Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down - Hardcover

Barry, Dave

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0609600672 ISBN 13: 9780609600672

Verlag: Crown Pub, 2000

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Book by Barry Dave

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Another collection of excerpts from the comedic syndicated columnist includes his observations on such topics as bathrobe careers, the plague of low-flow toilets, and pine sap transfusions for tired Christmas trees.

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-- and he's not taking this sitting down!

What's been getting Dave Barry all worked up lately? What can possibly induce him to rise up -- yes, actually out of his chair -- in indignation? Well, lots of things. For instance:
The plague of low-flow toilets (very important!)
The monumental parent-misery quotient of school science fairs
How the U.S. Army "lost" a one-million-dollar missile launcher
The hidden dangers of wasabi
"Specialty" coffees
Celebrity low-fat, low-carbohydrate, low-everything diets
Disasters at the FearPlex movie theaters
His dangerous voyage through a cruise ship buffet

Yes, all that, plus the real skinny on the IRS, airlines, Donald Trump, and so much more. It's all here in this new collection of columns from the writer we know as "the funniest man in America."

From the Introduction
People often ask me: "Dave, what is the best thing about be

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• Verlag: Crown Pub
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0609600672
• ISBN 13: 9780609600672
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 229