flaviomatani: (harpya)
flaviomatani ([personal profile] flaviomatani) wrote2008-09-06 12:00 pm
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Greek Rural Postmen

A lot of you have probably seen this, and the rest might not find it amusing at all, but nonetheless:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7598000/7598964.stm

The awards for the strangest book titles, including Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers, How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art, How to Avoid Huge Ships and The Madam as Entrepreneur: Career Management in House Prostitution....

[identity profile] brokenbeany.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Great.

[identity profile] ladymedb.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
My parents were given a copy of How to Shit in the Woods in the early 90's; it's useful as well as amusing.

And the Bombproof Your Horse thing makes perfect sense to me just because I know that "bombproof" is horse-person slang for a horse that doesn't shy or spook at things. It must sound very silly indeed to other people, though.

[identity profile] flavius-m.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Right, you always learn...

How are you, anyways? I thought you might be coming this way at some point? How's your life? x