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FROM: ROBIN BEERBOWER <[removed]@OPENGOVT.OPEN.ORG>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:25:59 -0800

I don't know why, but I always smile when I see PG Wodehouse's book,
NO NUDES IS GOOD NUDES.

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library
[removed]@open.org

>>> "Barb G." <[removed]@hotmail.com> 03/28/00 08:17am >>>

Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
I've ever seen" list?

I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My
Aim Is
Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)

>Nigel Brown
>Reader Services Librarian
>Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
>______________________________________________________
>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>

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FROM: "Helene Golden" <[removed]@sols.org>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:48:07 -0500

I also loved the book Dwarf Rapes Nun - it began my trend of reading novels because of their titles.

One of my happiest finds are the novels of Christopher Moore. The first one I ever saw, I bought because of the title. Turns out I loved "Bloodsucking Fiends", and have since bought all of his. "Practical Demonkeeping" is one of my favourites.

I also happened on Sparkle Hayter, for the same reason. "The Last Manly Man" was a hoot, as were "What's a girl gotta do" and "Revenge of the Cootie Girls" (already mentioned).

FROM: "Barb G." <[removed]@hotmail.com>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:17:39 GMT

Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
I've ever seen" list?

I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is
Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)

>Nigel Brown
>Reader Services Librarian
>Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
>______________________________________________________
>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>

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FROM: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@ci.carrollton.tx.us>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:12:29 -0600

Yes, the Sarah Shankman titles are great. My favorite title is "Revenge of
the Cootie Girls" by Sparkle Hayter. The book itself is very good, too. I
like Sparke's character, Robin Hudson, a TV producer for an all-news network
ala CNN.
And, I don't know if I'll get the full title right, but the other one that
makes me laugh is "Get out of my life, but first could you drive me and
Cheryl to the mall?" by Anthony Wolf. It's a guide for parents of teenagers
who need all the help they can get (speaking from experience<G>).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barb G. [[removed]@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 10:18 AM
> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Funny Titles.....
>
>
> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
> I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim
> Is
> Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>
>
>
>
>
> >Nigel Brown
> >Reader Services Librarian
> >Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
> >______________________________________________________
> >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> >
>
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FROM: [removed]@bensenville.lib.il.us
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:11:38 -0600

"Bimbos of the Death Sun" and "Zombies of the Gene Pool" both by Sharyn
McCrumb have elicited quite a few comments when people saw them on my
personal bookshelves :-)

Jennie Cisna
Community Services Librarian
Bensenville Community Public Library
Bensenville, IL

FI>Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
FI>I've ever seen" list?

FROM: Carolyn Reinhard <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 10:52:27 -0600 (CST)

And a book I read just because the title appealed to me was ALAMO HOUSE:
WOMEN WITHOUT MEN, MEN WITHOUT BRAINS by Sarah Bird. (It lived up to the
title, and has remained one of my favorites.)

Carolyn O'Donnell
Advisory Services Department
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Arlington Heights, IL 60004

FROM: Connie Regan <[removed]@cooklib.org>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:54:57 -0600

My favorite funny title is..."I Worship the Very Dirt She Treats Me Like" by
Raphaelson--haven't read it and it only came out in paperback in the early
90s.

Connie Regan
Cook Library
Libertyville, IL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barb G. [[removed]@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 10:18 AM
> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Funny Titles.....
>
>
> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
> I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim
> Is
> Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>
>
>
>
>
> >Nigel Brown
> >Reader Services Librarian
> >Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
> >______________________________________________________
> >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> >
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FROM: Debra Eisert <[removed]@iglou.com>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 13:35:38 -0500 (EST)

"Get Out of my Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the
Mall" makes me - and most parents I hand it to - grin. Ruefully or
otherwise.

"How to Murder Your Mother in Law" seemed like an attention catching
and amusing title when I saw it. Until my mother in law saw me reading
it!
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FROM: "Suzanne O'Gorman" <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 13:49:15 -0600

Let's not forget "Is Sex Necessary?" by James Thurber and E.B. White.


