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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
When you wander through the reference section of any major bookstore, it seems like the people behind the For Dummies guides have tackled every possible subject. While the series is certainly exhaustive, they haven’t covered everything. Can you tell which topics are still waiting for the Dummies treatment?
Take the Quiz: For Dummies. For Real?
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If you have to get the “Homeschooling for Dummies” book, don’t you think that maybe you shouldn’t be homeschooling in the first place?
posted by Hmm... on 3-2-2009 at 11:55 am
Gotta love America, where people make money selling books that encompass the same subjects you can read about for free on the Internet.
posted by Jenn on 3-2-2009 at 12:47 pm
the best for dummies book I’ve ever seen was “Depression For Dummies”.
Did no one consider that calling a depressed person a dummy might not be the step on the road to recovery they were hoping for?
Personally, if I were the guy marketing the books, this one time I would have made the exception and called it “Depression for really smart and attractive people”
posted by george on 3-2-2009 at 12:50 pm
Didn’t some comedian write a book ‘Ventriloquism for Dummies’? That’s pretty funny.
Good quiz. 12/15 (missed Pope John Paul, Homeschooling and FreeCell)
posted by Ralph on 3-2-2009 at 12:52 pm
14/15
There is an entire line of “For Dummies” books that deals with parenting. Titles include “Postpartum Depression For Dummies” and “Raising Smart Kids for Dummies.”
posted by Terri on 3-2-2009 at 3:06 pm
Only 53% :/ Maybe I should consult “Mental Floss Quizzes for Dummies”? ;)
posted by NYCGirl on 3-9-2009 at 1:05 am