My immediate thought was “yup, that’s a book for idiots.” I’ve been to the track a few times, and had fun making a few $2 or $5 bets on each race. But anyone who would spend $17 on this book, hoping to make money on the horses must really be an idiot.
So what are your ideas for “Complete Idiot’s” or “For Dummies” books for truly complete idiots. My thoughts:
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Do-It-Yorself Prostate Surgery
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Placing Tech Support Calls would be favorite. It could have chapters called:
Making sure the unit is plugged in.
Having a clue what kind of unit you have.
What are model and serial numbers?
Why we need to know what your name and number are.
Why it makes no sense to call for support on your PC when you are in your car on the cell phone.
I work at a library, so I see a lot of these books. My favorite of the “Idiot” books is The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Amazing Sex. You have to have absolutely no shame to check this out, let alone buy a copy of your own. (I guess that’s why we have the self checkout.) Now that I think about it, it would make a good coffee table book.
Slight Hijack:
We have quite a few self-help books. My favorites always have titles so you don’t even have to open the book. “Stop Beating Yourself Up!” Okeedokee.
The worst one I’ve seen so far was “What to Say When You Talk To Yourself”. If you need a book of several hundred pages to keep conversation with yourself, you have bigger problems than can probably be helped. (Or you could inflict your self-monologue on message boards.)