Suzanne O'Gorman
St. Charles Public Library
St. Charles, IL


> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
>

FROM: MILLS Kirby D <[removed]@ci.eugene.or.us>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:49:49 -0800

One I liked was DWARF RAPES NUN, FLEES IN UFO by
Arnold Sawislak, and the book itself was amusing,
a novel about tabloid journalism. And the title
phrase really happens!!


-----Original Message-----
From: Barb G. [[removed]@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 8:18 AM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Funny Titles.....

Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
I've ever seen" list?

I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is

Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)

>Nigel Brown
>Reader Services Librarian
>Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
>______________________________________________________
>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>

______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

FROM: Jeanne Etling <[removed]@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:00:25 -0600 (CST)

The Non-fiction book, "The Joy of Sects". I'm glad I saw it, just in case
someone asks for it, so I can ask for a clarification before I blunder.

Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District

FROM: [removed]@park-ridge.lib.il.us
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:24:11 -0600

I don't know...I think Jill Churchill's titles are kinda funny: Silence of
the Hams; A Quiche Before Dying; From Here to Paternity....

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
[[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org]On Behalf Of Barb G.
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 10:18 AM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Funny Titles.....

Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
I've ever seen" list?

I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is
Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)

>Nigel Brown
>Reader Services Librarian
>Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
>______________________________________________________
>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>

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FROM: Roger Carswell <[removed]@midusa.net>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:29:50 -0600

I still remember reading the review about 10 years ago for "Lose Weight
Through Great Sex With Celebrities (the Elvis Way)". As I recall the title
was crafted to tie in to all the major topics of bestselling books, and had
nothing to do with the actual contents. We didn't buy the book, but I have
always remembered it. I just checked WorldCat to make sure I had the title
right (I did) and found out the author's name: Colin McEnroe.


At 11:11 AM 03/28/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>"Bimbos of the Death Sun" and "Zombies of the Gene Pool" both by Sharyn
>McCrumb have elicited quite a few comments when people saw them on my
>personal bookshelves :-)
>
>Jennie Cisna
>Community Services Librarian
>Bensenville Community Public Library
>Bensenville, IL
>
>FI>Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
>FI>I've ever seen" list?
>
>


**************************************************************
Roger Carswell
Southeast Kansas Library System/Iola Public Library
218 E. Madison
Iola, KS 66749
(316) 365-5136
[removed]@midusa.net

FROM: Raap <[removed]@sls.lib.il.us>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:43:21 -0600 (CST)

I was just asked for "If the gods had meant us to vote they would have
given us candidate". You decide if it's funny or too true. <g>

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On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Barb G. wrote:

>
> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
> I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is
> Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>
>
>
>
>
> >Nigel Brown
> >Reader Services Librarian
> >Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
> >______________________________________________________
> >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> >
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>
>

FROM: "Lynda Lagodney" <[removed]@mwfls.org>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:01:15 -0600

> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
> I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim
Is
> Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>
How about "If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him I'd Be Out of Jail By Now" by
Sharon McCrumb

FROM: Kate Kehoe <[removed]@umich.edu>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:13:18 -0500

How about "Island of the Sequined Love Nun" and "Lust Lizard of Melancholy
Cove" by Christopher Moore

FROM: Cheryl Cammenga <[removed]@kentlibrary.lib.mi.us>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:28:19 -0500 (EST)

Cynthia Heimel's titles have always made me laugh:
"If you can't live without me, why aren't you dead yet?"
"Get your tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you goodbye"
"If you leave me, can I come too?"

As the titles suggest, she writes non-fiction humourous reflections about
relationships.

Cheryl Cammenga, Manager "Opinions given above are
Kentwood Branch personal and do not reflect
Kent District Library official library policy or
Grand Rapids, MI statements."

"There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see
yet small enough to solve." Mike Leavitt

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:54:06 EST

NIGHT OF THE AVENGING BLOWFISH : A NOVEL OF COVERT OPERATIONS, LOVE, AND
LUNCHEON MEAT by John Welter.

