Dating Your Mom

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Summary: It did it for me
Review: Praise Jesus. I nevber knew that such a book would ever be available. Mr. Frazier really know about the Christlike spirit that eminates through the true respect and love of the parent figure. God Bless you brother Frazier

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Summary: Essays from the bottom of the file cabinet - put 'em back!
Review: Remember the guiy in high-school that never seemed to ever wash his hair, talk to anyone, or attend any school events, and was always smoking who-knows-what? If it was a comedy high-school, this is what he would have written (and it was edited by the guy that always sat in the courtyard playing chess by himself). Of the 15 essays I read (and I had trouble forcing myself to get past the first paragraph on any of them), only one was remotely funny. And, his title essay, "Dating your Mom", is too incestuous to be even remotely funny.

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Summary: Don't bother
Review: The reviews I read for this book described it as funny and quirky. It was neither. The book is very short and is made up of essays that average 3 pages long--it doesn't have much meat to it. And I found the essays dense, hard to get through, and most of all, not funny. If you want to read a book of humorous essays, read David Sedaris. If you've already read David Sedaris, read him again. This book is a good one to miss.

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Summary: Don't bother
Review: The reviews I read for this book described it as funny and quirky. It was neither. The book is very short and is made up of essays that average 3 pages long--it doesn't have much meat to it. And I found the essays dense, hard to get through, and most of all, not funny. If you want to read a book of humorous essays, read David Sedaris. If you've already read David Sedaris, read him again. This book is a good one to miss.

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Summary: Howlingly funny
Review: There is not a dud in here. I've loaned and given this book to so many people and every single one has come back to me raving about how hilarious it was. I consider this book to be right in the mainstream of the magnificent New Yorker humor tradition, and I'd recommend it to almost anyone.

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Summary: I think I ruptured my spleen...
Review: This has to be one of the funniest things I have read in recent history. Although there are a few pieces in the book, such as "Bob's Bob House" and "How I Did It" that sorta flopped on the ground like a beached tuna, the essays that worked were hysterical. I lost most of my tea reading most of the essays. (I think this book has absorbed more tea than I have.) A must for any lover of bizarre humour.

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Summary: I think I ruptured my spleen...
Review: This has to be one of the funniest things I have read in recent history. Although there are a few pieces in the book, such as "Bob's Bob House" and "How I Did It" that sorta flopped on the ground like a beached tuna, the essays that worked were hysterical. I lost most of my tea reading most of the essays. (I think this book has absorbed more tea than I have.) A must for any lover of bizarre humour.