Books
September, 1984
Charlie Haas's What Color Is Your Parody (Price, Stern, Sloan) is one of the funniest self-help books ever to cross our desk. Here are some of Haas's suggestions for job applicants: "Do not say, 'I'm a convicted forger, I am semiliterate, I pour a cup of Jack Daniel's on my Product 19 to start the day.' Instead say, 'I'm gifted in graphics, I am not hung up on verbal concepts, I have interesting recipe ideas.' "He also reminds women in the job market that "only men can wear power...