(BTW, very funny and worth reading, along with his first BEGIN TO EXIT HERE)\

Some of Dave Barry's titles are amusing such as BABIES AND OTHER HAZARDS OF
SEX and DAVE BARRY IS FROM VENUS AND MARS etc.

Sherri McCarthy

FROM: [removed]@cityoflafayette.com
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:54:46 -0700

Two titles that always stick with me are
"If you can't live without me, why aren't you dead yet?" and "Get your
tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you good-bye" by Cynthia Heimel.
I also just bought "George Bush, dark prince of love" by Lydia Millet.

Patty Frobisher
Lafayette Public Library
775 W Baseline Rd
Lafayette, CO 80026
[removed]@cityoflafayette.com

On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Barb G. wrote:

>
> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
> I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim
Is
> Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>
>
>
>
>
> >Nigel Brown
> >Reader Services Librarian
> >Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
> >______________________________________________________
> >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> >
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>
>

FROM: Marti Kaye <[removed]@getnet.com>
DATE: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 20:13:07 -0700

lewis gizzard, a southern writer who died a few years ago, wrote very funny
books. the ones i have on tape are treasured.

marti

>Two titles that always stick with me are
>"If you can't live without me, why aren't you dead yet?" and "Get your
>tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you good-bye" by Cynthia Heimel.
>I also just bought "George Bush, dark prince of love" by Lydia Millet.
>
>Patty Frobisher
>Lafayette Public Library
>775 W Baseline Rd
>Lafayette, CO 80026
[removed]@cityoflafayette.com
>
>On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Barb G. wrote:
>
> >
> > Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> > I've ever seen" list?
> >
> > I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim
>Is
> > Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >Nigel Brown
> > >Reader Services Librarian
> > >Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
> > >______________________________________________________
> > >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> > >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________
> > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> >
> >

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:00:31 -0700

I would love to see a compilation of this list...

Some of these aren't so much funny as they are unusual, but:

They Used to Call Me Snow White, but I Drifted by Regina Barreca
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moor

What about a couple of YA titles:

Behaving Bradley by Perry Nodelman
Whistling Toilets by Randy Powell
Can You Teach Me to Pick My Nose by Martyn Godfrey
Girl Gives Birth to Own Prom Date by Todd Strasser

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Arizona

....views are my own....

FROM: "J Heuer" <[removed]@itol.com>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 07:33:44 -0600

I'm doing a display right now called "Try Something a Little Different" and
the books are all ones with funny/unusual titles. Since I'm writing this
from home I'll send along a few later.


--
Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library
Green Bay, WI
[removed]@itol.com

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes, Art is knowing which ones
to keep." -anonymous

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>From: "Barb G." <[removed]@hotmail.com>
>To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>Subject: Funny Titles.....
>Date: Tue, Mar 28, 2000, 10:17 AM
>

>
> Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
> I've ever seen" list?
>
> I laughed out loud when I saw this one...."I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is
> Getting Better" (By: Sarah ShankmaN)
>
>
>
>
>
>>Nigel Brown
>>Reader Services Librarian
>>Timaru District Library, New Zealand.
>>______________________________________________________
>>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>>
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>

FROM: "Waznis, Betty" <[removed]@sdcl.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 10:19:01 -0800

Lewis Grizzard has a couple of pretty good ones:

Elvis is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself
If Love Were Oil, I'd Be About a Quart Low
They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat

Betty Waznis
San Diego County Library

FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:24:04 -0600

If whoever started this discussion of Funny Titles is making a list, could
you please post it?!

Thanks!!!

