This book contains a number of helpful lists. For example, there's a list titled "NICKNAMES FOR TOUGH UNICORNS." I find this useful because our kickball team's mascot is an inflatable unicorn, and we've been trying unsuccessfully to assign nicknames to our teammates for two seasons. This list offers perfect unicorn-themed kickball nicknames, such as Impaler, Mythdemeanor, Horny D, Rainblow, Crazy Horse, and (my favorite) Drill Bitch. Problem solved!
As this book's resplendent cover indicates, many of the lists are unicorn-themed.
Here are some of my other favorite lists:
FUTURE WINNERS OF THE NEW YORKER CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST
"You're doing something unusual, Harold!"
"I certainly am in a bar with other businessmen."
"This desert island is a bummer."
"I love being wealthy in the Hamptons."
"I'm saying a cliché in a different context, Pam."
"I like intercourse."
"I'm thinking something incongruous to what I'm doing."
TOTALITARIAN INSTITUTIONS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE FITTING FOR GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984, CONSIDERING HOW THAT YEAR TURNED OUT
The Ministry of Denim
The Ministry of Footloose Starring Kevin Bacon
The Ministry of the Beef and Where It Currently Is
The Ministry of Girls Just Wanting to Have Fun
The Ministry of Fools, and the Pity with Which Mr. T Regards Them
ACTUAL ENGLISH NAMES CHOSEN BY OUR ESL STUDENTS IN SUZHOU, CHINA
Napoleon
Beyoncé
Whiskey
Virus
Bob Shop
WAYS I WOULD SUBTLY MENTION MY INVENTION OF THE HOVERBOARD IN EVERYDAY CONVERSATION
"Yeah, traffic was terrible yesterday. But not for me, since I soared above it on my hoverboard."
"I like your hat. I would get one like it, but I'd probably lose it while riding my hoverboard."
"Yes, this week has gone by fast--fast like the hoverboard I invented."
"Excuse me. Could you pick up my pen? Unfortunately, it is susceptible to gravity, unlike my hoverboard."
"Did someone say 'hoverboard'? No? Well, now that we're on the subject..."
"Hoverboard! Which I invented."
HAIRCUTS I HAVE REVIEWED WHILE RIDING TO WORK ON THE SUBWAY
On a bowl cut: "This cut is to fashion sense what the microwave is to cooking: bland, insipid, and uninspired."
On a bob: "Great energy but poor execution."
On a crew cut: "A minefield of danger and delight. The gel says 'stay' and the spikes say 'play.'"
On a double French braid: "This casual luxury brings to mind Heidi of the Swiss prom."
On a short cut (male): "Wind-tossed fun--the happy drama of the ocean on the surface of the human head."
On a short cut (female): "A short, shorn bird's nest of salt-and-pepper respectability. Middle-aged never had it so good."
On a hat: "A triumph of understatement."