Are Women Human?
Put down the clubs, ladies, I am merely repeating the title of a book that is up for the prestigious Oddest Book Title Award. No really. Please put that down.
"I was Tortured by the Pygmy Love Queen" recounts the tale of a fictional U.S. World War Two fighter pilot who is captured by jungle pygmies led by a sadistic woman.
Its sequel, which is not on the shortlist released by trade publication The Bookseller (www.thebookseller.com) Friday, needs no explanation: "Go Ahead, Woman, Do Your Worst."
"How to Write a How to Write Book" and "Cheese Problems Solved" are likewise self-explanatory as is the equally eclectic niche tome "People who Mattered in Southend and Beyond: From King Canute to Dr. Feelgood" that strives to put the English east coast resort on the map.
While none of the above may challenge the sensibilities too much, others are likely to prove more divisive. Try "If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs" or "Are Women Human? And other International Dialogues."
The website is here. Please put that down, it looks sharp. The award is formally called the Diagram Prize. I regret to inform readers that the keepers of the prize somehow managed to pass over what simply has to be the most scintillating book title in recent history this year: Squid Recruitment Dynamics. Honest.
Oh heck. Now the squids are going to be after me, too.
Weird Stuff | Gaius Friday, 22 February , 2008
By Tom, Friday, 22 February , 2008 @ 7:30 pm
Don’t worry about the squids - they’ll just send the pygmy women after you. Also, please note that the blog has moved to Tom’s Place. Please update your blogroll. Thank You!
By NortonPete, Friday, 22 February , 2008 @ 9:23 pm
Actually sometimes, I wonder if women are human. They seem to endure far more of the so called "human condition" than men do.
Women absorb the violent end of the average dysfunctional relationship.
They try to repair most broken marriages, and they are often the only partner who will compromise in a bad relationship. Sometimes I wonder if not for the strength of women, would mankind exist.
Now I am a guy in a good 30 year marriage relationship mind you.
By Americaneocon, Saturday, 23 February , 2008 @ 2:38 am
Put down the clubs!
Good one!
And then there’s this:
"Women’s studies is about to disappear as an undergraduate degree in the UK."
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=400363
By martian, Saturday, 23 February , 2008 @ 1:18 pm
Gaius, it’s okay to have the squids after you - so much easier to get your Calamari that way! MMMMMMMMMMMMM!