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Summary: Hilarious
Review: As a long time Bruncher, I had been eagerly anticipating this book...and I was not disappointed! Lore's hilarious as ever. Money well spent.
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Summary: yay! everyone loves brunching!
Review: brunching.com is one of the best sites ever, and now they have their own book! I got it the first day it came out, and it's really funny and witty and great. go buy it! it will make you roll around on the floor from uncontrollable laughter !
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Summary: Lore rules!
Review: Finally, I am no longer tethered to my computer when I want to enjoy the goodness that is The Ratings. (That are, that is...I'm not sure. But anyhoo, on with the review.) Lore is truly a master...when the word "eerie" can send me into spasms of uncontrollable mirth, it's definitely a good thing. Highly, *highly* recommended!
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Summary: I don't want to be Elfstar any more...
Review: First, the good news. You can mosey on over to Sjoberg's web site and get a pretty good idea of whether The Book of Ratings is a pretty good fit for you. If the web site occasionally sends you into uncontrollable laughter, trying to keep from laughing out loud at work where you could potentially get into trouble, then by all means this is definitely the book you've been waiting for. He has distilled years' worth of material into a "best-of" compilation worthy of a fine place on your night table, coffee table, or the back of your toilet. Sjoberg skewers practically every element of pop culture, leaving the reader occasionally breathless and wanting more. This, coupled with quizzes and cartoons from the web site, make for a thoroughly entertaining read.Now, the bad news. If you have more than a passing acquaintance with the web site, much of the book isn't going to provide much in the way of surprise. For long-time fans, the twenty or so new categories is still worth the investment, and for newcomers it's a bargain.
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Summary: Hurray! Brunchers rock!
Review: Got my book last night. An invaluable reference. Now I can always know what's good, bad, and passable without having to access the Web site. Though I question lumping HoHo's and DingDongs together as a snack food, there is no doubt in my mind that Lore hit it spot on with the Suzy Q's rating. A+
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Summary: Aspects of this Book
Review: Humor [and]Laughter is the best medicine, according to Reader's Digest - and who am I to argue with the Gods of bland, abridged, vaguely religious psudeo-news clips? Lore dishes out the laughter in steaming shovelfuls, thus keeping us really healthy, or else making everyone else in the same room somewhat uncomfortable over our intermittent cackling. Either way, it's a good result...The overall rating may actually take a bit of a nose dive because of the almost excessive randomness of some of the quizzes included, but it's offset by a Xena:Warrior Princess reference in the "Greek Gods" rating. So it's a wash...There are pictures! They're cool!
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Summary: He speaks my language!
Review: I bought this book after my best friend and I nearly got kicked out of a bookstore because we were laughing so hard. Lore uses words like "bask", and adds suffixes like "-ish" and "-ness" whenever he wants. It's great! It's how my friends and I talk! It annoys people who don't get it! The only thing that would make it better is if it came packaged with a Pez dispenser featuring Lore. Now that would make it an A+. Due to its current lack of accompanying somewhat-strawberry flavored sugar bricks, I must give it an A. But a big A. A huge, towering A.
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Summary: He speaks my language!
Review: I bought this book after my best friend and I nearly got kicked out of a bookstore because we were laughing so hard. Lore uses words like "bask", and adds suffixes like "-ish" and "-ness" whenever he wants. It's great! It's how my friends and I talk! It annoys people who don't get it! The only thing that would make it better is if it came packaged with a Pez dispenser featuring Lore. Now that would make it an A+. Due to its current lack of accompanying somewhat-strawberry flavored sugar bricks, I must give it an A. But a big A. A huge, towering A.
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Summary: Completely Indispensable! Hilarious!
Review: I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys irreverent intelligent discourse. Lore is a master wordsmith. Many of his references are obliquely directed at Gen Xers, but his satirical wit certainly has mass appeal. Never before has the mundane been so riotously funny. I only hope more books are to follow.
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Summary: Do not read while drinking milk.
Review: I'm always grateful for the chance to use a Random Obscure Word Not Normally Used in Everyday Conversation. Like "paroxysm" and "stentorian." That said, "The Book of Ratings" literally sent me into paroxysms of stentorian laughter. It should really come with a warning label--"Do Not Read While Drinking Milk or In a Public Place Unless You Want People to Stare Curiously At You." My favorite rating is in the Wizard of Oz Characters section--the Wicked Witch of the West: "If water were the one thing that could kill me, I certainly wouldn't go leaving big buckets of it around my evil castle. ... And yet the WWW seemed so surprised. 'Oh, gosh, I'm dying here. I don't suppose there's any way I could have forseen this? No, because I'm dumb.'"
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