Rating: Summary: Book Description Review: "Who Cut the Cheese?" uses a delightful little fable to encapsulate the fundamental rule of modern American management and the new economy: "Survive change by shifting blame."The fable revolves around two malevolent rats and two spiteful "Punypeople" who find themselves trapped together in a maze fighting over a dwindling supply of constantly moving cheese. Some characters adapt readily to this treacherous, shifting environment--blaming the weak and overpowering the helpless. Others perish in horror, praying for death. Read this book and live! Written for all ages, the story can be understood by even the youngest reader: the "maze" is a metaphor for life, and the "cheese" is a metaphor for whatever you desire in life - be it worldly goods, spiritual well-being, or unspeakable sexual encounters too deviant even for the Internet. The more advanced reader will also understand the secondary message of the book - "Resistance is futile." As soon as change happens, we must accept it immediately or suffer the consequences. This heavy-handed lesson is designed to engender unquestioning obedience to authority, and makes the book an ideal gift for subordinates. Large companies would be well advised to give this book to each and every one of their employees, especially if they are considering a restructuring to bolster shareholder value. Extremely short, even including illustrations, the story takes less than an hour to read, but its unsettling conclusions on the nature of humanity should last a lifetime!
Rating: Summary: useless toilet humor Review: a second star is given for the two times it made me chuckle. but if you're trying to decide wether to spend your 13 dollars on this book or in the diner down the street on a cheeseburger and a strawberry shake, opt for the cheeseburger. unless you are a fan of fart jokes and toilet humor, which i haven't found funny since the age of 9, don't buy this book. there's simply not much there.
Rating: Summary: Read This Book and Live! Review: Any book as bad as Who Moved My Cheese? deserves to have not just one, but two parodies written about it, and probably to have both of those parodies read. This is definitely the better book -- it's as bold and outrageous as the original was trite and ridiculous. If you've ever wondered how your boss got to be your boss and still is, READ THIS BOOK! If you have a boss whose motto is, "Do as I say, not as I do," READ THIS BOOK! Or if you really just want a good laugh about the way things really work in corporate America, READ THIS BOOK! You won't be disappointed!
Rating: Summary: LOfreakingL! =) Review: Anyone who doesn't appreciate this humor didn't read the original book (and therefore don't understand the utter stupidity and why it deserved to be mocked by the creation of this one). The original, "Who Moved my Cheese?" Is the biggest piece of garbage ever written... so of course it's a bestseller. One should probably read this (but for God's sake, don't buy it!) before reading this book.... and once you do, you'll be glad you did. I noticed that one reviewer didn't appreciate the humor, so I just wanted to point out that this was a parody: it is meant to have the crude humor that it used, because as crude as it is it isn't anywhere as crude as the technique used in the original. =) As for me, I relate to the hands... (read the darn book to understand =) ) -J.H.C.
Rating: Summary: Deceptive Advertising Stinks Review: Hey- there's nothing at all in this book about farts. That's very disapointing for two reasons: the title (and the author's name) wrongly implies flatulent contents; and, that's what I wanted to read about! Clean up your act, Brown.
Rating: Summary: Brilliant! Review: I chose this version based on the review that said this is the one you want, and warned that a DIFFERENT one was disgusting and scatalogical. If this is the better one, I'm truly afraid to imagine what the worse one is like. Much of this book is so vile that I would never be willing to type what it says, but here is milder example: "and as the Cheese Depot had no rest rooms, the atmosphere grew progressively more unbearable. Duck and Cover chopped up their cubicles and formed...cleverly concealed trap doors over pits filled with feces-smeared punji stakes. But their excellent defensive measures could not remedy their lack of cheese."
Rating: Summary: Gross, disgusting, and worst of all, NOT FUNNY Review: I chose this version based on the review that said this is the one you want, and warned that a DIFFERENT one was disgusting and scatalogical. If this is the better one, I'm truly afraid to imagine what the worse one is like. Much of this book is so vile that I would never be willing to type what it says, but here is milder example: "and as the Cheese Depot had no rest rooms, the atmosphere grew progressively more unbearable. Duck and Cover chopped up their cubicles and formed...cleverly concealed trap doors over pits filled with feces-smeared punji stakes. But their excellent defensive measures could not remedy their lack of cheese."
Rating: Summary: LOfreakingL! =) Review: I hated this book. I felt like it was such a waste of my time. The stereotypes and the crudeness were not funny.
Rating: Summary: What a waste of paper Review: I hated this book. I felt like it was such a waste of my time. The stereotypes and the crudeness were not funny.
Rating: Summary: Devil Cow was funnier. Review: I have observed Mr. Brown's comic talents for some time now. I can say that "Devil Cow and Jelly are friends" is the best thing he has ever done, if not the single greatest comedic moment of our lifetimes.
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