02 September 2008

The Joy of Chicken and the Anger of Aubergines

The Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year is a competition that amuses me greatly every year. Accordingly, generous chuckles were generated by the news that to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Oddest Book Title of the Year a 'best of the oddest' competition is being held. Let joy reign unconfined. Odd contenders include...









I love the diplomatic term - 'Solitary Practitioners'




Subtitled 'Towards a politics of exhaustion'



The complete title is 'Highlights in the History of Concrete'








If you think the title is disgustingly suggestive you should see the pictures inside!
Cock? A Doodle? Doo?


'Better a sweater from a dog you know and love than from a sheep you'll never meet.' Priceless!



The accompanying book, 'RATS for those who don't care' comes with a complimentary packet of Rat poison



WTF?









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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousTuesday, 02 September, 2008

    Tea bag folding???? Failed novelists: you have no excuse.

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  2. AnonymousTuesday, 02 September, 2008

    Cock? A Doodle? Doo

    Too funny Finch

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  3. AnonymousThursday, 20 November, 2008

    Oh dear - I have a whole book dedicated to funny book titles - maybe I should let u borrow it?

    Some of the titles include:

    "Book of Blank Maps - with instructions"
    "Invisible Dick"
    "Cookery - for the Middle Classes"
    "The Humour of Germany"
    "Tossa"
    "Single Handed Cruising" and
    "The Best Abused Man in the World"

    cheers

    bj

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  4. UnknownMonday, 26 December, 2011

    Adoro livros. Gostei do blog.

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  5. Bali HotelsMonday, 19 March, 2012

    Very nice posting, I love this blog so much ^_^

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