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Branch Library
Glendale Arizona


Debra Eisert wrote:

> "Get Out of my Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the
> Mall" makes me - and most parents I hand it to - grin. Ruefully or
> otherwise.
>
> "How to Murder Your Mother in Law" seemed like an attention catching
> and amusing title when I saw it. Until my mother in law saw me reading
> it!
> */*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*
> Debra Eisert The library is the temple of learning, and
> [removed]@iglou.com learning has liberated more people than all
> Cincinnati OH the wars in history. -- Carl Rowan
> /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*

FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:24:41 -0600

Hi,
I just had a patron ask for a Bill Anderson book: I Hope You're Living As
High on the Hog as the Pig You Turned Out to Be. Non-fiction yet!:)
Alicia C. Graybill
Proud Dog-Mom of U-AGI U-CD Eatinrock's Timberline CGC CL1-F
Aussie/Sibe mix and
Eatinrock's Silver Lace
Australian Shepherd (rescue)
Founder of IN-Style, Musical Freestyle in Iowa, Nebraska and Beyond
http://www.angelfire.com/ne/INStyle/

FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:25:21 -0600

From: "Kim Laird" <[removed]@gw.libofmich.lib.mi.us>

Funny titles :

"If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him I'd be Out of Jail Now" by Sharyn McCrumb.

FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:25:46 -0600

Don't forget "Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog," "The Tetherballs of
Bougainville," and others by Mark Leyner.

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Branch Library
Glendale Arizona


Cheryl Cammenga wrote:

> Cynthia Heimel's titles have always made me laugh:
> "If you can't live without me, why aren't you dead yet?"
> "Get your tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you goodbye"
> "If you leave me, can I come too?"
>
> As the titles suggest, she writes non-fiction humourous reflections about
> relationships.
>
> Cheryl Cammenga, Manager "Opinions given above are
> Kentwood Branch personal and do not reflect
> Kent District Library official library policy or
> Grand Rapids, MI statements."
>
> "There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see
> yet small enough to solve." Mike Leavitt

FROM: Sharon Wendt <[removed]@yahoo.com>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:33:13 -0800 (PST)

I am so glad this came up on the list. Just yesterday
I came across this title and laughed out loud. You
have given me the perfect reason to share it!

My husband said he need more space, so I locked him
outside
by McCullough, Cynthia Walker
NY Simon&Schuster 1998

Sharon Wendt
Wolfville Memorial Library
Nova Scotia, Canada

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FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:39:03 -0600

From: "Kim Laird" <[removed]@gw.libofmich.lib.mi.us>

There's also the following :

Gismondi, Helen, : A UFO Appears in Pennsylvania, 1930; Many Tragedies
Occur...the Same UFO Appears in Michigan, 1996; Trade Paper, Helen Gismondi,
VG, New, Parapsychology / UFO's

This is undoubtedly one of the worst books I've ever read & the title does
not give any indication of the true contents... ramblings on philosophical
views of the world.

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell (juvenile, excellent book)

FROM: "Cathy J. Neil" <[removed]@tln.lib.mi.us>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:46:11 -0500 (EST)

I'll add Judge Judy Sheindlin's non-fiction title "Don't Pee On My Leg
and Tell Me It's Raining" and a young adult book "Is Kissing a Girl Who
Smokes Like Licking an Ashtray" by Randy Powell.

Cathy Neil
Highland Twp Public Library
[removed]@tln.lib.mi.us

FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:46:56 -0600

Some titles I've put in my display:
The Farm West of Mars by Justin Isherwood
Banana Cat by Christopher Hood
Slow Dancing on Dinosaur Bones by Lana Witt
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

and I know you weren't looking for children's titles
but this is too good to pass up,

Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly
naughty cafeteria ladies from outer space (and the
subsequent assault of the equally evil lunchroom
zombie nerds) by Dav Pilkey

Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library

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FROM: Jennifer Obee <[removed]@jefferson.lib.co.us>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 17:03:21 -0700

How about "You're so fine I'd drink your bathwater" by Stephan Dweck.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon Wendt [[removed]@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 3:33 PM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Funny Titles


I am so glad this came up on the list. Just yesterday
I came across this title and laughed out loud. You
have given me the perfect reason to share it!

