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Summary: Haven't read yet
Review: ...because I haven't got it yet - ordered it correctly, and got "Who Cut the Cheese - A Cultural History of the Fart". Just wanted to warn shoppers that there are two VERY DIFFERENT cut the cheese books out there, and not all the used sellers can tell the difference!
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Summary: One "Grilled Cheese" to go!
Review: Actually, the cheese that is being grilled is Spencer Johnson's "Who Moved My Cheese?" This book is, in my not so humble opinion, a perfect parody - the look, the feel, the whole mental state. The big difference is that "Who Cut the Cheese?" is gut rippingly funny! If you measure humor in laughs-per-page, this book is the value of the Millenium. If you're stressed out from work, or from self-help books, Dr. Jarlsberg definitely has the cure. Highest ratings!!
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Summary: One "Grilled Cheese" to go!
Review: Actually, the cheese that is being grilled is Spencer Johnson's "Who Moved My Cheese?" This book is, in my not so humble opinion, a perfect parody - the look, the feel, the whole mental state. The big difference is that "Who Cut the Cheese?" is gut rippingly funny! If you measure humor in laughs-per-page, this book is the value of the Millenium. If you're stressed out from work, or from self-help books, Dr. Jarlsberg definitely has the cure. Highest ratings!!
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Summary: Does the world need another "Who Cut the Cheese?"
Review: Amazing: This month (Sept 2000) two separate books from two major publishers (Crown Publ. and Simon & Schuster) are releasing books called "Who Cut the Cheese?" and yet neither one seems to be about, well, you know. For that topic you'll have to check out last year's "Who Cut the Cheese" by Jim Dawson (Ten Speed Press). Cutting edge, indeed.
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Summary: Cheese Whiz
Review: Do not, under any circumstance, read this book in a team-building meeting. You might get fired or worse, promoted. It is "laugh-out-loud," funny, witty, wry, saracastic and fairly helpful. I mean, now I know why I didn't get the jobs I should have gotten. Drats, had I just read this book who knows where I'd be today. All paradody's are not created equal. The orginal Cheese book was "ripe" for satire because, it actually took itself seriously. Hello? And its outstanding sales are a scary commentary on our sound bite generation of business cheesewhiz kids. Who Cut the Cheese, cuts the mustard as far as lampoons go. Just carefully choose who you share it with. One guy I read aloud to started to tear up. Seems the orginal cheese book affected him quite deeply and he was not amused at the jabs. Ah well.
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Summary: Cheesy? No. A truer (than the original) tale of the rat race
Review: For those out there who have felt forced, or coerced by management, to have to read the book, "Who moved my cheese", you will immediately see the immense humor of this parody by Jarlsberg. Sadly, you will also see the truth. In page layout, writing style and book size, "Who Cut the Cheese" is an incredibly funny, yet all too true, twisted retelling of the small, best-selling management book. Do not feel that you have to read "Who Moved My Cheese" in order to appreciate the humor of this book. It stands alone...and is a much better read, frankly. And if you must waste money on yet another business management book, why not have some fun with it? Change IS good after all! One can only wonder if the sole purpose behind reading the other book, "Who moved my cheese" is just to make long-time, loyal employees pack their bags and leave their companies in search of real cheese elsewhere...and some respect. To seek out employment in a place where the people you work for might appreciate the fact that you do indeed have a brain. Because there is nothing in that book that most employees don't already know about managing change. Jarlsberg's book, however, cleverly uncovers what's really going on in workplaces today. He shows how employees find their own unique, if not sometimes underhanded or downright evil, ways of coping with change, and that change can be good. And the authors didn't even pay me a dime to say all that, although they are laughing their way to the bank, I'd imagine. So, too, are the authors of that other cheese book...I think, buying this one instead, is money better spent.
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Summary: Damn funny!
Review: I'm a big fan of office humor books (Dilbert is my patron saint) but nothing I've read until now prepared me for the relentless flurry of hilarious jokes in Dr. Jarlsberg's "Who Cut the Cheese?" If you're eating, you'll choke. If you're drinking coffee, you'll shoot it out your nose. If you're wearing good clothes, you'll wet yourself. If you're reading the book in church, you'll go to Hell. It's THAT funny! I experienced real pain at being forced to read the original (and distinctly UN-funny) "Who Moved My Cheese?" at work. Now I'm glad I did, if only to enhance my appreciation of this little hand grenade of a parody. I'm buying a handful to give as office gifts for the holidays (okay, so I'm cheap). Hint - there are jokes hidden everywhere in this book, so don't overlook the fine print. On the copyright page, in microtype, it says "printed on acid free paper because the stuff with acid burned our fingers." Hey, you've GOT to love a book like this!
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Summary: Caution! You Could Hurt Yourself Laughing!
Review: I'm a big fan of office humor books (Dilbert is my patron saint) but nothing I've read until now prepared me for the relentless flurry of hilarious jokes in Dr. Jarlsberg's "Who Cut the Cheese?" If you're eating, you'll choke. If you're drinking coffee, you'll shoot it out your nose. If you're wearing good clothes, you'll wet yourself. If you're reading the book in church, you'll go to Hell. It's THAT funny! I experienced real pain at being forced to read the original (and distinctly UN-funny) "Who Moved My Cheese?" at work. Now I'm glad I did, if only to enhance my appreciation of this little hand grenade of a parody. I'm buying a handful to give as office gifts for the holidays (okay, so I'm cheap). Hint - there are jokes hidden everywhere in this book, so don't overlook the fine print. On the copyright page, in microtype, it says "printed on acid free paper because the stuff with acid burned our fingers." Hey, you've GOT to love a book like this!
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Summary: Caution! You Could Hurt Yourself Laughing!
Review: I'm a big fan of office humor books (Dilbert is my patron saint) but nothing I've read until now prepared me for the relentless flurry of hilarious jokes in Dr. Jarlsberg's "Who Cut the Cheese?" If you're eating, you'll choke. If you're drinking coffee, you'll shoot it out your nose. If you're wearing good clothes, you'll wet yourself. If you're reading the book in church, you'll go to Hell. It's THAT funny! I experienced real pain at being forced to read the original (and distinctly UN-funny) "Who Moved My Cheese?" at work. Now I'm glad I did, if only to enhance my appreciation of this little hand grenade of a parody. I'm buying a handful to give as office gifts for the holidays (okay, so I'm cheap). Hint - there are jokes hidden everywhere in this book, so don't overlook the fine print. On the copyright page, in microtype, it says "printed on acid free paper because the stuff with acid burned our fingers." Hey, you've GOT to love a book like this!
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Summary: Damn funny!
Review: If you read "Who Moved My Cheese", you have to read this too. I loved it. My husband kept shooting me funny looks as I was reading it because I couldn't stop laughing. To really appreciate it, you should read the original book first. But, even if you haven't read the original, it's still quite funny and is worth a good laugh.
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