Hey! Have you ever gone to the book store and - I don’t know - stopped in the self-help section?
No? Oh. Yeah, me either.
But let’s say you did. Just for shits and giggles you do it. What do you think you would see?
“Self-help books.”
Yep.
Now; have you ever analyzed these titles?
Oh yeah, that’s tons of fun. It’s a friggin’ riot! When they say self-help section, they don’t mean the stuff IN the books; they mean the stuff ON the books. There are some real winners out there.
A nice recurse down the Amazon slide proves this point:
- Not Again…Please Come Home: You’re not alone! A comforting guide for women who choose to love, and be with, the man who frequently forgets his way home. … with it and feel more peace in your heart.
- 1200 Pick Up Lines
- Being the Strong Man a Woman Wants: Timeless Wisdom on Being a Man
- The Book of Mormon Made Easier, Part II
- Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within.
Sure. Those are pretty funny. No no, they are funny. Really. Mormon. Easier. Part 2. Seriously?!
Did you happen to click on any of the links. Did you notice a little trick Amazon uses called Better Together. This is where they put two books together and suggest that they complement each other … and anyways - other people have bought them together; shouldn’t you?
That in mind - and remembering that I asked about actually being in the bookstore - just notice how I noticed the truly self-medicating effect the self-help section was when I was at Borders just the other day (pictures below). Mind you, I didn’t have Amazon’s Better Together in mind at the time - I discovered that while writing this post - when I decided to take a few pictures of some book titles that seemed to, well, tell a story when put together.
Threesomes. It’s all in your head.
This was the one that kicked it all off. I was standing there with my wife and pointed it out. She laughed and I friggin’ KNEW I was on to something.
Stop whining. I love you.
That’s a lesson one only learns after getting married.
- “Babe, why aren’t you listening to me?”
- “Babe, why did you throw my phone out the car window?”
- “Babe, don’t make me change my vertically striped dress shirt and plaid shorts. They match, damn it. It’s my life!”
- “Babe, whose boxers are these?” :O
Anyways … if you stop whining, you’ll actually see the love.
What happy women know. How to duck a suckah.
Nuf said!
Hold on to your NUTs. A thousand names for Joy.
The wife also laughed at this one. Oh yeah!
The Answer. Only a theory.
I knew it! I’ve been saying that for years. I told my 5th grade teacher the same damn thing about the math test.
Moving on
If you haven’t figured it out, this was fun for me. I want to add more pictures and with a longer chaining of titles. We’re talking 3 or more books to create a real story of these titles.
