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07 Apr 13 - 11:44 AM (#3500054) Subject: BS: Silly book titles. From: John MacKenzie Something reminded me today, of the silly book titles we used to pass around amongst ourselves, in my adolescence. The Flood in the Lavatory by I P Squint The Nail in the Bannister by R Stornaway The Hole in the Bed by Mr Completely. etc etc. |
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07 Apr 13 - 12:22 PM (#3500070) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: GUEST,DrWord ah adolescence! The stop in the desert by __________ ____ The rooster's mistake by _____ ____ Treasure in the outhouse by I. P. Nichols Rusty bedsprings by I. P. Knightly aaaaarrgh! There were dozens more, which, mercifully, I have forgotten. Thanks for the memories, John. My mother got a kick out of these. keep on pickin' dennis |
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07 Apr 13 - 01:03 PM (#3500079) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: Van bottom of the cliff by eileen dover |
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07 Apr 13 - 02:10 PM (#3500106) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: Rapparee Long Yellow River by I. P. Freely. Under the bleachers by Seymour Butts. Furrows in the Earth by Won Hung Low. |
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07 Apr 13 - 02:17 PM (#3500108) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: Jack the Sailor "The Tiger's Revenge" is by far the best of these. Do I have to name the author. |
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07 Apr 13 - 02:22 PM (#3500114) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: Bill D I know! I know! good old CB!! |
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07 Apr 13 - 03:26 PM (#3500136) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: MGM·Lion Forty Years in the Saddle by Major Bumsaw |
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07 Apr 13 - 03:36 PM (#3500141) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: MGM·Lion Perhaps a bit of a drift: but I have always been delighted to hzave learned from a trainee teacher that a main course textbook was a History Of British Education by one Dr Birchenough. And I have googled & it is true - I wasn't making it up ~~ History of elementary education in England and Wales from 1800. ... Author: Birchenough, Charles, |
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07 Apr 13 - 03:38 PM (#3500142) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: MGM·Lion Can't help wondering BTW if any train of thought might conceivably have led from my first to my second post just above... |
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07 Apr 13 - 03:51 PM (#3500145) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: GUEST,DrWord Birchenough ~ that's worth the thread-drift. Weirdly enough, I start to wonder f that surname isn't an Anglicisation (or simply cognate with similar €pean name). back to the thread: Run for the backhouse by Willie Makeit. keep on pickin' dennis |
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07 Apr 13 - 05:07 PM (#3500170) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: Micca There was a widely used Biology text book In the UK by Valerie Slaughter and the spine read " Slaughter Living Things" and this is Genuine!!! |
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07 Apr 13 - 05:44 PM (#3500182) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: Georgiansilver How about "Antiques and their Values" by George Ian Silver. Fairy Tales by Alison Wanda Land! How to Upset Mudcatters by R Soul. The Lengths We Go To by Ellen Diwater. Flying High by Albert Ross. Does my Bum Look Big In This? by Hugh Jarres. Impotence by Drew Peacock. Death and Burial by Naomi Downwell. I could go on for hours!!!! |
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08 Apr 13 - 02:12 AM (#3500324) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: JennieG One I remember from my childhood - "A schoolgirl's troubles" by Lucy Lastic. |
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08 Apr 13 - 07:14 AM (#3500394) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: MGM·Lion Naughty Boy by Ben Dover Eileen's brother? |
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08 Apr 13 - 08:01 AM (#3500409) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: GUEST keeping the thread drift The Atheist by Noel Noheaven The Troll by R Solsarcheaptiday |
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08 Apr 13 - 12:32 PM (#3500512) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: GUEST,DrWord hey GUEST, you clearly aren't clear on the thread drift concept "Silly book titles" IS the thread! The anonymous GUEST by Anon. keep pickin' dennis € |
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08 Apr 13 - 12:58 PM (#3500522) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: MGM·Lion Starvation by M T Gutz |
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08 Apr 13 - 02:13 PM (#3500557) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: Wolfgang "Klau mich" (pinch me) was a book title in Germany some decades ago. The sales were by far not as good as the circulation was. Wolfgang |
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08 Apr 13 - 06:10 PM (#3500652) Subject: RE: BS: Silly book titles. From: GUEST Dear Dr Word The drift was relating to two other threads or more currently on the go relating to Athiests and threads being trolled. To me it was an "in" joke hee hee "The Pedant" by Dawson Comas? or "Not Much Used Now" By Sammi Colon How about "Wo ist das Geschindeskeitsmesser" by Wie Kent |