This is the winning title for the auspicious Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year!
And a fine book it is, I'm sure. Sadly, it doesn't appear to be on sale at Amazon; you'll have to look elsewhere if you enjoy your poo cooked. And who doesn't? Waste not, want not, as they say.
[You'll probably be relieved to know "poo," in this case, is Thai for "crab."]
[I know I was.]
From article - Telegraph.com:
"Mr Andoh's Pennine Diary Memoirs of a Japanese Chicken Sexer in 1935 Hebden Bridge by Stephen Curry and Takayoshi Andoh is considered a worthy entry.
The book is the story of Koichi Andoh, who traveled from Japan to Yorkshire in the 1930s to train workers at a hatchery business the art of determining the sex of one-day-old chicks.
A Taxonomy of Office Chairs and The Mushroom in Christian Art are also among the favourites.
Previous winners of this prestigious literary award include: Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers, How to Avoid Huge Ships and Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way.
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes and the Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich have also been awarded."
Couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. Not really sure that's a bad thing.
Couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.