My husband said he need more space, so I locked him
outside
by McCullough, Cynthia Walker
NY Simon&Schuster 1998

Sharon Wendt
Wolfville Memorial Library
Nova Scotia, Canada

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
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FROM: "Marti Kaye" <[removed]@getnet.com>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 17:23:14 -0700

years ago the subject line was Funny Titles, and fortunately someone saved
it. i hope the same is true this time :-)

marti


Subject: Re: Funny Titles.....


> If whoever started this discussion of Funny Titles is making a list, could
> you please post it?!
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Sarah Herlache
> Foothills Branch Library
> Glendale Arizona
>
>
> Debra Eisert wrote:
>
> > "Get Out of my Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the
> > Mall" makes me - and most parents I hand it to - grin. Ruefully or
> > otherwise.
> >
> > "How to Murder Your Mother in Law" seemed like an attention catching
> > and amusing title when I saw it. Until my mother in law saw me reading
> > it!
> >
*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*
> > Debra Eisert The library is the temple of learning,
and
> > [removed]@iglou.com learning has liberated more people than
all
> > Cincinnati OH the wars in history. -- Carl Rowan
> > /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

FROM: Gayle Richardson <[removed]@spl.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 19:43:29 -0800 (PST)

And I have to weigh in with two that always make me laugh when I think of
them: SEX TOYS OF THE GODS, and ISLAND OF THE SEQUINED LOVE NUN. Loved
the stories, too!. Gayle Richardson

FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
DATE: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:39:22 -0600

Interesting title. I've been saying it for years, ever since I saw Rosanne
(Barr/ Arnold) use it on her very first tonight show appearance many (OK
many, many) years ago. I always wondered how authors choose their titles.
Now I'll have to read the book.
Pattie Piotrowski

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From: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
[[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org]On Behalf Of Sharon Wendt
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 4:33 PM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Funny Titles


I am so glad this came up on the list. Just yesterday
I came across this title and laughed out loud. You
have given me the perfect reason to share it!

My husband said he need more space, so I locked him
outside
by McCullough, Cynthia Walker
NY Simon&Schuster 1998

Sharon Wendt
Wolfville Memorial Library
Nova Scotia, Canada

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FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:46:01 -0700

A couple more titles I just ran across:

*Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love* by Jill Conner Browne and
*Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging* by Louise Rennison

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, AZ

...my views are my own...

FROM: Gayle Richardson <[removed]@spl.org>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:03:09 -0800 (PST)

Just thought of two more.....WEST OF VENUS by Judy Troy and THE END OF
VANDALISM by Tom Drury. Actually this latter perhaps more from the fact
that no one could guess what's in the book/what it's about from the title.
Gregory Maguire's juv title SIX HAUNTED HAIRDOS is part of a hilarious
series that starts with SEVEN SPIDERS SPINNING.
Gayle Richardson

PS John Welter titles were mentioned, but not, I think, I WANT TO BUY A
VOWEL.

FROM: "Closs, Roben Bradford" <[removed]@co.fairfax.va.us>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:16:03 -0500

"The Honk and Holler Opening Soon" by Billie Letts put a smile on my face!

Roben in Virginia

FROM: "Bessie Makris" <[removed]@acpl.lib.in.us>
DATE: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 16:42:08 +0000

Two more funny titles, although the books themselves are most likely
to be found in the South--the author writes a column for a New
Orleans magazine under the name Modine Gunch. The two
books collecting these columns are:

NEVER HEAVE YOUR BOSOM IN A FRONT HOOK BRA

NEVER SLEEP WITH A FAT MAN IN JULY


Bessie Makris
[removed]@acpl.lib.in.us

FROM: [removed]@pcpls.lib.in.us (PCPLS SHRef)
DATE: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 09:54:36 -0600

Is anyone keeping a list of these titles?

Barbara Borg-Jenkins
South Haven Public Library
Valparaiso, IN 46385

Lisa Colcord wrote:

> A couple more titles I just ran across:
>
> *Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love* by Jill Conner Browne and
> *Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging* by Louise Rennison
>
> Lisa Colcord
> Librarian
> Glendale Public Library
> Glendale, AZ
>
> ...my views are my own...

