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Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition
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2008-12-24Quick delivery and perfect condidtion. This book follows true Onion fashion. It's hilarious and gives descriptions of every place in the world. Don't expect it to be politically correct, which is what the Onion never is, and which is also what makes the Onion absolutely hilarious. Enjoy!
2008-12-21My BF got this to give to his grandfather, who loves politics but has never seen or heard of The Onion. We took a look through it and it was just as good as the issue that comes out every Thursday. I don't know if he will end up giving it to his grandfather, however, since there are frequent inappropiate pictures (child porn, anyone?). But this would make a great coffee table book in any young household, and you can be sure that it will engender quite a conversation.
2008-12-20Sure, not every line in the book is funny. But sometimes you are reading along and read something you just aren't expecting. So, expect to bust a gut at random times.
2008-12-06In these time of global economic crisis, there aren't too many people out there who wouldn't benifit from some laughter. If you like your laughs delivered via the written word instead of the television, this book is for you.
The Onion's atlas of the world delivers laughs for anyone willing to read it. The essays are offensive and xenophobic; it's as if the stereotypical Ugly American wrote the summaries of each locale. This book does need to be read in small doses, because an overload of the material is possable. If you buy a rich cheesecake it's best eaten in small doses. You'll still get lots of enjoyment but the joy will be spreaded out over a longer period of time.
recomended, and quite highly!
2008-12-01Reviewed by Kam Aures for RebeccasReads (1/08)
"Our Dumb World" is The Onion's "Atlas of the Planet Earth" and definately will not disappoint! Anyone who is familiar with and apprieciates the humor of The Onion will enjoy reading this book! I am sure that to some people the way that some of the events and people are made light of in this publication may seem insensitive and cruel but that is the type of humor that The Onion uses. If you easily offended or sensitive to things like that then this is not the book for you. You will not find any political-correctness in this book!
"Our Dumb World" starts out with a "How to Use This Atlas" section which is as funny as the book itself! My favorite part of this introduction is "A Note to Barnes & Noble Browsers" which begins with "What do you think you're doing? Seriously, what does this look like to you? Some kind of library? Did you really think that you could just come in here and spend the afternoon reading the book for free? The line to pay is over that way, buddy. What's that? Just trying to deside whether or not you want to buy the book? You don't think we're really that stupid, do you?" (p. 004) The humor takes off from there and holds strong throughout the rest of the book that focuses on every region of the world.
The remaing part of the book is divided into seven sections: North America, sourth America, Africa, The Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Although I enjoyed the book in its entirety, I would have to say that my favorite part was the section on North America just because obviously from living here I have more familiarity with the area and the things that were being poked fun at. From the history timeline informing us that in 1980 "A Plague of Pac-Man Fever ravages the U.S. Treasury's quarters supply" (p.12) to the individual features making fun of diffrent aspects and occurences in each state this section will absolutely have you laughing out loud! I haven't read a book this funny in some time!
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Today's news-parody consumer cannot possibly understand made-up current events without the context of fake world history and geography. That is why The Onion is publishing a world atlas: to help us.
Our Dumb World is an invaluable tool for any reader interested in overthrowing a weakened government in East Asia, exploiting a developing nation in Africa, or for directions to tonight's party at Erica's. It is a reference guide to 250,000 of the world's most important places, such as
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