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<p>If you always dread the second date, follow this hilarious book's sage advice, and you'll never have one again:</p> <p>* Make a list of things he has to change in appearance and behavior before he can be with you.</p> <p>* Tell him you once tried to kill your ex, then start to laugh hysterically.</p> <p>* Bring a book of baby names to your first date and circle the ones you like with a pink marker.</p> <p><i>50 Sure Ways for a Girl to Stay Single</i> is a guidebook that's helpful in a number of critical situations. For example, if you want to end that desperate loser's crush on you, employ these shrewd strategies:</p> <p>* Never shave.</p> <p>* Chew with your mouth open.</p> <p>* Chain smoke.</p> <p>If your clueless friend just can't understand why her relationships don't last, slip this book into her bag and hope she recognizes herself in these classic gems:</p> <p>* Never even try to pay the bill.</p> <p>* Use I don't know as an answer for everything.</p> <p>* Bring up your ex as often as possible.</p> <p>* Always put men down.</p> <p>If you're fed up with the whole dating scene and need a good laugh about it, have a giggle over these wicked scenarios:</p> <p>* Keep staring at his package and then sigh repeatedly as if disappointed.</p> <p>* Give him a detailed description of the sex dream you had about his best friend.</p> <p>* Tape over his porn with <i>Touched by an Angel</i>.</p> <p>Each piece of advice is illustrated with the author's own stylized and sophisticated, but slightly silly artwork, which makes the book even funnier. <i>50 Sure Ways for a Girl to Stay Single</i> is goofy, yet hip, with great visual and comic appeal.</p>