FROM: Zaheera Jiwaji <[removed]@v-wave.com>
DATE: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 10:15:01 +0000

This thread on "funny titles" has had me giggling at the computer,
drawing questionable looks from those around me. I wanted to share one
that may or may not have been mentioned, but it is the only one which I
can remember off the top of my head:

Cynthia Heimel's book: -Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You
Good-Bye!-

Zaheera Jiwaji
Books Editor

BlueEar.com: Global Writing Worth Reading
http://www.blueear.com/index1.html
Blue Ear Books:
http://www.blueear.com/books/books.html

FROM: "Diane Krall" <[removed]@nspl.lib.in.us>
DATE: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 14:11:59 -0500

Hey, cowboy, wanna get lucky? by Baxter Black

Diane Krall
Noblesville Southeastern Public Library
Noblesville, Indiana

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
DATE: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 10:24:43 PDT

>From: MILLS Kirby D <[removed]@ci.eugene.or.us>
>Reply-To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org'" <[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org>
>Subject: RE: Funny Titles.....
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:49:49 -0800
>
>One I liked was DWARF RAPES NUN, FLEES IN UFO by
>Arnold Sawislak, and the book itself was amusing,
>a novel about tabloid journalism. And the title
>phrase really happens!!
>
>


How about "Alien Pregnant by Elvis"? It's a thematic collection of
tabloid-type sf & fantasy stories, by Martin H. Greenberg et al.
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FROM: Anjan Ray <[removed]@usa.net>
DATE: 2 Apr 00 18:16:37 EAT

My all time best would probably be Lewis' Grizzard's "When My Love returns
From the Ladies' Restroom, Will I be Too Old to Care?"

Anjan Ray

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Is anyone interested in starting a "The Funniest Book Title
I've ever seen" list?


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FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
DATE: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 11:17:34 -0500

AUTHOR: Compton, D. G. (David Guy), 1930-
TITLE: Hot wireless sets, aspirin tablets, the sandpaper sides of used
matchboxes, and something that might have been Castor oil /
PLACE: London :
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph,
YEAR: 1971
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 205 p. ; 20 cm.
NOTES: "First published in Great Britain ... 1971"--Verso of t.p.
Issued earlier in the U.S. as Chronocules.
ISBN: 071810899X :
SUBJECT: Science fiction, English.


AUTHOR: Brunner, John, 1934-
TITLE: A hastily thrown-together bit of zork /
EDITION: 1st ed.
PLACE: London :
PUBLISHER: Square House Books,
YEAR: 1974
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 24 p. ; 21 cm.


My all-time favorite publisher for funny/pathetic titles was American
Classical College Press of Albuquerque, NM, which produced short and
vastly overpriced vanity press books with terrible production values
(cheap bindings, typefaces that were faint and sometimes looked
handwritten, etc.) judging by the two or three we ordered by mistake
many years ago. They specialized in right-wing rants and also published
under one or two other names. Here's a few from WorldCat:


AUTHOR: Elliott, R. N. (Ralph Nelson), 1871-1947.
TITLE: Nature's law and its application to the understanding of the
universe and the mastering of the stock market /
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M. :
PUBLISHER: American Classical College Press,
YEAR: 1979
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 1 v. (varous pagings) : ill. ; 29 cm.
SUBJECT: Speculation.
Stocks.
OTHER: Institute for Economic & Financial Research.


AUTHOR: Vickensburg, Allan Constant.
TITLE: The stupid, preposterous and worthless art of Pablo Picasso /
EDITION: New and expanded ed.
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M. :
PUBLISHER: American Classical College Press,
YEAR: 1985
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 1 v. : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
NOTES: Cover title: Picasso.
Illustrations are pasted onto pages.
With: A collection of strange, intuitive, and contemporary
artists with critical commentaries / Alfred Ranke. Albuquerque,
N.M. : American Classical College Press, 1985?â
ISBN: 0866500413


