By Dave Barry
A brilliantly humorous exploration of the treacherous country of maturity via the Pulitzer Prize-winning slapstick comedian. a few humans may well ask yourself what this topic has to do with Dave Barry, for the reason that Dave's struggled challenging opposed to becoming up his complete life-but the result's one of many funniest, warmest, so much pitch-perfect books ever on that mystifying territory we name "adulthood". In hilarious, brand-new items, Dave tackles every thing from fatherhood, new fatherhood ("Over the subsequent 5 years, you'll spend approximately forty five mins, overall, hearing songs you're keen on, and approximately 127,000 hours to songs exploring issues similar to how the horn at the bus is going* [*It is going: 'Beep! Beep! Beep!']"), self-image, the conflict of the sexes, celebrityhood, expertise, parenting types, yes unmentionable scientific strategies ("There is admittedly no cause to be scared of a vasectomy, other than that: THEY minimize A gap on your SCROTUM."), and masses extra. it's a e-book of natural pride from the guy one newspaper claimed "could turn into an important American slapstick comedian due to the fact Mark Twain" (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)...though, frankly, we expect they have been indulging in a few grownup drinks on the time.
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Why is it always our responsibility to worry about blah and blah, not to mention blah, while you are unable to spend even two minutes thinking about blah? Blah blah blah blah blah. Hello? Did you hear anything I just said? A. What? Q. WHY DON’T MEN LISTEN TO WOMEN? A. They do listen. But they listen for specific information. Men are problem-solvers. They are doers. When you talk to them, they are listening to determine (a) what the problem is, and (b) what they need to do about it, so that they can (c) resume watching ESPN.
Assuming that was her. Technology There was a time when the human race did not have technology. ” I was a child then, and it was horrible. There were only three TV channels, and at any given moment at least two of them were showing men playing the accordion in black and white. There was no remote control, so if you wanted to change the channel, you had to yell at your little brother, “Phil! ”) Your household had one telephone, which weighed eleven pounds and could be used as a murder weapon. ” Everybody would come sprinting into the living room, because in the 1950s long distance was more exciting than sex.
Your daughter must wear a different costume for each routine, because God forbid she should appear onstage twice with the same costume. So for each routine, you are required to buy a costume, which your daughter will never ever wear again, because that is the system used by the dance-recital-costume industry, following a business model originally developed by crack dealers. Your daughter will also need makeup, as specified by strict written dance-studio guidelines, which require that, because these are young girls with flawless skin, they must wear a sufficient quantity of cosmetic products to cover a regulation volleyball court, or, to put it another way, Cher.