How to offend people on Thanksgiving
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
Walnut Creek, California
November 24, 2016 12:55pm CST
In a recent post, I provided a link to a video of a prank someone pulled using made up book titles. They would go on subway trains and pretend to be reading books with absurd titles like "Why Women Deserve Less" or "Math for Non-Asians" and surreptitiously videotape commuters' reactions. There were some looks of horror, but mostly laughter.
I shared it with a friend who teaches English in Korea, and we got to thinking about other book titles that might work for this prank. Here are a few we came up with:
"Fine-Tuning Your Gaydar"
"Sex with Animals: Risks and Rewards"
"Penile Implants Using Everyday Household Items"
"Anal Extraction of Small Mammals: A Do-It-At-Home Guide"
"At-Home Abortions Made Simple"
"X-Acto Blade Lasiks: A Primer"
...and of course:
"Using Household Chemicals to Dispose of a Body"
Can you think of other book titles that might work for this prank? Extra points awarded for making The Horse blush (I haven't blushed since in 1986) or laugh out loud.
Happy Thanksgiving, by the way!
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
24 Nov 16
Here are controversial Book titles I can think off that will gross out people and make them cringe:
Incest is Wincest
Old enough to Pee , Good enough for me
It is not Murder if there is no evidence
Evidence that the Earth is flat
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
28 Nov 16
BWHAHAHAHA, @CaptAlbertWhisker, those have a nice ring to them!!!
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@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Nov 16
@Jessicalynnt Sigh. You're a deranged woman. How could you find such things funny? (trying to think of more)
@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Nov 16
@TheHorse I've just found a sheet of 'New TAFE Courses for 1988' (TAFE = Technical and Further Education). I knew I had it somewhere. I might have to do a post on these but here are a couple. They'd make book titles as well - How to Overcome Self-Doubt through Pretence and Ostentation, Sinus Drainage at Home, The Repair and Maintenance of your Virginity, Optional Body Functions, Tap Dance your Way to Social Ridicule (I've already done that one!! 
) - got Honours!)
) - got Honours!)2 people like this
@celticeagle (189833)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Nov 16
I'd really hate to think of what I might come up with.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
24 Nov 16
how to hook up with your best friends spouse (and get away with it)
how to get that slobber sleep you long for.
i don't know
grabbing at straws here
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
28 Nov 16
great idea - though some genuine books have that effect too - many are offended to see someone, especially male, like me reading 50 Shades Of Grey on the bus
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
28 Nov 16
@TheHorse yes, some of his work was banned until the 1960's and the famous Lady Chatterley obsenity trials against Penguin Books which released the work to public readership again
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@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Nov 16
@arthurchappell Fascinating! I'll have to look into this further. I can't recall whether I read Lady Chatterley's Lover back in my school days.
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@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Nov 16
@arthurchappell I heard it was poorly written. I wonder why it became a thing. I've read some Anais Nin. Well written, thought-provoking, and very sensual, as I recall.
@BarBaraPrz (51819)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Apr 17
Stumbled into this because of the pic of Fat Freddy's Cat (love that guy!)
This is an actual, for real, book title:
I Could Pee on This
And Other Poems by Cats.
@RasmaSandra (98005)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Nov 16
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. About those title
The Art of making Love in the Toilet of an Airplane
Step by Step Instructions In Becoming a Serial Killer
How to Make Them Laugh While You Stab Them
The Possibilities of Making Out On A Crowded Train
As you see once you get me going it's hard to stop
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
28 Nov 16
@TheHorse @RasmaSandra
maybe if someone stood on the toilet?
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
25 Nov 16
Oh lordy, those are some good ones @TheHorse .
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@teamfreak16 (43595)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Nov 16
You've pretty much got it covered. Funny! Happy Thanksgiving!
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