Comments on: Parents are, like, soooo lame! http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/parents-are-like-soooo-lame/ The shame of library collections! Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Angel http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/parents-are-like-soooo-lame/#comment-5389 Angel Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:20:08 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-5389 I was intrigued that the cover appears geared to cool guys and gals, but the content only advises them how to meet boys! I was intrigued that the cover appears geared to cool guys and gals, but the content only advises them how to meet boys!

]]> By: Sarah http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/parents-are-like-soooo-lame/#comment-4497 Sarah Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:59:18 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-4497 from the looks of the two on the cover Dealing With Parents involves a shallow grave a short distance into the woods... from the looks of the two on the cover Dealing With Parents involves a shallow grave a short distance into the woods…

]]> By: Pearl http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/parents-are-like-soooo-lame/#comment-3027 Pearl Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:37:16 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-3027 Hilarious! I must admit that the subject of the book is perfectly sane and logical, we all have problems with those weird people who we call mom and dad. It's just very unexpected to find a book from 1950's with that cover and that title. But overall, I would definitely pay $0.60 for that:) I'd buy it for my children as well, and read it myself so maybe I could finally deal with my <a title=" " href="">parents</a>.... And I'm 38 years old:) Priceless! Hilarious!

I must admit that the subject of the book is perfectly sane and logical, we all have problems with those weird people who we call mom and dad.
It’s just very unexpected to find a book from 1950’s with that cover and that title.

But overall, I would definitely pay $0.60 for that:) I’d buy it for my children as well, and read it myself so maybe I could finally deal with my parents…. And I’m 38 years old:)

Priceless!

]]> By: LG http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/parents-are-like-soooo-lame/#comment-1499 LG Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:36:46 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-1499 The cover frightens me. They look like mass murderers. Or maybe just mannequins. The cover frightens me. They look like mass murderers. Or maybe just mannequins.

]]> By: LG http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/parents-are-like-soooo-lame/#comment-1498 LG Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:31:28 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-1498 Yeah, that one made me go "huh?" Are they talking racial lines, socioeconomic lines, something else? Yeah, that one made me go “huh?” Are they talking racial lines, socioeconomic lines, something else?

]]> By: TexasT http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/parents-are-like-soooo-lame/#comment-1432 TexasT Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:13:58 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-1432 Scoff all you want, but this book served me well as a pre-teen when I bought it way back in 1962 or so. It had a different cover (hardcover), and wonderfully whimsical illustrations. It saved my sanity and my temper when handling parents and teachers back then, and all the way through graduate school. In fact, many of the lessons learned back then were still helping me well into the 21st century, but with “other problems” such as Bosses from Hell. Sure, a lot of the advice is now extremely dated, but a lot is far more universal and timeless than one would think. Of all the books I’ve read during my lifetime, this is probably the one that contributed the most practical advice and that had the most important positive impact on my life -- both immediately and through all the ensuing decades. I owe Ernest Glenn Osborne big time. Scoff all you want, but this book served me well as a pre-teen when I bought it way back in 1962 or so. It had a different cover (hardcover), and wonderfully whimsical illustrations. It saved my sanity and my temper when handling parents and teachers back then, and all the way through graduate school. In fact, many of the lessons learned back then were still helping me well into the 21st century, but with “other problems” such as Bosses from Hell. Sure, a lot of the advice is now extremely dated, but a lot is far more universal and timeless than one would think. Of all the books I’ve read during my lifetime, this is probably the one that contributed the most practical advice and that had the most important positive impact on my life — both immediately and through all the ensuing decades. I owe Ernest Glenn Osborne big time.

]]> By: Syl http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/parents-are-like-soooo-lame/#comment-1267 Syl Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:44:38 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-1267 ROTF! ROTF!

]]> By: Rosie http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/parents-are-like-soooo-lame/#comment-1214 Rosie Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:01:32 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-1214 Really...what IS the wrong way to meet boys? (Or the right way, for that matter?) Really…what IS the wrong way to meet boys? (Or the right way, for that matter?)

]]> By: mary http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/parents-are-like-soooo-lame/#comment-1213 mary Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:41:30 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-1213 ha! love it. when you weed stuff you just sell it, right? dont throw that away. its a classic! lol ha! love it. when you weed stuff you just sell it, right? dont throw that away. its a classic! lol

]]> By: Courtney http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/parents-are-like-soooo-lame/#comment-1091 Courtney Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:11:09 +0000 http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-1091 I hope libraries hold on to these types of books. Please don't let the hipsters hoard them! I hope libraries hold on to these types of books. Please don’t let the hipsters hoard them!

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