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Summary: The best humour book ever written
Review: I have read this book 14 times in the last 5 years and I still laugh when I read it! I collect comic stuff since I remember existing and this book beats everything. Every time I travel I take it along with me and everyone that reads just a couple of pages is imediatlly laughing out loud. Dave Barry jokes on every conceiveble aspect of traveling and "hits the spot" each and every time. More than 5 sters
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Summary: The funniest humor-writer alive
Review: I was introduced to Dave Barry's humor by this book, and since then have tried to read every piece of material that he has created. I have read over a dozen of his books now, but this one still makes me laugh the hardest. If it weren't for the constraint on my wallet, I would own everything that he has written. I recommend any one of his books for all that enjoy a good laugh, but his later ones are even funnier than their predecessors.
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Summary: This must be Barry's funniest book...
Review: I, like another reviewer below, was also introduced to Dave Barry through this book. It really is impossible to not laugh out loud while reading it. (Just thinking about it is making me laugh right now.) Some of the highlights of the book are Dave's summary of Walt Disney World ("do not fall out of the tram without first coming to a full and complete stop..."), his thoughts about flying and airports ("...in fact, when travelers aren't walking through the detectors, the security personnel use them to cook their lunch..."), and how to correctly fold a suit for packing (first, lay the suit on a flat surface, such as a tennis court...). Well, I guess I don't do justice to him. The innumerable charts and drawings only make you laugh even more. Be sure to read the Facts at a Glance for all the European countries.
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Summary: You'll never leave home if you read this book
Review: It's a good thing that Dave Barry's travel guide is untranslatable into any language other than American. Otherwise we might have to go to war with all of those countries that he reported to be shaped like a large ketchup stain, or where he had to shell out 4,000 pfarthings to use the public restroom. Our author does not take such insults lightly. Nor does he expect you to. This guide is filled with such useful phrases as, "Mi (esposo, esposa) es been tramplado por toros," or "Tuo fratello Raoul dormi con los pesces."Luckily, according to Dave, many foreign people speak our language. "Stick them up!" they'll say. "Please to be handing over your American Express traveler's checks! Don't leave home without them!" There are lots of useful airline tips in this book, such as how to behave if your airplane is infested by demons, how to fit a lawn tractor into the overhead baggage compartment, and what do about the 475-pound man in the adjacent seat who has forearms the size of Roseanne. For those of you who are afraid of flying, the author very kindly takes time to explain how an airplane flies (I didn't know an airplane wing had ailerons AND halyards). Dave doesn't just do Europe. He also takes on the fifty states ('Massachusetts is an Indian word meaning "place that is hard to spell"), Canada (which "boasts numerous goose-infested lakes"), and Mexico ("Unit of Currency - The Lambada"). I can't help wondering whether this book had anything to do with the current state of relations between ourselves and our closest neighbors. Don't let your kids read this book right before a history or geography test, especially not Dave's highlighted "Facts at a Glance" boxes. Even I know that the unit of currency in Greece is not 'The Sheep." It's the 'minimum.'
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Summary: You'll never leave home if you read this book
Review: It's a good thing that Dave Barry's travel guide is untranslatable into any language other than American. Otherwise we might have to go to war with all of those countries that he reported to be shaped like a large ketchup stain, or where he had to shell out 4,000 pfarthings to use the public restroom. Our author does not take such insults lightly. Nor does he expect you to. This guide is filled with such useful phrases as, "Mi (esposo, esposa) es been tramplado por toros," or "Tuo fratello Raoul dormi con los pesces." Luckily, according to Dave, many foreign people speak our language. "Stick them up!" they'll say. "Please to be handing over your American Express traveler's checks! Don't leave home without them!" There are lots of useful airline tips in this book, such as how to behave if your airplane is infested by demons, how to fit a lawn tractor into the overhead baggage compartment, and what do about the 475-pound man in the adjacent seat who has forearms the size of Roseanne. For those of you who are afraid of flying, the author very kindly takes time to explain how an airplane flies (I didn't know an airplane wing had ailerons AND halyards). Dave doesn't just do Europe. He also takes on the fifty states ('Massachusetts is an Indian word meaning "place that is hard to spell"), Canada (which "boasts numerous goose-infested lakes"), and Mexico ("Unit of Currency - The Lambada"). I can't help wondering whether this book had anything to do with the current state of relations between ourselves and our closest neighbors. Don't let your kids read this book right before a history or geography test, especially not Dave's highlighted "Facts at a Glance" boxes. Even I know that the unit of currency in Greece is not 'The Sheep." It's the 'minimum.'
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Summary: A classic!
Review: Quite easily one of the finest humor authors does it again! This is a hilarious account of traveling, not to mention a brief description of each U.S. state, and most European countries! Definetely recommended for anyone who knows a bit of history, or who travels a lot.
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Summary: A classic!
Review: Quite easily one of the finest humor authors does it again! This is a hilarious account of traveling, not to mention a brief description of each U.S. state, and most European countries! Definetely recommended for anyone who knows a bit of history, or who travels a lot.
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Summary: There's always plenty to see and do in Bulgaria!!!
Review: Quite possibly the funniest book ever!!! Dave Barry explains tourism, discusses airport security, and talks about european countries all in the same book!!! I will buy ANY Dave Barry book, but this is my favorite.
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Summary: Don't leave home without it.
Review: Sure, my copy is personally inscribed by the author, "For Maggie, with extreme passion--Dave Barry" (and, as the saying goes, I am not making this up) but I can still be objective. This is a very funny book. Alas and alack, the passion Mr Barry has is not for me, but for making us laugh. And the humorist does this in grand fashion. For example, page 142: "Ireland is not a large country. A competing guide book states that "you could drop its entire area into Lake Superior" is very funny to me, a Michigan native familiar with Lake Superior. Perhaps funnier still is the line: "There is also the Irish people, a warm and friendly lot who are constantly saying things like "Begorrah!" Alcohol will do this to people". Look, just buy the book. You'll laugh, and maybe, you can have Mr Barry inscribe it to you, with deepest passion, as well.
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Summary: Loved It!
Review: This is actually one of my favorite Barry books. It is one of the few humor books I have found funny the second and third time I've read it. I thought some of his tips were terrific, not to mention side-splittingly funny, and I nearly fell over laughing at some of the "historical" information. This may be a book you don't want to read in the company of others, lest they look at you like you're nuts. I was laughing out loud; there was something funny on every page.
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