Mental Floss http://mentalfloss.com/node/16227/atom.xml 2016-05-31T20:04:36+00:00 http://mentalfloss.com/article/16227/blogging-dummies 2007-04-23T15:52:37+00:00 2007-04-23T17:53:19+00:00 Blogging for dummies Randy

The original Dummies book, DOS for Dummies, made sense: DOS was a dry and complex operating system that made most mortals who tried to use it feel a little, well, dumb. Since then, the Dummies universe has exploded, and there are dumbed-down how-to books covering nearly every topic imaginable. In some cases, however, it seems like the franchise may be encouraging the dummies of the world to enter into activities which it might be best if they stayed away from. To wit:

.... and of course, the just-plain-weird:

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There being more of these books than we could possibly list here, it's time to poll our readers: what's the strangest Dummies title you've seen?

April 23, 2007 - 7:52am
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