AUTHOR: Prokachieff, Austin.
TITLE: The fraud of materialism, positivism, empiricism, mechanicism,
naturalism, sensationalism, & sensualism :
the fraud of all evolutionary theories and the anti-culture of
the intellectual /
EDITION: New & expanded ed.
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M. :
PUBLISHER: American Classical College Press,
YEAR: 1984 uuuu
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 164â p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
NOTES: A research study sporsored by the Seminar for Human Development.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 0892663030

TITLE: Degenerations in the racial composition of the United States as a
primary cause of cultural decay & world chaos :
a special study /
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M. :
PUBLISHER: distributed by American Classical College Press
YEAR: ? 1900 1983
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 7 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
NOTES: With: Power anatomy of the economic forces dominating the
business & political world / C.M. Flumiani. Albuquerque, N.M.â :
American Classical College Press 1975â


AUTHOR: De Maestri, Victor.
TITLE: Life, oneself, and the conquest of the universe /
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M.â :
PUBLISHER: American Classical College Press,
YEAR: 1979
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: leaves 9-26, 5â leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
NOTES: Cover title.
ISBN: 0892661852


AUTHOR: Wilcox, Elliott.
TITLE: The failure of the greatest 20th century conspiracy for the
economic & political restructuring of the world & the unexpecte
incredible developments resulting from such a failure /
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M. :
PUBLISHER: American Classical College Press,
YEAR: 1977
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 34 leaves ; 28 cm.


and my all-time favorite, under one of their other names:


AUTHOR: Robillard, James Homer.
TITLE: Abortion, divorce, vasectomy, extra-marital affairs, concubinage,
promiscuity, sexuality, and their impact upon the management of
the firm /
PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M. :
PUBLISHER: Institute for Economic & Financial Research,
YEAR: 1980
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 36 leaves, 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
NOTES: Cover title.
ISBN: 0918968429


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: Kate Kehoe <[removed]@umich.edu>
DATE: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 13:44:08 -0400

There is a book by Russell Ashe and Brian Lake titled "Bizarre Books"
which if you can find has some wonderfully obscure and hilarious
titles....I am not sure of the likely hood of you having them in your
library, but it is worth a look.

FROM: Kathryn Shaw <[removed]@brantford.library.on.ca>
DATE: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 10:17:55 -0400

I love the titles in the series by Robert Asprin;
Sweet Myth-tery of life
Myth-ing persons
Myth directions
Hit or myth
Another fine myth
Myth alliances
Myth conceptions
etc
Kathryn Shaw
Brantford Public Library

FROM: Jennifer Obee <[removed]@jefferson.lib.co.us>
DATE: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 13:57:54 -0600

Since no one else seems to have been keeping track, here is the list we
gathered of funny titles. It is in no particular order, and I didn't verify
any titles or authors.

See also Bizarre Books by Russell Ash

Myth series by Robert Asprin

Gregory Maguire series starting with Seven Spiders Spinning

Sarah Shankman titles

Jill Churchill titles

Hot wireless sets, aspirin tablets, the sandpaper sides of used matchboxes,
and something that might have been Castor oil by Compton, D. G.

A hastily thrown-together bit of zork by Brunner, John

Nature's law and its application to the understanding of the universe and
the mastering of the stock market by Elliott, R. N.

The stupid, preposterous and worthless art of Pablo Picasso by Vickensburg,
Allan Constant

The fraud of materialism, positivism, empiricism, mechanicism, naturalism,
sensationalism, & sensualism: the fraud of all evolutionary theories and the
anti-culture of the intellectual by Prokachieff, Austin

Degenerations in the racial composition of the United States as a primary
cause of cultural decay & world chaos: a special study

Life, oneself, and the conquest of the universe by De Maestri, Victor

The failure of the greatest 20th century conspiracy for the economic &
political restructuring of the world & the unexpected incredible
developments resulting from such a failure by Wilcox, Elliott

Abortion, divorce, vasectomy, extra-marital affairs, concubinage,
promiscuity, sexuality, and their impact upon the management of the firm by
Robillard, James Homer

