North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 103, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 19, 2005 Page: 5 of 10
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Target to pull cold medicine off shelves
Tuesday - April 19, 2005 - Page 5
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Discount retailer
Target Corp. will no longer allow unfettered
access to cold medicines that are used to make
the illegal stimulant methamphetamine.
Target stores nationwide will pull many
cold, allergy and cough remedies from their reg-
ular shelves and sell them only from pharmacy
counters, the company announced Monday.
The restrictions apply to all over-the-counter
drugs containing pseudoephedrine, including
children's medicines, tablets, liquids and gel-
caps, spokeswoman Carolyn Brookter said.
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Books fueled with humor, hijinx
'Atomic Wedgies' defines
classic pranks, new roguery
Clarisa Ramirez
Life Editor
If the cast from National
Lampoon's Animal House
were to join forces with a group
of prepubescent boys, they
would probably come up with
something similar to "Atomic
Wedgies, Wet Willies, and Other
Acts of Roguery" by Greg
Tananbaum and Dan Martin.
This brand-new paperback
is an illustrated guidebook
of over 50 pranks, including
an after-prom party favorite,
the Magic Mustache (draw-
ing facial hair with marker
on the victim's face) and the
popular pool-party Rat Tail
(whipping someone with a
rolled, wet towel).
At first I was surprised that
this book, which appears to
be aimed at a younger crowd,
found its way to our office.
But with the popularity of
showrs like MTV's Punk'd,
there is no doubt that this
book will find its way into the
hands of many adults.
Besides the illustrations
featuring only males per-
forming the pranks, this book
is humorous because it takes
itself so seriously: there are
definitions, tips for execu-
tion and a chart ranking the
pain, annoyance, embarrass-
ment, and difficulty each
MIC
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LLIES
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ACTS OF
prank involves.
There are recognizable
classic pranks, like Wet Willie,
"Pull My Finger" and the
Charley Horse, and newer
ones that I plan to practice on
my younger sister.
The most enjoyable part of
flipping through this crude
book, for me at least, is the
memories it evokes of carefree
high school days, like when
my friends and I covered a
drunken friend's face with
cookies, tied his shoelaces
together and poked a broom
up his pants.
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Survival guide for life after
college offers absurd advice
Claudia Nwaogu
Staff Writer
Providing a hilarious spin to tips on
landing a job after college, "The Dog Ate
My Resumé: Survival Tips for Life After
College" by Zack and Larry Arnstein is a
great read.
However, students should not take the
book too seriously because of the amount
of humor and absurd advice the two
authors provide.
This is strictly a parody of a guidebook.
The father and son pair, who at times can
seem very cynical, joke in their book that
the likely career possibility for a sociology
or religious studies major is a waiter.
Anthropology and women's studies
majors also land the positions of waiters
and waitresses after graduation, while
English literature majors are suited as
house-sitters.
On tips for an interview, the authors
advise job seekers to talk about their
desire to kill their last boss, as that will
let the prospective employer know the
job-seeker want to be treated well.
The men also advice job seekers to
chew gum during interviews, talk about
themselves in third person and offer
cigarettes to the employer.
However, the authors offer some helpful
tips such as providing information on how
to organize and customize a resumé. But
their sense of humor is not lost as they advise
job seekers looking for a job as a bouncer to
The "DOG
7\te My
"Resume
Survival tips for life after college
LEARN HOW TO;
Plunder Resources at Your University!
• Develop a Co Getter Attitude! (Or at Least
Fake One) * Be Fashionably Late for Job
Interviews! • Weigh the Pros and Cans
of Living at Home! (Contains No Pros)
• Bring an Abrupt End to Conversations
About Your Future!
Zaok Arnstein, class of 02
Larry arnstEín, class of '67
include convictions such as assault and bat-
tery charges on their resumés.
A conviction of petty crime, according
to the authors, can be written in a resumé
as an "aggressive business practice."
Finally, the words of encouragement
the authors provide are for job seekers to
tell themselves daily, "Most people out
there are more incompetent than me."
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North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 103, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 19, 2005, newspaper, April 19, 2005; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145221/m1/5/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.