More information than you require
By: John Hodgman
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 596
ISBN-13: 9780525950349
Subjects: American wit and humor
Description: The best-selling author of The Areas of My Expertise presents a tongue-in-cheek compendium of made-up facts that fall under such headings as "The Method by Which We Elect Our Presidents," "How to Be a Famous Minor Television Personality," and "Gambling: The Sport of the Asthmatic Man."
Table of contents: title: One of my great regrets; title: The presidents of the United States: are they the new hoboes? (including Lincoln Kennedy links, William Jennings Bryan, Mondale, Teddy Roosevelt, President Booth; title: The future and other superstitions (including folk remedies plus a hangover cure); title: Advice, how-to, and miscellaneous (including infestations, the literary axolotl, oxalis, identity theft and secret ponytails); title: Gambling: the sport of the asthmatic man (including how to, roulette, poker, tells, slots, hermit-crab racing, American musical theater, casinos); title: How to be famous (including internet rumors, wacky neighbors, perks + 1 downside of fame); title: The hidden world (not including mole-men) (includes monsters, feral Americans, crossword code, Ralph Macchio, secret moon landing, alien life); title: Even more information than you require, with a special emphasis on food and animals (a kind of food) (includes the 6 new foods of the world, the fork, forgotten cocktails, oysters, parasites: lice, tapeworms, Brooklyn inventions, shitty aphorisms, and what to expect while serving as a juror); title: The mole-men: are they the new hoboes? (includes the 7 portals to the hollow earth; literary tone detector; 700 mole-man names; an urban legend regarding the Declaration of Independence); title: Some lists I confess to compiling: Some insects who have been friend to man; 4 get-rich-slow schemes; The 10 accepted styles of deadpan; 3 Esperanto words in common use today; Vera aux falsa; sexually suggestive Christmas songs; The best mas ever; title: All of your questions answered, or at least 5 more: regarding chicken butt; the worst job; car talk; skooma; Scrabble; title: An outroduction: the secret of your identity and how you got that terrible scar; title: Troubleshooting guide to the new voting machines; title: The precedents of the United States; title: Your 12-month spleencast; title: Some luck signs; title: Wacky neighbors; title: The damned; title: Experts consulted during the preparation of this book; title: Sequels to Machiavelli's The Prince.