How to Live to Be 100 – Or More: The Ultimate Diet, Sex, and Exercise Book
George Burns
1983
This book should have been weeded by the owning library because 13 pages are missing from the middle of it. Darn it, I wanted to read about how George Burns does side bender exercises! Mr. Burns is drinking a martini and/or smoking a cigar in many of the photos in this book. Our anonymous library cataloged this in the 613’s with the subject headings “aged — care and hygiene,” “exercise for the aged,” and “longevity.” When he died in 1996, should the book have been moved to another section? Just wondering.
Holly
17 responses so far ↓
Nicole // July 8, 2009 at 7:57 pm |
I agree this should be weeded, but George Burns did live to be 100!
marykelly48 // July 8, 2009 at 8:53 pm |
He obviously knew his stuff!
woodenmask // July 11, 2009 at 6:21 pm |
Unfortunately, he didn’t make it to 100. He died at 90.
Miles // July 12, 2009 at 6:04 am
George Burns lived from 1896 to 1996. He was 100 years old.
Kate // July 8, 2009 at 8:52 pm |
I’m wondering if you think the book should have been in the humor number in the 800s or if has enough advice to really fit into the 613 area?
(I’m too nerdy for words.)
marykelly48 // July 8, 2009 at 8:59 pm |
I was thinking the same thing! And I am too nerdy for words and so is Holly. In fact she is worse!
Mary
Jon Gorman // July 8, 2009 at 11:34 pm |
I’m with the others. If it is a humor book, great. I’d love to read more Burns. If it’s full of practical advice on what he did to make a 100, well heck, I’ll take it.
I am entirely sure that had he not fallen, he would have made it to 149. Don’t know why that number, but it seems right.
Anna J. // July 9, 2009 at 3:37 am |
My god, this is a beautiful site. I’m thrilled that it exists.
hhibner // July 9, 2009 at 9:45 am |
That’s a great discussion point, Kate, and exactly why I mentioned possibly moving it to another subject area. It is a really funny book! I browsed through it and was cracking up. I think it was a stretch to call it a health book, even in its day, so 613 doesn’t seem right. Yes, I think I’d go with an 800 number in the humor section.
Lorcan Dempsey // July 9, 2009 at 10:24 am |
A worldcat link on these entries would give a sense of just how much weeding is prudent …. presumably you want to have at least a couple of copies within the system
Incidentally, you can get a sense of its subject distribution at
http://deweybrowser.oclc.org/classify2/Classify?swid=009066224
Rose // July 9, 2009 at 12:45 pm |
Having been a public library page in the 1980’s it’s fascinating how many of these books I actually recognize from when they were legitimate circulating members of the collection! Good Times!
Triple L // July 9, 2009 at 3:36 pm |
The cigar makes it so much better than it already is… haha
Kate B. // July 10, 2009 at 11:32 am |
Oh, my gosh. My mom owned this book.
Jeannie // July 10, 2009 at 6:29 pm |
I still miss this wonderful fella.
I agree: if those pages weren’t missing, you could relocate the book to the 800s.
Mazurka // July 11, 2009 at 5:06 pm |
Making fun of dead people for not being like us! What a charming idea! Hey, how about that Abraham Lincoln guy! Stovepipe hat! Chopped down trees, didn’t even use a chain saw! And you should have seen him try to dance! We must be the coolest generation ever!
Sorcha // July 18, 2009 at 11:14 pm |
We had this book! It was a free gift when we bought something from Best. I think we bought a coffeemaker, but being like, 8 at the time, I don’t remember.
The Beautiful Kind // July 24, 2009 at 1:27 pm |
I’m going to start smoking cigars.