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Summary: Hilarious tales of travel mishaps
Review: Great humor infuses these widely different but generally very enjoyable tales of travel travail.Right from the start, the introduction sets the mood with one tiny vignette: how did one person deal with a public toilet in the Amsterdam library? It's a side-splitting tale that succeeds brilliantly when read aloud. There are many wonderful tidbits in this collection (by some acclaimed writers), a few odd losers, but on balance this is a great book to infuse a little humor into the ever-unpredictable realm of travel. Absolutely first rate as a travel companion. I laughed aloud often.
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Summary: Funny stories for a quick short read
Review: Here is a colletion of travelers tales many of which will at least force a grin on your face. Most of the stories are short thereby offering you an opportunity to get a quick read while on a fifteen minute break at work. While there won't be any great revelations made, people who regularly travel ought to be able to relate. The book is comprised of republished stories of known authors (e.g. P.J. O'Rourke, Art Buchwald, Dave Barry). Therefore if you are a fan of a particular author you won't see anything new here. Barry's work, for example, comes form Dave Barry does Japan. That is not to say it is less funny, it just isn't new if you've read his other works. Granted there are a some boring ones in here. O'Rourke's tale and the Duck of Peace, however, make up for those few which cause you to wonder why you are reading this. If you do find yourself wondering why you are reading the book though, take heart in the words from the hilarious introduction. "In short, if there's a story in here you don't find particularly funny, rest assured that our careful, mind-numbing research found that several people nearly wet themselves while reading it."
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Summary: Funny stories for a quick short read
Review: Here is a colletion of travelers tales many of which will at least force a grin on your face. Most of the stories are short thereby offering you an opportunity to get a quick read while on a fifteen minute break at work. While there won't be any great revelations made, people who regularly travel ought to be able to relate. The book is comprised of republished stories of known authors (e.g. P.J. O'Rourke, Art Buchwald, Dave Barry). Therefore if you are a fan of a particular author you won't see anything new here. Barry's work, for example, comes form Dave Barry does Japan. That is not to say it is less funny, it just isn't new if you've read his other works. Granted there are a some boring ones in here. O'Rourke's tale and the Duck of Peace, however, make up for those few which cause you to wonder why you are reading this. If you do find yourself wondering why you are reading the book though, take heart in the words from the hilarious introduction. "In short, if there's a story in here you don't find particularly funny, rest assured that our careful, mind-numbing research found that several people nearly wet themselves while reading it."
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Summary: It's All Right, But...
Review: I bought this book in anticipation of a long and arduous car trip through the Canadian Rockies. The roads in that area are absolutely deadly to a car and more so to drivers. Hence, I was looking for something to read when my spouse took over the wheel, something amusing that would take my mind away from the 400 foot drop and the avalanches. This book is it. Sorta. A lot of these stories are of the "American Abroad" school: nope, it ain't like back home at all. This can be funny for awhile, but soon one starts asking why, if they hated not being able to order a Cheeseburger in English in Katmandu so much, bother going at all? Then there's those humorists who simply use travel as a hook for their funny stories. Simply put, these stories are the traveller's edition of "three guys go into a bar..." Humor has to be about more than cheap laughs, otherwise it becomes stale very quickly. Simply put, this book is amusing for a while, but don't expect more than a fast, shallow read and then back to negotiating those hairpin turns
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Summary: Not worth the $
Review: I bought this book in the expectation of a "laugh aloud" amusing book. I enjoy the other writings of several of the contributors, including Peter Mayle, Dave Barry, and PJ O'Rourke, but for some reason ALL these stories fell flat. I made it about half way through the book, and finally gave up. It was too painful. These mishaps were just dull and whiney. I believe I smiled two or three times, but never found anything amusing enough to elicit even a giggle. If you want enjoyable, humorous travel stories, purchase Mayle's "A Year in Provence", but leave this book alone.
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Summary: purile (.adolescent ) humor that provokes no belly laughter
Review: I was extremely disappointed in this book which I expected to be humorous. The title is- but so far I have found nothing worth a guffaw! It is extremely adolescent genital humor. Many known humorists are given a one liner at the end of uinknown writers "hilarious accounts". I could do better myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Book focuses on toilet humor
Review: I've enjoyed the Travelers' Tales books because they are a great way to learn about a culture while also enjoying a good read. Unfortunately, Lansky's book focuses too much on grade-school toilet humor and not enough on the true humor that is found when one explores new cultures and countries. I rarely found myself laughing at the stories in this book.
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Summary: Absolutely hilarious....
Review: Now this is a funny book! If you've spent any time travelling at all, you will be able to identify with the hardships that become hilarity presented here. It's so important to keep a sense of humor out there. Take this book with you on your next flight, and annoy your seatmate as you guffaw!! Enjoy!!
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Summary: There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled
Review: Subtitled, "...on the Road Less Traveled," this collection of short stories about the trials and tribulations of the somewhat unwitting, somewhat unknowing, and very amusing writers in odd moments is indeed a very enjoyable read. I roared through Bill Bryson's (see RQP reviews dated in March 1999) attempts to buy a train ticket for Stockholm, and wept through his "walk" through Paris. Dave Barry's attempts to "learn japanese in five minutes" will also leave most readers in tears of laughter. We accompany David Foster Wallace on a Celebrity Cruise in the Carribean and are eternally grateful that we have never and now, WILL never take one ourselves. We find out what Lara Naaman cooks up in Cuzco when the boyfriend's daliances are exposed, and we find ourselves with P.J. O'Rourke and his friend, Dorothy on a "holy" holiday from hell at a religious themepark called, Heritage USA (of Jim and Tammy Faye Baker infamy). Called the 'best of travel humor and misadventure', this is the type of book that should be read on metros and airplanes; where bemused strangers, unable to contain their curiosity any further will beg you what you are reading. A book to be shared with friends who have traveled and know that, while giggly funny, these stories DO happen, and they happen to all of us!  A fun gift for a traveler as well.
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Summary: There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled
Review: Subtitled, "...on the Road Less Traveled," this collection of short stories about the trials and tribulations of the somewhat unwitting, somewhat unknowing, and very amusing writers in odd moments is indeed a very enjoyable read. I roared through Bill Bryson's (see RQP reviews dated in March 1999) attempts to buy a train ticket for Stockholm, and wept through his "walk" through Paris. Dave Barry's attempts to "learn japanese in five minutes" will also leave most readers in tears of laughter. We accompany David Foster Wallace on a Celebrity Cruise in the Carribean and are eternally grateful that we have never and now, WILL never take one ourselves. We find out what Lara Naaman cooks up in Cuzco when the boyfriend's daliances are exposed, and we find ourselves with P.J. O'Rourke and his friend, Dorothy on a "holy" holiday from hell at a religious themepark called, Heritage USA (of Jim and Tammy Faye Baker infamy). Called the 'best of travel humor and misadventure', this is the type of book that should be read on metros and airplanes; where bemused strangers, unable to contain their curiosity any further will beg you what you are reading. A book to be shared with friends who have traveled and know that, while giggly funny, these stories DO happen, and they happen to all of us! A fun gift for a traveler as well.
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