Going Down is Going Up
posted by 4th Dwarf
On July 29, the Ottawa Citizen reported that a shocked couple complained about three books they discovered on the Ottawa Public Libraries "on order" list. [Citizen Article]
It's not clear who the couple are nor whether they wanted their complaint to be publicized.
This means it is an open question: Are they misguided prudes who don't realize that calls for censorship increase readership and that librarians are freedom-of-speech, anti-book-banning zealots who will hear their complaint as a reason to order even more sex manuals? Or is this couple a pair of devious sex manual publicists?
Whoever they are, I hope they complain about my book when I finally get around to writing it. Even if they don't, I'm grateful to them for making me realize I need to drop my working title: the meaningful little book of life with Jesus.
Get out your library card and click these links to get on the reservation list:
- The Going Down Guide
- The Sex Instruction Manual : Essential Information and Techniques for Optimum Performance
- The anal sex positions guide : the best positions for easy, exciting, mind-blowing pleasure
- The little book on meaning : why we crave it, how we create it
- A Meaningful Life
- A spectator's guide to Jesus : an introduction to the man from Nazareth
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6 comments:
This is effing hilarious! It doesn't surprise me, though; you should have heard some of the complaints about books we carried at Chapters. Like, "My God, any little kid could come along and see these nude drawing manuals!" Jeez.
PS. I'm pretty sure my ex-husband is on one of those "on order" lists. *snicker snicker*
Sadly, being single for over 10 years, I have no reason to view those books. WAHHHHH!!!!
WC, I'm sorry to hear that it didn't work out with you and the dedicated library user.
Anonymous, I'm of the view that learning is never a waste.
I just want to say that I'm shocked. Shocked...!
Oh. And that maybe the reason that the religious materials rank so low on the request list is because a, ummmm, certain portion of the population think it already knows everything there is to know about what Jesus said...?
And I wonder what Jesus would say about that...
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