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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You're the cure, huh? :)
Don't listen to him, Linda! Only *I* can help you, and at the same time protect you from dastardly cads like Toby06.
He's less of a cure than a management therapy...
Having checked your profile, it looks like resistance could get me shot. :)
If you don't have a sidearm, you can borrow one of mine. =]
Bwahahahahahaha!! He's done wonders for me with my alcohol recovery. {{hic}}
We were in the nick of time, you were in great peril.
I don't think I was.
Yes you were, you were in terrible peril.
Look, let me go back in there and face the peril.
No, it's too perilous.
Look, I'm a knight, I'm supposed to get as much peril as I can.
No, we've got to find the Holy Grail. Come on!
Well, let me have just a little bit of peril?
No, it's unhealthy.
Bet you're gay!
No, I'm not.
Ranks right up there with "Brain Surgery for Dummies", don't it?
Here's the best "abstinence" visualization I can think of for birth control, though:
I shoulda read your post before I put up the birth control picture!
Take that cover off, Woman!!!
"How to Overcome Nymphomania"
Umm... say "I" and "Do" as a sentence in response to a question?
*ducks and runs*
~sigh!~ Does this mean the secret's out? That everyone will know what we're REALLY doing when we're bouncing our crossed legs? <:-O
Requires "Snow White Queen" as a response....
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=6zQnKbSwnpg%3D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPxMA55g3xY
By definition, nymphomania is for women only.
Men have satyriasis.
SD
A personal shopper & hairdresser? hmmmmmmm
One correction. A 'boy toy' is a woman who is the 'love' interest of a man, while a 'toy boy' is a man who is the 'love' interest of a woman.
Both terms originate din England.
(Who turned the t/stat up in here????)
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