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Friday, November 16, 2007
Vote for World’s Worst Book Title
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The nominees for World’s Worst Book Title came in, and boy, some people’s minds are really in the gutter.
I said to keep it PG-rated, and nearly everyone did, but the amount of potty humor and innuendo was still pretty high. Still, I waded in and selected 10 that I thought were most worthy. I tried to get some that weren’t in the nudge-nudge-wink-wink category, which was hard. And I ended up with a mix of real and invented titles. My quick research shows that three of these are real books, although I’m not identifying which ones. Just vote for whatever floats your boat as the World’s Worst Book Title.
Voting will remain open until midnight Tuesday Nov. 20, and I will announce the winner on Nov. 21.
Our Top 10, in no particular order:
“Cooking With Pooh”
“Who Drooled on My Shoulder? A Guide to Sleeping Well on Trans-Atlantic Flights”
“Ennui for Dummies”
“Everything You’ll Need to Remember About Alzheimer’s”
“Curious George and the High Voltage Fence”
“Letting It Go: a History of American Incontinence”
“The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification”
“The Joy of Uncircumcising!”
“Daddy Drinks Because You Cry”
“Coming Out: A Transsexual Debutante’s Surprise to the South”
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