Post #430842 by Cammo on Mon, Jan 26, 2009 3:48 PM

You guys really have me thinking about this Leaded Paint Question. I've been thinking about it so much I'm gonna write a history book! But - since I don't have any opinion of any kind about Leaded Vs. Non-Leaded Paint, the book will have to follow a certain format.

Namely;

1. There will be no bibliography.

2. Cram that book with photos. Writing will be kept at an absolute minimum.

3. There will be no 1st person interviews actually documented. I'll just interview a few people, then just describe the interview in the loosest possible terms. That way I can later claim the interview supports any view that becomes popular later.

4. Mention no specific dates.

5. No Primary Sources.

6. No Secondary Sources.

7. Make the whole back of the book Translations of the extremely short text. This is confusing and makes you look like you speak 18 langueges fluently.

8. Name it something BIG. Like, "History of Paint". Then you can say you wrote the definitive book on the .... well..., "History of Paint"!

9. Find some experts who actually know the history of paint, ask them all about it, write notes like crazy promising them that they will be the central characters in the book, then when the book actually hits the presses just mention them in teeny weeny type at the very back underneath the copyright information and those edition numbers that nobody reads anyway. Then don't answer your phone for about 6 months.

Again, this works on ANY subject! It's fun! Everybody try it except for Kuku!