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Goblinproofing Ones Chicken Coop And Other Practical Advice In Our Campaign Against The Fairy Kingdom' wins prize for years oddest book title
LONDON A supernaturally tinged barnyard manual has won an award for the years oddest book title.
Goblinproofing Ones Chicken Coop by Reginald Bakeley was awarded the Diagram Prize on Friday by trade magazine, The Bookseller.
The book took 38 percent of the votes in a public ballot, beating finalists including How Tea Cosies Changed the World and Was Hitler Ill?
Goblinproofing editor Clint Marsh said he and the author were honored to receive a prize that celebrates the playfulness that is at the heart of much of the worlds best book publishing.
The prize was founded in 1978. Its rules say the books must be serious and their titles not merely a gimmick.
Previous winners include Bombproof Your Horse and Managing a Dental Practice: The Genghis Khan Way.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/22/goblinproofing-one-chicken-coop-wins-prize-for-year-oddest-book-title/
A must read especially if your laying hens are not producing eggs.
Bay Boy
(1,689 posts)these days.
JHB
(37,158 posts)...goblins are vying for The Next Big Thing.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)PB
muriel_volestrangler
(101,310 posts)It seems to me that this book shouldn't qualify.
The others on the shortlist:
3) God's Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis by Tom Hickman (Square
Peg) 14%
4) How to Sharpen Pencils by David Rees (Melville House) 13%
5) Was Hitler Ill? by Hans-Joachim Neumann and Henrik Eberle (Polity Press)
3%
6) Lofts of North America: Pigeon Lofts by Jerry Gagne (Foy's Pet Supplies)
1%
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/goblinproofing-ones-chicken-coop-wins-diagram-prize.html
"Previous winners of the title have included Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers, Highlights in the History of Concrete, Bombproof Your Horse and Cooking with Poo."
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)and not an ingredient!
Bosonic
(3,746 posts)http://www.amazon.com/Knitting-With-Dog-Hair-Sweater/dp/0312152906
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)Where can I find out more?
IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)"Successful people management" - yep, old Genghis Khan was legendary for that.
Is this really what dentistry needs, given its already unpleasant image? From the book blurb:
These are examples of the charisma, dynamism and people management:
http://www.biography.com/people/genghis-khan-9308634
...
The Mongols swept through every city's fortifications with unstoppable savagery. Those who weren't immediately slaughtered were driven in front of the Mongol army, serving as human shields when the Mongols took the next city. No living thing was spared, including small domestic animals and livestock. Skulls of men, women, and children were piled in large, pyramidal mounds.
It does seem that such tactics could aid in bill collection, and thus aid practice profitability. But is there not a sustainability issue? Would not the clientele object to being reduced to skull mounds for such infractions as 30-day lates and missing appointments? Would one not, in fact, shortly discover that practice assets consisted of a clientele limited to near family members and the precious metals gleaned from the teeth in the skull mounds?
I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. I really need to go have some dental work done! I noted a reference to the NHS, but can one be sure that this theory of practice management has not swept the profession?
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)And don't even think about not paying.