“The Queer Litte Eskimo.” Published back in the 20’s. Got it in a box of books at an auction.
The anus book-wasn’t there a big topic about this here a while back?
[hijack]People can also be pretty unthinking about naming their children. I worked with a guy named Peter (not Peters) whose parents named him Richard. So he fought his way through grade school as Dick Peter. [/hijack]
“Scouting for Boys” Lord Baden-Powell, 1908
Oh, and unfortunate as in the “most likely to be defaced in the school library” category :
"Biggles Works it Out", Capt. W.E. Johns.
Fairly appropriate, from what I hear.
There was a whacko, wanna-be evangelist in the late 70/early 80s who was named Peter Beter! I think it’s pretty obvious what scrambled his circuits.
I guess no one needs to tell the actor who plays Giles in Buffy what not to name his children.
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Let’s visit some of those, shall we?
For boys;
Peter Head
Bob Head
Richard (Dick) Head
Harry Head
Jack Head(?)
For Girls;
Wanda Head
Shirley Head
Constance Head
Tina Head
Eudora Head
Lita Head
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For the girls, you forgot Anita Head and Anita Dick.
One of the gems in my collection isPissing in the Snow & Other Ozark Folktales which is basically a bunch of dirty jokes classed up with footnotes and such into folklore by the simple method of having been recorded in the 1930s-1950s. Boy, did I make a goof not getting a degree in folklore!
A friend of mine has a book called ‘Boy’s Own’ which he’s had since he was a child.
We took the piss out of him saying he has a boyzone (the boy band) book, which would be an embarrasing thing to own for a lad of 17. (given that boyzone’s main fan-base is probably female and between the ages of 10 and 15)
(‘Boy’s Own’ sounds exactly like ‘boyzone’ verbally)
I once saw a book on inflight refueling called “Passing Gas”.
P.S. got to congratulate the OP on giving me a damn good laugh!
‘Cooking with Poo’
Brilliant.
I believe that “Boy’s Own” was a newspaper at one time?
That woulld make sense. the book my friend had seemed like an annual (where they put lot’s of newspapers or comics into a book)
I worked in a bookstore for a time and found the best damn book title ever. It was part of the Complete Idiot’s Guide To series. The book meant to help people cultivate self-image.
Yes, it’s the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Improving Self-Esteem.
“It’s true! I have low self-esteem! Because I’m so stupid! Stupid! Stupid!!”
Heh.
I worked on a series of books about a little boy who, to maintain anonymity, I will call Bobby Smith. In one book, he gets a puppy that he names Lucky. The original title proposed for the book, which I am not making up, was Bobby Smith Gets Lucky.
People who bought this title also bought “Walter, the Farting Dog”, “The Gallery of Regrettable Food” and “Knitting with Dog Hair.”
I used to have a kids book about horned toads called “Horny”.