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Friday, September 10th, 2004 01:05 pm

And will continue to do so for about a week. By which I mean to say they are casting off things people haven't bought yet. It's an eclectic mix, if you have a sudden urge to own the Last 200 Years of Earrings, various psych texts, The New Chihuahua or a smattering of history, geology or science you might find something to love.

Me, I went in to collect Pride and Promiscuity and I found this!

How to Dunk a Doughnut; the Science of Everyday Life"

"In 1998, Len Fisher attracted media attention around the world with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. His studies resulted in the receipt of a spoof "IgNobel Prize" award, a letter of commendation from the Government Chief Scientist, and a nomination by The Times newspaper as an 'Enemy of the People'"

It has a discussion of the laws of thermodynamics and egg boiling, am going to use it on doofus after his amusing and very dodgy attempt to explain the difference between his mother's egg boiling time and his own was due to genetically engineered chickens designed to lay slow boiling eggs.