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#101477 - 04/22/03 02:56 PM Silly Book Titles
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old hand
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Registered: 02/11/03
Posts: 725
Loc: Oregon, USA The Fallible Fiend's post reminded me of a game where you develop a book title and an author's name to go with it.
Examples:
The Art of Highlighting, by Mark DePage
The Yellow River, by I.P. Freely
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#101478 - 04/22/03 03:00 PM Re: Silly Book Titles
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Registered: 06/28/02
Posts: 1624
Loc: Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Bedwetting Uncovered by I.P. Knightly.
Let's not go there. Really.
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#101479 - 04/22/03 03:06 PM Re: Silly Book Titles
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Carpal Tunnel
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Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 6511
Loc: lower upstate New York I love this. Let us not go to the Washington Post website which sponsors this type of competition.
OK, I'm thinking up one, Coffeebean!!
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#101480 - 04/22/03 03:35 PM Re: Silly Book Titles
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Carpal Tunnel
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Registered: 06/24/02
Posts: 7186
Loc: Vermont Let's not go there. Really.
I agree. I teach in a middle school(ages 10-14), and I'm on vacation this week..._________________________
formerly known as etaoin...
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#101481 - 04/22/03 03:43 PM Re: Silly Book Titles
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Carpal Tunnel
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Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 10472
Loc: this too shall pass yeah, let's not have any of that
The Day the Dam Broke, by Helen Highwater
sort of thing.
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#101482 - 04/22/03 03:48 PM Re: Silly Book Titles
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Registered: 03/13/01
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Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Let's Not Go There, Really...by Pfranz Carpfka
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#101483 - 04/22/03 04:00 PM Re: Silly Book Titles
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Pooh-Bah
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Loc: Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Oh, really? Thought the same guy wrote "Rusty Bedsprings". At least when I was 12 ...
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#101484 - 04/22/03 04:03 PM Re: Silly Book Titles
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Carpal Tunnel
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Registered: 10/17/00
Posts: 5400
Loc: rego park reminds of
The Fall of Moral Standards by Helena Handbasket_________________________
my other obsession
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#101485 - 04/22/03 04:17 PM Re: Silly Book Titles
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Registered: 02/11/03
Posts: 725
Loc: Oregon, USA A Pain in the Rear, by Lance Boyle
My Life with the Hell’s Angels, by Ima Wilde-Ryder
I Climbed Mt. Everest, by Canby Dunne
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#101486 - 04/22/03 04:57 PM Re: Silly Book Titles
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Carpal Tunnel
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Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Oh, really? Thought the same guy wrote "Rusty Bedsprings". At least when I was 12 ...
Close, Cap...that was "Rusty Busty Bedsprings"...yep, that Carpfka is sure somethin'!
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