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Precious Bodily Fluids.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

December 2, 2009 |

You really have to wonder what went on in the mind of the person who designed the cover for The RE/Search Guide To Bodily Fluids by Paul Spinard. Obviously this was not an easy subject to sum up with a single picture, but why they chose to illustrate it with what appears to be a sweaty large intestine is beyond me. The publisher’s description is equally enticing:

This guide sparks a radical rethinking of our relationshiup with our bodies and Nature, humourously (and seriously) spanning the gamut of everything you ever wanted to know about bodily functions and excreta.

The website also includes an excerpt on vomit. This book promises to tell you more than you ever wanted to know about your precious bodily fluids, but, if you want to read more, there are those children’s classics Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi and The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts by Shinta Cho. While not exactly covering the same topic, they are books in a similar…vein.


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  1. Baino on December 2, 2009 1:31 pm

    You’ve just brought the term ‘widely read’ into a whole new sphere! We have a comedy game show over here where celebrity contestants are asked to sing a passage from such obscure volumes as this to a nominated tune and the ‘panel’ has to guess what the song is, very funny stuff! (First word in your Captcha is “Dumps”.

  2. Christopher on December 2, 2009 6:20 pm

    What a funny idea for a game show.

    And about that Captcha, I assume it’s completely random, meant to weed out spam and whatnot, but it does sometimes pick words that are surprisingly apropos. Maybe its other purpose is to make sure you’ve been reading. I assume, though, people here will read what they’re commenting on.

  3. Peptodismal on December 4, 2009 5:39 pm

    Yes, I would call that GRAPHIC design.Mercifully, the design is cut off at the bottom. I poked at it with a stick and divined a lottery number, so it does have its purposes.

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