Read It While You Can

Ammon Shea is an author who writes about other books. His latest is "The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads."

Despite debunking rumors that reading phone books figured in famous filibusters, a host of unusual uses and stories fill these white pages.
Yo mama's so fat, she's got mo' chins than a Hong Kong phonebook... But what happens to humor if the phone book actually disappears?

Audio Embed: Weekend Edition Sunday 10/3/10, Host: Rebecca Roberts