Then and Now

jonks

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http://yourmonkeycalled.com/po...book-titles-if-theBook Titles, If They Were Written Today

Then: The Wealth of Nations
Now: Invisible Hands: The Mysterious Market Forces That Control Our Lives and How to Profit from Them

Then: Walden
Now: Camping with Myself: Two Years in American Tuscany

Then: The Theory of the Leisure Class
Now: Buying Out Loud: The Unbelievable Truth About What We Consume and What It Says About Us

Then: The Gospel of Matthew
Now: 40 Days and a Mule: How One Man Quit His Job and Became the Boss

Then: The Prince
Now: The Prince (Foreword by Oprah Winfrey)
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His comments section has some good ones. Here's mine:

Then: The Old Testament
Now: Moses and the Staff of Destiny, Year 0 at Hogwarts
 
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Then: Pride and Predjudice
Now: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

(that one's actually real, although not exactly what you were after)

Okay, I'll try a proper one.
Then: The Republic (AKA Plato's Republic)
Now: How to Win an Argument: Techniques for Beating Your Opponent to an Intellectual Pulp
 

InflatableBuddha

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From the comments:

Then: The Catcher in the Rye
Now: PARENTS BEWARE: Your Angsty, Depressed Teenager may be Drinking to Extremes and Surfing Porn on the Internet

Sounds about par for ATOT ;).
 

jagec

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Then: The Prince by Machiavelli.
Now: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Presidency by Dick Cheney.
 

jonks

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Then: Alice in Wonderland
Now: A Cogent Argument for the Legalization of Prohibited Substances

Then: Roots
Now: Tyler Perry Present's Tyler Perry's Roots, A Tyler Perry Novel Authored and Editted by Tyler Perry, Tyler Perry Publishers, NY










Tyler Perry.
 
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Then: Don Quixote
Now: A Gentleman's Guide to Heroism and the Golden Age of Chivalry, or Windmills: A Primer.

Then: Oedipus
Now: Motherf***er!
 

Zedtom

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Then: Huckleberry Finn

Now: Runaway! A teenager escapes from his pursuers with lies and deception.
 

jonks

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Originally posted by: OCguy
Then: The Koran

Now: Why your infidel ass deserves to be decapitated.

Decapitation is not the removal of the ass.



Then: If I Did It by OJ Simpson
Now: Ok, I Did It. (eh, even then it was "I Did It")

 
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Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
Originally posted by: jonks
Originally posted by: OCguy
Then: The Koran

Now: Why your infidel ass deserves to be decapitated.

Decapitation is not the removal of the ass.

Would decapitation of an ass involve the removal of a (turtle) head?

You guys are morons. Clearly he means you need to educate your donkey on the teachings of the Qur'an or the beast will be beheaded.
 

Crono

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This thread is full of win and :laugh:

Then: Histories of Herodotus
Now: Once You Go Ethiopian...
 

Kadarin

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Then: On the Origin of Species
Now: Intelligent Design - Studies in Origin Science
 

lokiju

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I heard Adam Corolla call into some local morning show yesterday and did a bit that reminds me of this but about porn titles.

Like in the 80's a title would make you wonder what it was about but now days it's like Debbie bangs 2 guys in a van down by a river.

:laugh:
 

StinkyPinky

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Then: Treasure Island
Now: Big Gay Pirate Adventure

Then: Robinson Crusoe
Now: Robinson Crusoe (featuring Tom Hanks)

Then: Uncle Toms Cabin
Now: Black History Month: Uncle Toms Subjugation