num_pages: 275
description:  One hundred percent of all dead patients showed a marked reluctance to pay their bills. Well over half of all Americans alive today have experienced childhood directly, a syndrome marked by a) dwarfism b) knowledge deficits and c) legume anorexia. When Ms. Cinderella left her glass slipper behind at the stroke of midnight, she was clearly acting in a state of rebellion against the dictatorial regimentation of the domineering fairy godmother.It's true. Members of the psychiatric community are capable of laughter. The Journal of Polymorphous Perversity, the brainchild of psychologist Glenn C. Ellenbogen, has received confirmed reports of uncontrollable outbursts of laughter as the pages of the scholarly parody are sampled.Now patients, professionals, and armchair travelers alike can enjoy the articles that have appeared in this hilarious journal in one hilarious anthology, including such profound and penetrating subjects as "New Improved Delusions," "The Scale of Mental Abilities Requiring Thinking Somewhat (SMARTS)," "Cancer and A Bum Rat," and more. Learn how psychoanalysts diagnose patients by the way they park their cars in the mental health clinic lot and how to apply the practical principles of Vigilante Effectiveness Training (VET) in daily life."For the Jung at heart!" --New York Daily News
language: English
title: Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality: Reading from the Journal of Polymorphous Perversity
titlecomplete: Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality: Reading from the Journal of Polymorphous Perversity
genres: Humor, Psychology, Fiction
ratings_count: 76
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Diagram Prize
category: Oddest Title of the Year
publisher: Ballantine Books