Joe the Plumber

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Joe the Plumber

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1jhedlund
Oct 17, 2008, 3:12 pm

In honor of America's newest celebrity, list five books having anything to do with plumbing - sinks, toilets, water, bathrooms, pipes, etc. Or those that have the name Joe in them.

Passing Time in the Loo by Steven W. Anderson
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
I can go Potty by Bonnie Worth
Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization by W. Hodding Carter
A Cup of Joe by Carly Shields

2CarolO
Oct 17, 2008, 3:25 pm

I didn't find anything in my library that fit this category...however, I have the following two books that for some reason others have tagged as 'poo':

Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble

...but I suppose that was meant as a review rather then a subject matter...

4MarianV
Oct 17, 2008, 7:57 pm

The pipes are calling Niall Williams
Circling the drain Amanda Davis
Devil in the drain Daniel Pinkwater
Who's in the loo?Jeanne Willis
Royal flush Rex Stout

5AMQS
Oct 18, 2008, 7:48 pm

Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz
I'm Still Here in the Bathtub: Brand New Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz
There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George
Waiting by Ha Jin (what I'm doing when I'm expecting a plumber)
A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke (why I never pursued a career in plumbing)

6Scratch
Nov 13, 2008, 11:26 am

Everyone Poops, Taro Gomi
Tale of a Tub, Swift
The Dripping Faucet, Edward Gorey
Joe, Larry Brown
Love You Forever, Robert Munsch (see front cover for relevance)

and...

anything published by Fawcett Crest (geddit?)

8millwheel
Nov 17, 2008, 12:30 pm

Let it Bleed by Ian Rankin
The Knowledge of Water by Sarah Smith
Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie
Swimming Pool Sunday by Madeleine Wickham

and now I'm torn between the name:
Adventures of Little Joe Otter by Thornton Burgess
and probably my favourite book of all time which features a flooding in the cellar:
Waters Under the Earth by John Moore

9kathyw
Nov 17, 2008, 5:56 pm

SEa of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
Like water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivil
Black water by Joyce Carol Oates
Prince across the water by Jane Yolen
Night over water by Ken Follett

10Copperskye
Nov 17, 2008, 8:14 pm

The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

and one of my childhood favorites:
Beautiful Joe by Marshall Saunders