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- From: nichael@bbn.com (Nichael Cramer)
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- Subject: _Stark Naked_
- Date: 23 Dec 92 10:04:08
- Organization: BBN, Cambridge MA
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- Way back, lo these many years, I saw a book called, of all things,
- _Stark Naked_. It was a collection of "funny" overly-appropriate
- names. (For example, the weatherman N. Clement Weather or the
- inebriated lounge singer Butch Yourarmsaroundmehoney.) As I recall it
- was illustrated by Searles[?]. It may have been written by him, too,
- but that's just speculation.
-
- Anyway, does anyone know this book or, preferably, know where I can
- find a copy?
-
- I have no idea why the book was called _Stark Naked_. It turns out,
- moreover, that there are several books with this title, which has
- tended to make book searches through normal channels a little
- difficult.
-
- BTW, the subtitle is "A [?????] Fantasy"; does anyone know a name for
- this type of pun/joke?
-
- Nichael "...and they opened their thesaurus and offered
- ncramer@bbn.com him gold and frankincense and myrrh."
-