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Summary: Wholly Ad Nauseum
Review: There is absolutely no white space in this layout! Ad Nauseum is packed cover to cover with pages packed top to bottom with great Onion-isms. This book will take anyone a year to complete! Plus-you learn a great new word-ad nauseum (or is that 2?)
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Summary: Great stuff, but Vols 1 - 12 were better
Review: This book is great and a very funny read. If you enjoyed "Our Dumb Century" you will love this. I think though that Volumes 1 through 12 were a bit better though. :-)GC
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Summary: "Book Appeals to Child, But Not Mother"
Review: This book literaly made me laugh out loud. It sent both me and my friend into near hysterics. Here are some of my favorite titles:
Yak Chews Thoughtfully
You Hurt Me Just Now When You Hit Me With That Shovel
God Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder
A Homey In Need
No Jennifer Lopez News Today
...and a WHOLE LOT MORE.
Unfortunately, soon after I bought this source of joy and entertainment, my mother took it away from me, because she is easily offended, which was not the intended audience (due to a lot of bad words and occasional mention of sex). I'm not supposed to like anything that my parents don't. ....!
But it was sure as heck a great book. If you're easily offended, you may want to buy a different volume (the rest aren't quite as offensive), or just visit the web site.
All in all, though, you should at least read some of it!
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Summary: Boy, That Was Sure a Great Book! (Opinion Article)
Review: This book literaly made me laugh out loud. It sent both me and my friend into near hysterics. Here are some of my favorite titles:
Yak Chews Thoughtfully
You Hurt Me Just Now When You Hit Me With That Shovel
God Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder
A Homey In Need
No Jennifer Lopez News Today
...and a WHOLE LOT MORE.
Unfortunately, soon after I bought this source of joy and entertainment, my mother took it away from me, because she is easily offended, which was not the intended audience (due to a lot of bad words and occasional mention of sex). I'm not supposed to like anything that my parents don't. ....!
But it was sure as heck a great book. If you're easily offended, you may want to buy a different volume (the rest aren't quite as offensive), or just visit the web site.
All in all, though, you should at least read some of it!
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Summary: Funny
Review: This is funny stuff. It's topical, irreverent, & probably to some (but not me) offensive. (It has some post 9/11 humor.) If you like this kind of material, you'd probably also like 2 other books; "No One's Even Bleeding" & "Delano".
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Summary: Hilarity on every page.
Review: This is one of the funniest books I have ever bought. If you happen to be familiar with The Onion's online news site, you will absolutely love this book. It is filled to the brim with some of the funniest headlines and stories I have ever seen. Such as "Nation's Dog Owners Demand To Know Who's A Good Boy" and "Girlfriend Changes Man Into Someone She's Not Interested In." And even though you know the headlines and stories are fake, it manages to pull you into it's own reality. If you are looking for something to read that will leave you bawling with laughter get this book. You WILL NOT be sorry.
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Summary: "Book Appeals to Child, But Not Mother"
Review: What can I say? This book has literally made me--and my friends--laugh out loud. I just about exploded every time I read it. It was my main source of happiness, laughter, and joy.
Unfortunately...
I made the devastating mistake to leave this book downstairs when eating breakfast. My mother found it, and I asked her where it was. She told me that she had taken it away from me because of looking in it and reading some of the articles. That brings me to the only drawback to this book: profanity. Despite being absolutely hysterical, The Onion is filled with bad words. Sex is occasionally mentioned too. Why can't my mother understand that there are hardly any funny books that don't have at least a few swears here and there? But, anyway...
You'll chuckle at the headlines. You'll giggle at the STATshots. You'll practically bowl over at the headlines mentioned on the sidebar (whose articles aren't in the book anyway). However, the real gem of Ad Nauseam is the series of articles where the only sentence is "Passerby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood". Most of these articles have a caption written in those little caption boxes that articles have. Instead of the normal quotes, there will be something like "All the good priests are either saying married women or gay", "I'll do anything easy to lose weight", or "I don't know *which* boatload of sailors I love!" and a lot more.
And, who wouldn't love the horoscopes? (I ADORE them). You've just got to like the People's Opinions section, and the lists.
If you don't mind profanity, get Ad Nauseam today!
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: What I love best about this book, and The Onion in general, is how deftly the same gimmick can be recycled over and over again without losing any of its hilarity or considerable charm. The first time I read The Onion, I soaked a $90 pair of Kenneth Cole trousers in a flood of urine. The second time I dared to read this masterly publication, my bowels errupted with Vesuvian force, and from that moment I was a fan. My hope, my dream, really, is that this book spawns a sequel; I would love to see another volume of the News Archives. I am a bit of a clothes horse, and The Onion helps reduce this burden.
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