Name That List, #17

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Strap-on sex
Male pregnancy
Bananas in art
Primate remains
Late blight of potato
Pinstriping of motor vehicles
Animal carcasses in art
Sit-down dancing
Milking machines
Compulsive hair pulling
Infant salvation
Deviant behavior in rabbinical literature
Hurricane modification
Quails as pets

They're all subject headings in the Library of Congress catalog.
(inspired by the Silverfish Newsletter which has a running series of posts about Ridiculous Library of Congress Subject Headings)

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Posted By: Alex - Wed May 02, 2012
Category: Name That List

Comments

Just more proof that one should not leave important things in the hands of bureaucrats!

BTW, have they got that library digitized yet?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 05/02/12 at 10:39 AM

Thought it was things you'd find in a preacher's home.

Posted by Baughbe on 05/02/12 at 11:39 AM

College courses was my tentative guess. Shoulda had "Cartoon characters Presidents modeled themselves after"
George W Bush- Yosemite Sam
:lol: (sorry couldn't pass it up)

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 05/02/12 at 10:41 PM

I was gonna say "Things on WU for the month of April"

Posted by Mini Viking on 05/03/12 at 11:35 AM

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