# How to Avoid Huge Ships **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-huge-ships/648510 "2013-01-27T03:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-huge-ships/648510/1 "2013-01-27T03:05:48Z")
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-huge-ships/648510/2 "2013-01-27T04:17:22Z")
Thank you for a good Sunday morning laugh. :D:smack:;)😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-huge-ships/648510/3 "2013-01-27T04:30:50Z")
The cheapest price is 164.55 and Amazon is offering .88 to trade in your copy. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-huge-ships/648510/4 "2013-01-27T04:35:32Z")
I thought this was going to be about how to keep yourself from getting too invested in e.g. [Harry/Hermione](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_%28fandom%29#Harry_Potter_fandom), since she’s just going to end up with Ron anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-huge-ships/648510/5 "2013-01-27T05:48:58Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > I thought this was going to be about how to keep yourself from getting too invested in e.g. [Harry/Hermione](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_%28fandom%29#Harry_Potter_fandom), since she’s just going to end up with Ron anyway. Nah, it’s for writers trying to prevent slash pairings from arising at all. Unfortunately, it boils down to “Only have two characters, and make them have sex on page one.” Even that doesn’t stop the self-insertion fics, though, which is why there’s an appendix devoted to techniques for gouging your own eyes out. (Spoons have the advantage of tradition, but I thought the section on computer peripherals was more likely to be timely.) ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-huge-ships/648510/6 "2013-01-27T06:01:31Z")
Almost as good as the [Wheelmate steering wheel desk.](http://www.amazon.com/Wheelmate-Laptop-Steering-Wheel-Desk/dp/B000IZGIA8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1359266376&sr=8-2&keywords=steering+wheel+desk) (Warning: do not read the review with a hot cup of coffee, you will spill it laughing) ---
**Author:** ![anontanijat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@anontanijat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anontanijat)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-huge-ships/648510/7 "2013-01-27T14:34:27Z")
This is too funny! Thanks for the laugh! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-huge-ships/648510/8 "2013-01-27T15:00:36Z")
I’m picturing the author reading the reviews and looking like this : ☹ ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-huge-ships/648510/9 "2013-01-27T15:53:58Z")
If it wasn’t so expensive, I’d get this book and become legendary in the next Secret Santa exchange between my group of friends