Thursday, September 23, 2004

How To Choose A Book

From Middle Age Maddness with a hat tip to Sharp As A Marble:

My 85 year old aunt sent me this puzzle and asked for my recommendation. I am having problems as te books seem on the surface, based upon the summary below, to be just alike. Wich one would you pick? "Titanic" or "My Life" by Bill Clinton?

Titanic: $29.99
Clinton: $29.99

Titanic: Over 3 hours to read
Clinton: Over 3 hours to read

Titanic: The story of Jack and Rose, their forbidden
love, and subsequent catastrophe
Clinton: The story of Bill and Monica, their forbidden love, and
subsequent catastrophe

Titanic: Jack is a starving artist
Clinton: Bill is a bullshit artist

Titanic: In one scene, Jack enjoys a good cigar
Clinton: Ditto for Bill

Titanic: During ordeal, Rose's dress gets ruined
Clinton: Ditto for Monica

Titanic: Jack teaches Rose to spit
Clinnton: Let's not go there

Titanic: Rose gets to keep her jewelry
Clinton: Monica's forced to return her gifts

Titanic: Rose remembers Jack for the rest of her life
Clinton: Clinton doesn't remember Jack

Titanic: Rose goes down on a vessel full of seamen
Clinton: Monica...ooh, let's not go there, either

Titanic: Jack surrenders to an icy death
Clinton: Bill goes home to Hilary...basically the same thing

Great...now I have to rent or borrow a copy of TITANIC.

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