Posted on 10/13/2006 8:14:24 AM PDT by Millee
Michelle and Brian Watters are hoping you will judge their books by their covers … but maybe that's because the covers are all they're selling.
Say you're stuck on a plane next to a chatty neighbor, and you want nothing more than to be left alone. Thanks to the Watters, you can just open up your hardback copy of "How to Murder a Complete Stranger … and Get Away With It" and odds are you'll get your wish.
The Ottawa couple is selling individual self-help book jackets sporting comical titles — and they're hoping readers with an active funny bone will help themselves, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports.
Among their eccentric offerings are "How to Overcome Nymphomania" (sure to get you some dates), "Do-It Yourself Vasectomy" (for the medical enthusiast with an independent streak) and "The Nutritional Benefits of Nose-Picking" (a must-read for any aspiring culinary artist) — to name a few.
"These are great if your mother wants the latest Danielle Steele for Christmas. You put 'How to Make Your Mother a Porn Star' on the cover [of the actual Danielle Steele book]," said Helen Aikenhead, owner of Ottawa bookstore Three Wild Women. "And when she opens it up on Christmas morning, she doesn't know what your intentions are."
And if your mom would be less than impressed, Michelle Watters suggests using the titles to … um … clear the air, so to speak.
"If you want to sit by yourself, and you don't want anyone bothering you, "Perfecting the Art of Fart Projection" will guarantee you a solo seat," she said.
The jackets are currently being sold in bookstores and boutiques in about a dozen countries for around $6.
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Good song! One of the few songs I can sing in key. (Well...some of the notes anyway) ;o)
LOL.
Good grief you two...8^)
Fantasy, to be exact...8^)
Didn't mean to offend. . . . too much, anyway.
Ah no man...
Damn, you're good...8^)
That's eleven!
Some men can multitask easier than others :)
I have a copy of "Why You Must Tie It Around Your Leg While Jogging".
I wasn't able to find the video for "Sonny Say You Will"..
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=P9XrVxk4%2B%2F0%3D
Interesting name.She should start an aspirin company.
brilliant
ROFL!!!!!!! Careful of that rope burn!
At last! I can find the book I've been looking for.
"Ventriloquism for Dummies"
*sees blonde, leg springs up for some reason....*
*Skinner buys a copy*
Darn! I'm a redhead. ;op
That will do! ;)
My book didn't offer a cure for nymphomania, only a treatment.
But it was in the fiction section.
What's the treatment?
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