PL8SPK
Each word is taken from the vanity plate master list issued by the DMV*
HOW2WIN FRENZ ANNDD NFLUENC PEEPLE, UMORON
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IKANT BLEEVIT. WHENEVR
IGO2 ZE BOOKSTR IC
MORNMOR HOWE2 BOOKES “FER DUMMYS”! MANY
THOUSAN! DAT PUBLSHR
HAZZ GT2BRCH BYENOWW.
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HOONOO THEKEY2
PUBLSHN 6S
WUZ SOEZ: IFI INSULTU,
UU WILLBUY. NQWDBLE!
OKNOW INOALL IND2NO
2KRE8 MYOWNN LIST
UV CANTLUZ BSTSLR
SLFHLP TITLES.
CMN SOON FROM
PL8SPK BOOKS:
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“ORIGAMI FOR LUNITIX”
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“PHANCEE ITALYUN COOKNN FFORE PUNX”
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“ABSTRKT XPRSNSM FORRR
LOWLYF PEEPL”
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“OPERATC SINGIN FORE
OLDUGLI PATHETK
DISOLUT SLFCTRD
SKIZOID BUMS”
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“DA GEEKBOY BOOKE
OF ADVANSD
SWDISH MASSAJ”
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IEVEN HAV THE ADVRTZN
SLOGAN REDI2GO. IT SEZ: “YULITL PHREEK, JUS
BYTHEBK UND GOAWAE WUDJA?!”
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For PL8SPK translation, please see Page 33.
(BEGIN TEXT OF INFOBOX / INFOGRAPHIC)
PL8SPK Translation
How to Win Friends and Influence People, You Moron
I can’t believe it. Whenever I go to the bookstore I see more and more how-to books “For Dummies”! Many thousand! That publisher has got to be rich by now.
Who knew the key to publishing success was so easy: If I insult you, you will buy. Incredible! OK, now I know all I need to know to create my own list of can’t-lose, bestseller self-help titles. Coming soon from PL8SPK Books:
“Origami for Lunatics”
“Fancy Italian Cooking for Punks”
“Abstract Expressionism for Lowlife People”
“Operatic Singing for Old Ugly Pathetic Dissolute Self-Centered Schizoid Bums”
“The Geekboy Book of Advanced Swedish Massage”
I even have the advertising slogan ready to go. It says: “You little freak, just buy the book and go away, would ya?!”
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