February 18th, 2002



The Top 7 Rejected
Titles for Class Textbooks


7> Space Exploration: “Dork Side of the Moon”

6> Life Drawing: “Sketching the Naked Form” By Oliver Clothesoff

5> Physics: “Pendulatory Motion and Spherical Undulations - How Breasts Bounce”

4> Engineerng : “Meters, Feet, What’s the Difference?” Published by NASA

3> 18th Century Irish History: “Guinness-Fueled Mayhem”

2> Economics: “Interest Rates and the Magic Eight Ball” by Alan Greenspan

and the Number 1 Rejected Title for a Class Textbook…

1> History: “Columbus & His Semen Discover the New World”




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Credits:

Selected from 24 submissions from 7 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Peter Casper, Queensland University — 1
G. Mike Klockow, Purdue University — 2, 5
Craig D. Barker, University of Michigan — 3, 7
Rachel Luch, Stevens Institute — 4
Steve Whitmore, Illinois State University — 6
Danny Gallagher, U.T. Austin — List Moderator
Sam Cooke, Clarksdale, Mississippi — Ambience