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Friday, February 20, 2009

Books 2008's Winner Was If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs

Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:05 PM

Omnivoracious points out that the shortlist for the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year has finally been released. Here are the contestants:

* Baboon Metaphysics by Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth
* Curbside Consultation of the Colon by Brooks D. Cash
* The Large Sieve and its Applications by Emmanuel Kowalski
* Strip and Knit with Style by Mark Hordyszynski
* Techniques for Corrosion Monitoring by Lietai Yang
* The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais by Professor Philip M. Parker

Though the colon is appealing, I'm going to have to go with the fromage.

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I think I'm with you, Paul. It's just so oddly specific.

Posted by Abby on February 20, 2009 at 3:10 PM

None of those are as good as Closure.

Posted by Aislinn on February 20, 2009 at 3:36 PM

when i glanced at it i misread fromage as frottage. still works though.

Posted by skip on February 20, 2009 at 3:38 PM

Philip M. Parker could have the 10,000 top oddest book titles of the year.

* The 2007-2012 Outlook for Duck and Goose Meat in India
* The 2007-2012 Outlook for Lemon-Flavored Bottled Water in Japan
* The 2007-2012 World Outlook for Flash, Upset, and Butt Resistance Welders
* The World Market for Wool Grease, Fatty Substances Derived from Wool Grease, and Lanolin Excluding Crude Wool Grease: A 2007 Global Trade Perspective

And about 50,000 more books: http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1235173235/r…

Posted by lizzie on February 20, 2009 at 3:41 PM

Cheese is good.

But Devil Ducks make for great conversation pieces.

Posted by Will in Seattle on February 20, 2009 at 3:45 PM

Heh heh; she said "butt."

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 20, 2009 at 4:17 PM

Dude, I saw Baboon Metaphysics at the Comet back in 2003; they were awesome!

Posted by bookworm on February 20, 2009 at 4:21 PM

I looked up Philip M. Parker on Wikipedia. Bad news: the cheese book and practically all his other books were written by a robot. Good news: this guy has created a robot that can write books. He plans to branch out into romance novels. Check it out.

Posted by Propaniac on February 20, 2009 at 5:07 PM

60-mg container of fromage frais? That's like 1/10th of an extra-strength Tylenol! Must be a typo.

Posted by rob on February 20, 2009 at 6:13 PM