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26 February 2012

Cooking with Poo. The Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year shortlist.
That title could be mistaken for a Disney's Winnie the Pooh tie in, but all of the contenders pale in the shadow of the infinite glory that is:
"Mr Andoh's Pennine Diary: Memoirs of a Japanese Chicken Sexer in 1935 Hebden Bridge"
It's got everything, a subtle penis reference, the misleading use of "sexing", unfamiliar foreign names paired with a nationality (Japanese) that they don't seem to fit, a date from a past era that isn't all that interesting to most people, both words "Diary" and "Memoirs" for needless redundancy and a double dose of pretentiousness, and CHICKEN.
posted by oneswellfoop 27 February | 00:12
If he were still alive I'd nominate Lou Rawls to do the audio book of "Mr Andoh's Pennine Diary: Memoirs of a Japanese Chicken Sexer in 1935 Hebden Bridge"
posted by arse_hat 27 February | 00:31
There's always Lou Reed.
posted by tortillathehun 27 February | 00:42
Hebden Bridge is now known as the Lesbian capital of the UK.
posted by altolinguistic 27 February | 07:16
"Poo" is also the first part of my last name. So whenever I go to the doctor, or pick up a prescription, or really anywhere where they keep info in a file, the file or prescription always uses those three letters as the identifier. "Yes, that's my prescription, the one with POO on it, yes." *sigh* Can't anybody use 4 letters instead?
posted by JanetLand 27 February | 08:43
Ooooh my Gawd. Did she really say || Gambling Cat

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