Buttle's World

10 January, 2007

Updating the Classics

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 14:54

Credit (blame?) me for this one:

What are the four shortest books in the world?

  • English Gourmet Cooking

  • Italian War Heroes

  • Two Thousand Years of German Humor

  • Artistic, Cultural and Technological Contributions of the Muslim World

2 Comments »

  1. Because algorithm and algebra are latin rooted words, right?

    add the words “since 1800” and you might have a decent argument, but you’d still have a bad punchline.

    Comment by fred — 10 January, 2007 @ 15:16

  2. Two words would make a short book.

    (And Germans are never actually funny?)

    Comment by buttle — 10 January, 2007 @ 16:34


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