Is it Friday yet? (WAS: why I like the Dummies books - was Boring documentation)

["Nuckols, Kenneth M" <Kenneth -dot- Nuckols -at- mybrighthouse -dot- com>]

Peter Sturgeon said...

> 
> Some of my favourites, with a suggested reading order
> 
> Online Dating For Dummies
> Relationships For Dummies
> Romance For Dummies
> Wedding Kit For Dummies
> Making Marriage Work For Dummies
> Parenting for Dummies
> Rekindling Romance For Dummies
> Divorce For Dummies
> Single Parenting for Dummies
> 
> Titles are real
> 

The most humorous "Dummies" title I've seen (and there may be funnier
ones out there) was written for fans new to a fast-growing sport.
Written with the help of one of the sport's veteran stars, Mark Martin,
there is, in fact, a "NASCAR for Dummies" book. The first time I saw it
in the bookstore I had to stifle the urge to laugh out loud.

I don't dislike the sport--in fact I enjoy many forms of auto racing as
a fan, but there's just a certain demographic connotation associated
with oval track racing that makes a title like that seem...BRILLIANT!


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