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Summary: Extremely funny. Maybe a little over the top.
Review: A wonderful book. The diagrams are especially funny. Weingarten should leave the Post and write more books.
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Summary: Ranges from "laugh 'til you cry' to "just silly'
Review: An easy read. The really funny parts were excellent and at the worst it was just silly. His message at the end is worthwhile.
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Summary: See if you can stop laughing....
Review: Funny, funny, funny. You'll be reading aloud to whoever is nearby. Guaranteed. Takes all your worst nightmares and rolls them into one frighteningly delightful book. A worthy descendent of Three Men In A Boat, the first hypochondriac's guide to life. Buy it and prepare for some lengthy investigations on the Internet...diseases you've never heard of and don't want to imagine, described in lovely detail. The only thing that could make it better would be illustrations!
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Summary: See if you can stop laughing....
Review: Funny, funny, funny. You'll be reading aloud to whoever is nearby. Guaranteed. Takes all your worst nightmares and rolls them into one frighteningly delightful book. A worthy descendent of Three Men In A Boat, the first hypochondriac's guide to life. Buy it and prepare for some lengthy investigations on the Internet...diseases you've never heard of and don't want to imagine, described in lovely detail. The only thing that could make it better would be illustrations!
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Summary: The funniest book I have ever read!
Review: Gene Weingarten has produced a book that is at once funny, neurosis producing, and touching. The review of hypochondria is so funny that I found myself reading it out loud to family and friends. For example, the book recounts the story of King Charles II being treated for a minor stroke by, among other things, having holes drilled into his head to drain the bad humors. As he lay on his deathbed because, no doubt, he had holes drilled in this head, the King thanked his doctors for their heroic efforts. Weingarten gives the marginal hypochondriac the tools to become a full fledged hypochondriac by listing minor symptoms that could be preludes to serious diseases. I will forever think of this book when I sneeze and wonder if I have been exposed to Anthrax. The book ends with a touching story of Weingarten's own serious medical problem, which he claims cured him of his hypochondria. This book tended to reinforce my prejudice that when it come to medicine maybe the cure is worse than the disease.
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Summary: The Hilarious Way to Feed Your Hypochondria
Review: Gene Weingarten has produced a book that is at once funny, neurosis producing, and touching. The review of hypochondria is so funny that I found myself reading it out loud to family and friends. For example, the book recounts the story of King Charles II being treated for a minor stroke by, among other things, having holes drilled into his head to drain the bad humors. As he lay on his deathbed because, no doubt, he had holes drilled in this head, the King thanked his doctors for their heroic efforts. Weingarten gives the marginal hypochondriac the tools to become a full fledged hypochondriac by listing minor symptoms that could be preludes to serious diseases. I will forever think of this book when I sneeze and wonder if I have been exposed to Anthrax. The book ends with a touching story of Weingarten's own serious medical problem, which he claims cured him of his hypochondria. This book tended to reinforce my prejudice that when it come to medicine maybe the cure is worse than the disease.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Ha! What a hysterical book! I showed it to everyone who would look. I'm going to pass my copy around to my friends. I loved the diagram of the male and female body parts. And the Rorshach blots! Hee! And the chapter about how cancer is not funny just completely cracked me up.Every doctor's office in the world should have a copy of this book. It's great!
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Ha! What a hysterical book! I showed it to everyone who would look. I'm going to pass my copy around to my friends. I loved the diagram of the male and female body parts. And the Rorshach blots! Hee! And the chapter about how cancer is not funny just completely cracked me up. Every doctor's office in the world should have a copy of this book. It's great!
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Summary: most hilarious book i have came across
Review: i brought this book from a warehouse sale not knowing that i got a gem! it's real funny even when i re-read it! even my bf who doesn't enjoy reading read it n laughed out loud!
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Summary: Funny? Yes! But there's a valuable lesson here too.
Review: I couldn't help myself from laughing out loud at times. But what I find so great about this book is that amidst the punch lines are a few really valuable insights. Gene Weingarten has made it his mission to find a deadly disease to go with every possible minor complaint just to show that almost anything can be a symptom of a deadly disease, so if you are determined to imagine the worst, you can always find something to fear. What makes this book truly worthwhile, not just entertaining, is the fact that Gene Weingarten not only understands hypochondria but also has discovered the sure-file cure ("as effective as Bactine on a boo-boo," as he puts it).
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