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Summary: I e-mailed Tom today to try to talk him into re-releasing it
Review: I still have my "Science Made Stupid", but I can't find my "Cvltvre" anywhere! "Science" is pretty funny, but "Cvltvre" wins by a nose. I still chuckle over the chapter about the history of non-Western society that goes something like this: "The cultures of Asia and Africa were very interesting and vitally important to understanding today's society. But that's all we'll say about them for the rest of this book." That's *exactly* how non-Greek ancient cultures are presented in every textbook I've ever read!
And who can forget "Beowulf vs. Godsylla", the Anglo-Saxon epic poem we all read in 10th grade.
Houghton-Mifflin! Reprint this classic satire!
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Summary: I e-mailed Tom today to try to talk him into re-releasing it
Review: I still have my "Science Made Stupid", but I can't find my "Cvltvre" anywhere! "Science" is pretty funny, but "Cvltvre" wins by a nose. I still chuckle over the chapter about the history of non-Western society that goes something like this: "The cultures of Asia and Africa were very interesting and vitally important to understanding today's society. But that's all we'll say about them for the rest of this book." That's *exactly* how non-Greek ancient cultures are presented in every textbook I've ever read!
And who can forget "Beowulf vs. Godsylla", the Anglo-Saxon epic poem we all read in 10th grade:Meanehwæl, baccat meaddehæle,.....monstær lurccen;
Fulle few too many drincce,.....hie luccen for fyht.
Ãen Hreorfneorhtðhwr,.....son of Hrwærowþheororthwl,
Æsccen æwful jeork.....to steop outsyd.
Þhud! Bashe! Crasch! Beoom!.....Ãe bigge gye
Eallum his bon brak,.....byt his nose offe;
Wicced Godsylla.....wæld on his asse.
Monstær moppe fleor wyþ.....eallum men in hælle.
Beowulf in bacceroome.....fonecall bamaccen wæs;
Hearen sond of ruccus.....sæd, "Hwæt ðe helle?"
Graben sheold strang.....ond swich-blæd scharp
Stond feorth to fyht.....ðe grimlic foe.
"Me," Godsylla sæd,....."mac ðe minsemete."
Heoro cwyc geten heold.....wiþ fæmed half-nelson
Ond flyng him lic frisbe.....bac to fen
Beowulf belly up.....to meaddehæle bar,
Sæd, "Ne foe beaten.....mie færsom cung-fu."
Eorderen cocca-cohla......yce-coeld, ðe reol þyng. Houghton-Mifflin! Reprint this classic satire!
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Summary: I e-mailed Tom today to try to talk him into re-releasing it
Review: I still have my "Science Made Stupid", but I can't find my "Cvltvre" anywhere! "Science" is pretty funny, but "Cvltvre" wins by a nose. I still chuckle over the chapter about the history of non-Western society that goes something like this: "The cultures of Asia and Africa were very interesting and vitally important to understanding today's society. But that's all we'll say about them for the rest of this book." That's *exactly* how non-Greek ancient cultures are presented in every textbook I've ever read!
And who can forget "Beowulf vs. Godsylla", the Anglo-Saxon epic poem we all read in 10th grade: Meanehwæl, baccat meaddehæle,.....monstær lurccen;
Fulle few too many drincce,.....hie luccen for fyht.
Ðen Hreorfneorhtðhwr,.....son of Hrwærowþheororthwl,
Æsccen æwful jeork.....to steop outsyd.
Þhud! Bashe! Crasch! Beoom!.....Ðe bigge gye
Eallum his bon brak,.....byt his nose offe;
Wicced Godsylla.....wæld on his asse.
Monstær moppe fleor wyþ.....eallum men in hælle.
Beowulf in bacceroome.....fonecall bamaccen wæs;
Hearen sond of ruccus.....sæd, "Hwæt ðe helle?"
Graben sheold strang.....ond swich-blæd scharp
Stond feorth to fyht.....ðe grimlic foe.
"Me," Godsylla sæd,....."mac ðe minsemete."
Heoro cwyc geten heold.....wiþ fæmed half-nelson
Ond flyng him lic frisbe.....bac to fen
Beowulf belly up.....to meaddehæle bar,
Sæd, "Ne foe beaten.....mie færsom cung-fu."
Eorderen cocca-cohla......yce-coeld, ðe reol þyng. Houghton-Mifflin! Reprint this classic satire!
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Summary: It's been years since I read it, but I still laugh at it
Review: I wish I had kept my copy. Is still remember stuff that was absolutely hilarious. "They were eaten by a bear", and the "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" build-it-yourself book was a scream. It's like PDQ Bach - the more you know, the funnier it is.
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Summary: It's been years since I read it, but I still laugh at it
Review: I wish I had kept my copy. Is still remember stuff that was absolutely hilarious. "They were eaten by a bear", and the "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" build-it-yourself book was a scream. It's like PDQ Bach - the more you know, the funnier it is.
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Summary: This is an incredibly funny book!
Review: My mother found this book somewhere a couple of years back, and I found it extremely funny. I read it over and over again, sometimes getting jokes that I had missed before. I lost my copy last year, and have been searching for it ever since. I am hoping to get it this year for Xmas. If you see a copy of this, snatch it up quick! (especially English and History lovers)
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Summary: They Were Eaten By A Bear
Review: This book is absolutely brilliant and hilarious; I was absolutely crushed to find out that it was out of print.
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Summary: A neglected masterpiece
Review: Why on earth is this book out of print? Why wasn't it a huge bestseller? It was and remains one of the funniest books I have ever read, worth rereading over and over again to get the bits you missed before
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