Alien Pregnant by Elvis by Martin H. Greenberg

When My Love returns From the Ladies' Restroom, Will I be Too Old to Care?
by Lewis Grizzard

Hey, cowboy, wanna get lucky? by Baxter Black

Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Good-Bye! By Cynthia Heimel

Never Heave Your Bosom In A Front Hook Bra by Modine Gunch

Never Sleep With A Fat Man In July by Modine Gunch

West Of Venus by Judy Troy

The End Of Vandalism by Tom Drury

I Want To Buy A Vowel by John Welter

Kinky Friedman's Armadillos and Old Lace and Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola

Honk and Holler Opening Soon by Billie Letts

Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne and

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

Sex Toys Of The Gods by Christian McLaughlin

Island Of The Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore

You're so fine I'd drink your bathwater by Stephan Dweck

My husband said he need more space, so I locked him Outside by McCullough,
Cynthia Walker

Farm West of Mars by Justin Isherwood

Banana Cat by Christopher Hood

Slow Dancing on Dinosaur Bones by Lana Witt

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly naughty cafeteria
ladies from outer space (and the subsequent assault of the equally evil
lunchroom zombie nerds) by Dav Pilkey

A UFO Appears in Pennsylvania, 1930; Many Tragedies Occur...the Same UFO
Appears in Michigan, 1996 by Gismondi, Helen

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

Don't Pee On My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining by Judge Judy Sheindlin

Is Kissing a Girl Who Smokes Like Licking an Ashtray by Randy Powell

Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog, The Tetherballs of Bougainville, and others by
Mark Leyner

I Hope You're Living As High on the Hog as the Pig You Turned Out to Be by
Bill Anderson

Elvis is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself, If Love Were Oil, I'd Be
About a Quart Low, They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat by
Lewis Grizzard

They Used to Call Me Snow White, but I Drifted by Regina Barreca

Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells

Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moor

Behaving Bradley by Perry Nodelman

Whistling Toilets by Randy Powell

Can You Teach Me to Pick My Nose by Martyn Godfrey

Girl Gives Birth to Own Prom Date by Todd Strasser

George Bush, dark prince of love by Lydia Millet

Night Of The Avenging Blowfish: A Novel Of Covert Perations, Love, And
Luncheon Meat by John Welter

Babies And Other Hazards Of Sex and Dave Barry Is From Venus And Mars by
Dave Barry

If you leave me, can I come too? and If you can't live without me, why
aren't you dead yet? by Cynthia Heimel

Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore

If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him I'd Be Out of Jail By Now by Sharon McCrumb

Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore

Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore

Last Manly Man by Sparkle Hayter

What's a girl gotta do by Sparkle Hayter

Revenge of the Cootie Girls by Sparkle Hayter

If the gods had meant us to vote they would have given us candidate by Jim
Hightower

Lose Weight Through Great Sex With Celebrities (the Elvis Way) by Colin
McEnroe

Joy of Sects by Peter Occhiogrosso

Dwarf Rapes Nun, Flees In Ufo by Arnold Sawislak

Is Sex Necessary? by James Thurber and E.B. White

Get Out of my Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall by
Anthony Wolf

How to Murder Your Mother in Law by Dorothy Cannell

I Worship the Very Dirt She Treats Me Like by Raphaelson

No Nudes Is Good Nudes by PG Wodehouse

Alamo House: Women Without Men, Men Without Brains by Sarah Bird

Bimbos of the Death Sun and Zombies of the Gene Pool by Sharyn McCrumb


Jennifer [removed]@jefferson.lib.co.us
Patron Services Librarian 8485 Kipling St.
Standley Lake Branch Arvada, CO 80005
Jefferson County Public Library (303)456-0806

FROM: Madeline Guzman <[removed]@capaccess.org>
DATE: Thu, 30 Mar 1972 14:29:38 -0500 (EST)

What about the following books by Kinky Friedman:

--Armadillos and Old Lace
--Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola

Madeline

Madeline T. Guzman
Rockville, Maryland
http://strictlyc.tripod.com/fiction.html

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