Odd book titles

[srw]

A little light relief for a tetchy Friday morning.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gal...ktitleprize-awardsandprizes?picture=343488918

I have two questions. Why is "Techniques for corosion monitoring" an odd title? And am I the only person to find the first subtitle - "Arithmetic geometry, random walks and discrete groups" odder than the title - "The large sieve and its applications"?

 

[NickM]

I once decided to read a book at random, picking a title by opening one of those huge red "Books in Print" volumes that they used to have in libraries and pointing a finger at the page with eyes closed.

The title I came up with was "The Sex Life of the Desert Locust".

I gave up on the idea.



I understand that "Curbside Consultation of the Colon" is quite a popular read among the kind of MPs who go cottaging on Clapham Common, though.

 

[dellzeqq]

Reading 'Insanity' by Thomas Szasz will always get you a bit of space on the tube. As long as you giggle to yourself

 

[Aperitif]

I read a book (yes) a couple of years ago entitled "The Best Thing That Can Happen To A Croissant" by Pablo Tusset (?) - I thought that was an odd title ergo worth a read...

 

[Flying_Monkey]

My favourite odd title on my own bookshelves - which almost works as a surrealist novel too - is Androids from Milk by Eugen Egner.