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From the fevered and alien parasite-infested mind of Reddit
D-Lister Top_Gorilla17 comes the first volume of his tales of scum,
villainy, and perhaps if you buy him enough slippery nipples, a bit
of ribaldry! Behold this whimsical and disturbing peek into the
psyche of the self-described Emperor of Iowa, and his many
adventures, most of which really happened! Bear literary witness to
the time he farted on a duly elected government official! Chortle
with rapturous glee as he recounts the time he broke all ten of the
commandments of the Hebrew God! Shift your weight uncomfortably as
you find out, quite against your will, precisely what he means by
the phrase 'Hot dogging'! So don't be caught in that airplane
lavatory reading yet another Dan Patterson novel, you weenie!
Instead, read the critically-ignored 'Top Gorilla's Tales Of Scum
And Villainy,' which Top_Gorilla's girlfriend was heard describing
as "Pretty good, I guess."
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Duck Light
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Gillian A Corsiatto; Edited by Jock MacKenzie; Illustrated by Alison Forsberg
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A.J. Jacobs learned the hard way that donning a tricorne hat and
marching around Manhattan with a 1700s musket will earn you a lot of
strange looks. In the wake of several controversial rulings by the
Supreme Court and the on-going debate about how the Constitution should
be interpreted, Jacobs set out to understand what it means to live by
the Constitution.
In The Year of Living Constitutionally, A.J. Jacobs tries to get inside
the minds of the Founding Fathers by living as closely as possible to
the original meaning of the Constitution. He asserts his right to free
speech by writing his opinions on parchment with a quill and handing
them out to strangers in Times Square. He consents to quartering a
soldier, as is his Third Amendment right. He turns his home into a
traditional 1790s household by lighting candles instead of using
electricity, boiling mutton, and—because women were not allowed to sign
contracts— feebly attempting to take over his wife’s day job, which
involves a lot of contract negotiations.
The book blends unforgettable adventures—delivering a handwritten
petition to Congress, applying for a Letter of Marque to become a legal
pirate for the government, and battling redcoats as part of a
Revolutionary War reenactment group—with dozens of interviews from
constitutional experts from both sides. Jacobs dives deep into
originalism and living constitutionalism, the two rival ways of
interpreting the document.
Much like he did with the Bible in The Year of Living Biblically,
Jacobs provides a crash course on our Constitution as he experiences
the benefits and perils of living like it’s the 1790s. He relishes, for
instance, the slow thinking of the era, free from social media alerts.
But also discovers the progress we’ve made since 1789 when married
women couldn’t own property.
Now more than ever, Americans need to understand the meaning and value
of the Constitution. As politicians and Supreme Court Justices wage a
high-stakes battle over how literally we should interpret the
Constitution, A.J. Jacobs provides an entertaining yet illuminating
look into how this storied document fits into our democracy today.
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20TH CENTURY FOX Two
reckless but lovable all-American bros make a strong case for
maturing slowly through their outrageous yet enlightening
misadventures. My brother and I are looking for wedding dates for
our cousin's wedding. We've been told by the bride that bringing
dates is "mandatory" so we "won't harass all of my friends all
night" and "stay under control." Rather than ask some fringe women
in our lives to go and face the inevitable `does this mean he wants
to take it to the next level?!' questions, we'd rather bring
complete strangers and just figure it out...We're both in our 20s,
single, dashingly tall, Anglo-Saxon, respectfully athletic, love to
party, completely house trained...love our mother, have seen Love
Actually several times...raw, emotional, sensitive, but still bad
boys....You should be attractive or our aunts will judge you, but
not TOO attractive or one of our uncles might grope you. Dave and
Mike Stangle thought nothing of it when they boozily decided to
turn to the "activity partners" section of Craigslist to solicit
dates to their cousin's wedding. The hilarious, out-of-this-world
ad that they came up with-featuring a picture of the two brothers
as centaurs-immediately went viral, eventually landing these
Wayfarers-wearing, moped-riding, completely reckless but ultimately
loveable bros in the annals of the "Internet famous." With the
incredible comedic chemistry of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in
Wedding Crashers and the uncensored honesty of Tucker Max, Mike and
Dave insist there's nothing wrong with just seeing where life takes
you.
Why do melons have weddings? Because they cantaloupe! What are dad
jokes? Short, simple one-liners that are fairly clean. Anyone can
tell dad jokes, but they are best told by dads. Now The World's
Greatest Dad Jokes: The Complete Collection is here and inside
you'll find: - More puns, quips, and corny one-liners than ever
that are sure to get eyes rolling - Hundreds of dad jokes that will
make you groan--then make you smile. This book is jam-packed with
clever quips and unbearable wisecracks that are so bad, they're
good. Now the dad joke aficionado in your life will never run out
of puns, no matter how much you might want them to. The perfect
gift for the dad who thinks he's heard them all, this book is sure
to add even more jokes to his repertoire, for better or worse.
These jokes are so funny you won't even see them coming!
The Becket List is a not entirely serious compendium of ‘First
World Problems’ – the sort of stuff that drives us round the
bend on a daily basis. How is it that atonal music, bus stations,
cling-film and coat-hangers can bugger us up so comprehensively? Or
passport control people, modern poetry, or just about anything
you’ll find in a typical hotel bedroom? Embracing both the
inanimate – from allen keys to rawlplugs – and the animated
(well, in some cases) – from your fellow-travellers to every
third-rate waiter who ever walked the earth ¬– this book is
essential for your sanity. As such, this comprehensive A to Z
provides a signal service to humanity.
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