Caption This Photo
November 22nd, 2011My cousin Karin forwarded me an email of the photo below, with the subject, "Now out in Paperback!!!"
I have no idea what it actually is, but I thought it was a funny picture - except, the message's subject didn't have quite the jokey punch it could have. So of course, I tried to think up funny captions for it. The only one I came up with that I liked was, "Wikipedia: now out in paperback."
Does anyone else have better captions for this photo? I'm going to be away for week for Thanksgiving, so in the meantime, if you have a caption idea, please leave it in the comments below. Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving (Americans; everyone else, Happy End of November).
November 22nd, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Hey, why is “How to Kill Bugs” blank inside?
…oh.
November 22nd, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Now out in paperback: “Hernias for Dummies”
November 22nd, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Slinky: the Manual.
November 22nd, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Oh dear, we left out page 1204…
November 22nd, 2011 at 2:31 pm
I’ve actually seen this passed around via email, titled “How to Understand Women”.
I remember seeing an article somewhere that said what the book really was but I haven’t been able to find it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Update – This could be it! “Poetry City Marathon”
http://www.kwwl.com/story/13908382/2-foot-thick-book-of-poetry-a-world-record?clienttype=printable
November 22nd, 2011 at 3:12 pm
When you absolutely, positively have to know…
November 22nd, 2011 at 3:29 pm
The Comprehensive Guide to Concise Writing, Vol. I
November 22nd, 2011 at 5:25 pm
National Union Catalog?
My co-worker says, Must be the new Stephen King book.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:57 pm
One time I really did have a patron ask in all seriousness if there were a print index for the internet.
November 23rd, 2011 at 2:41 pm
I’ve seen the “How to Understand Women” caption, too. Unfortunately, I saw it as a book request forwarded by a colleague (I don’t think she looked at the photo or knew it was a [bad]joke when she sent it to me).
I’m getting a kick out of Hernias for Dummies, though I’m afraid it might be the newest version of the Terms and Conditions that you have to pretend you read before you can access iTunes.
November 23rd, 2011 at 3:15 pm
Whatever that is, it’s screaming for a Kindle edition.
November 23rd, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Hmm…it looks too short to be the current tax code.
November 23rd, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Yes, it is from the Poetry City Marathon, and the book lives here in my hometown. 🙂 Here’s another report about it, featuring the photo above.
November 25th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Readers’ Advisory: A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Book
November 26th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
I love Dave Morice! He spoke at my junior high once. His Poetry Comics books are great.
November 26th, 2011 at 4:12 pm
“It appears the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction sent this to our library by mistake.”
November 27th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
I was surprised to see a picture from the University of Iowa when I was checking up on your blog. I have provided a few links regarding that monster of a book.
http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/preservation/2011/01/07/10000-page-book-bound-at-conservation-lab/
http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/preservation/2011/01/13/big-book-explained/
As for a caption: “Budget Cuts and the Arts”
November 28th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
I get paid by the page, just saying.
November 29th, 2011 at 11:31 am
Stolen! Santa’s “Naughty List!” Check if your name is there…
November 30th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Bill’s little black book was getting out of hand…
December 1st, 2011 at 7:47 am
No offense, but I’m kind of surprised at how funny these are. The other one I came up with was, “man, I hate it when non-fiction books don’t have an index.”
@Marleah, @laura, and @Katherine: thanks for the links on the origins of this image – it’s actually nice to know this is a real book. Amazing. And it reminds me of the Giant Swiss Army Knife.