming names here, laughter is most helpful in gaining much needed perspective, and it makes one feel good inside too! Roxie
glad you omitted the guilty, Penny…I may be among those
Nah! An educated individual is always in the “know” of things. The good and the bad (especially those items needed to be passed on). So I consider you brilliantly in the “know of things”!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day Roxi!
Remember when THE OLDEST LIVING CIVIL WAR WIDOW TELLS ALL was published? There were all kinds of debates about title lengths.
I love this post, Roxie–it doesn’t challenge the length as much as the…well, unusualness.
yes, and there are lengthier titles…got me thinking Marylin, I may try a competition for the longest titled book…
This is funny stuff Roxie. There’s a couple I’ve read over the years that made me raise my eyebrows: “How to defeat your own clone” & “What to say when you talk to yourself” … both were entertaining reading… I hope when I get published someday, I’ll be able to come up with a title that isn’t … so…. umm… strange. LOL I hope you have a great Sunday!
OOO, I haven’t heard of those Roxi, perhaps I should open the subs for a competition, hmmm….