Best Unintentionally Ironic "For Dummies" Titles
Nascar For Dummies (2nd ed.)
Athletic Scholarships For Dummies
Becoming a Personal Trainer For Dummies
Raising Smart Kids For Dummies
Success For Dummies
Rottweilers For Dummies
AOL For Dummies
Mormonism for Dummies
posted by VMM at 10:44 PM
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Writing "..for dummies" books for dummies!
Unconstrained by reality:
"Breakfast Cereals for Dummies"
"Serial Killer Apprehension for Dummies"
"Avoiding Facile, Gimmicky Books for Dummies"
"Basic Journalism for Reporters for the San Francisco Chronicle"
"Pizza Delivery for Dummies"
"Amway for Dummies"
"Severe Mental Retardation for Dummies"
"Patriotism for Idiots"
"Negotiating International Agreements for Nuclear Arms Non-Proliferation for Dummies"
"Robots for Puny Human Brains"
"Evolution for Droop-eyed, Drooling Morons"
"High-Functioning for Dummies"
"Adorable Kittens for Dummies"
There are a couple of pretty close ones in reality:
"Kittens For Dummies"
"Robot Building For Dummies"
There are a number of self-help titles, but there is no:
"Self Esteem for Dummies"
As the author of a Dummies travel book, let me point out that titles such as "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services For Dummies" do exist.
PS: I'm emailing the post to a senior editor I work with at Dummies. She mentioned once that one of their most popular titles is "Sex for Dummies."
Caann't stoppp..
"Aristocratic Inbreeding for Dummies"
"Donut Holes for Dummies"
"AM Talk Radio for Dummies"
"Blow Jobs for Special Prosecutors"
"Removing Basic CD Packaging For Dummies"
"Relativism for the Somewhat Inexpert"
"Instigating Ill-Conceived Land Wars in Asia for Dummies," By Robert S. McNamara, With a New Introduction
"Brushing, Tooth OR Hair, for Dummies"
"Christ on A Crutch for Dummies"
"Idiots for Dummies"
"Cheap Shots for Dummies"
"Heading the Executive Branch of the United States Government For Dummies"
"Assuaging Fears of Shameful Ignorance With Titles of Assumed Self-Deprecation for Dummies"
"Shiny Objects for Dummies"
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