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Nine-Year-Old Boy Writes Book On How To Talk To Girls

Posted by samzenpus on from the 3rd-grade-best-seller dept.

A creative writing project in a nine-year-old's class has turned into a 46-page hardcover book called "How to Talk to Girls." The original handwritten pamphlet was a bestseller at a school book fair where it sold for $5 a copy. The book fair fame eventually got Alec Greven an invitation to be on a local TV show and a publishing deal with HarperCollins. "It is easy to spot pretty girls because they have big earrings, fancy dresses and all the jewellery," he writes in chapter three. "Pretty girls are like cars that need a lot of oil." I'm sure Alec's book already has a dozen four-star reviews on Amazon.

9 comments

  1. Smart and popular? by rocketman768 · · Score: 1

    A smart boy, avid reader, who picks up lotsa chicks? Nah... Girls select for dumbness and overconfidence.

    1. Re:Smart and popular? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      At least you're not bitter.

    2. Re:Smart and popular? by Abuzar · · Score: 0

      Damn, where was this kid when I was in garde 2? Could have used some pointers :-)

    3. Re:Smart and popular? by Farmer+Pete · · Score: 1

      It's only funny cause it's true

    4. Re:Smart and popular? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Damn, where was this kid when I was in garde 2? Could have used some pointers :-)

      Like how to spell 'grade'?

  2. Attention Slashdot Readers!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This is a must read for you. Especially those of you that don't get out much! Hell some of you may not have even talked to a girl since you were 9, besides of course your mother or grandma whose basement you reside in.

  3. Car analogy. by moose_hp · · Score: 1

    "Pretty girls are like cars that need a lot of oil."

    I'm pretty sure he reads/posts in slashdot.

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    1. Re:Car analogy. by internerdj · · Score: 1

      Not if he got a book about interacting with women published...

    2. Re:Car analogy. by moose_hp · · Score: 1

      Considering that I can publish a book about driving trucks without having actually drived one...

      In soviet russia, cars make analogies about you.

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