Your Disgusting Head: The Darkest, Most Offensive and Moist Secrets of Your Ears, Mouth and Nose (How Books: Haggis-On-Whey World of Unbelievable Brillance) (Hardcover)

~ Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey (Author) "The first thing we need to cover is the obvious: where has your mouth been?..." (more)

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For many years the scientific and educational community has wondered and worried about the possibility that semi-sane scholar-pretenders would find the means to put out a series of reference books, filled with ludicrous misinformation and aimed at children.

Well, we offer you YOUR DISGUSTING HEAD by Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey. A world-renowned and much feared expert on everything, Dr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey has seventeen degrees from eighteen institutions of higher learning. With her husband, Benny, she has traveled the world many times over, has learned about all aspects of life, including outer space and food, first hand.

The human body is beautiful and mysterious. The mysterious part reeks of cheese. But no part of your body is as scary and horrifying as your head! In YOUR DISGUSTING HEAD: The Darkest, Most Offensive--and Moist--Secrets of Your Mouth, Nose and Ears, Dr. & Mr. Doris Haggis-on-Whey reveal -- through newly discovered discoveries -- all the ways in which your head disappoints you.

With such amazing information as:

• The ear was invented and designed by Feranando de la Mancini Goldfarb, in 1911, which was also a good year for yeast.

• Good Reasons for teeth removal: dentist did it; peer pressure; not sharp enough; found better teeth, like, on the ground; suspected of enjoying flossing; decay and mouth politics.

• The real reason your ears can't hear your pets talking. The answer is simple: your pet is a mumbler."

With the wit and irreverent sense of humor for which Dave Eggers and McSweeney's is known, comes the second volume in the revolutionary Haggis-On-Whey World of Unbelievable Brilliance books. More than just entertaining and informative, YOUR DISGUSTING HEAD will help you appear smarter, more in touch with your sensitive side and whiten your teeth. And much, much more that will likely sicken you.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (September 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743267257
• ISBN-13: 978-0743267250
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #296,143 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A collation of remarkable facts, November 17, 2004

By	Paul - See all my reviews

A gorgeously illustrated book. Many pages are suitable for color xeroxing and framing. If you have a stack of old National Geographics or social studies textbooks that you're keeping around for the pictures, this book will make your stack neatly obsolete.

Dr. H.-O.-W. has a breezy, wry writing style that makes the sometimes-startling science within go down very smoothly indeed. Anyone with a head must -- nay, MUST -- read this book, at least parts of it. Highlights include knitting a tongue cozy; aminals of Madagascar; significant stories and charts; games and educational fun; and other highlights.

There is a dangerously widening gulf between those who have read this book and those who haven't, and reading it is the only way to truly know which side you want to be on.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, an explanation for the human ear (and more)., November 1, 2004

By	Avideyore (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews

Why are ears so freakish and weird, even more alien than the roofs of our mouths or the gnarled depths of our bellybuttons? If you think all that showy cauliflowery serves a purpose, you're wrong. Thanks to the exhaustive research of Dr. Doris Haggis-on-Whey (and her eversmiling sidekick, Benny), we now know who to blame: Fernando de la Mancini-Goldfarb, the infamous procrastinator and inventor who designed the ear in a rush of poor-planning one night in 1911. It all makes sense now, no?

"Your Disgusting Head" is packed with similarly illuminating facts, drawings, and diagrams, each specially designed to edify and entertain -- the perfect panacea for all the gift-buying challenges in your life, from the littlest child to the tallest adult.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars whoa., December 20, 2004

By	jay (seattle) - See all my reviews

i had no idea that my head was so disgusting. after reading this book, i've decided that i'm only keeping my head around until i find a suitable cover for the top of my neck, something not unlike a chimney topper that makes it nearly impossible for squirrels to crawl down and die (the chimney, not my neck).

ten pages into this book, i bought a few as presents. you're welcome, present-recipients. highly recommended and quite enlightening. you'll like.