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Summary: Grain of Salt
Review: Take the "but True Stories" with a grain of salt... Many of these are urban legends and there is not supporting material to prove that anything in this book is true. A better book is the Darwin Awards.
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Summary: Grain of Salt
Review: Take the "but True Stories" with a grain of salt... Many of these are urban legends and there is not supporting material to prove that anything in this book is true. A better book is the Darwin Awards.
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Summary: Not for Children
Review: The cover of this book made me think it was for children, so I ordered one for my 12-year-old for Christmas. I skimmed through it and thought the stories were very funny. However, the last chapter is devoted to sex stories, which are also funny, but not appropriate for a kid.
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Summary: Was this book even editted?
Review: This book is jammed with stories drenched in IRONY...more than humor. Few (if any) stories are true. Some of the tales are recognizably taken from news stories, but were so greatly embellished as to be mostly fiction. The stories are oddball, but disappointing overall. Few envoke even a smile. The author and publisher insult their reader's intelligence by labeling these preposterous tall tales as true.
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Summary: Tall Tales---Mostly Not True
Review: This book is jammed with stories drenched in IRONY...more than humor. Few (if any) stories are true. Some of the tales are recognizably taken from news stories, but were so greatly embellished as to be mostly fiction. The stories are oddball, but disappointing overall. Few envoke even a smile. The author and publisher insult their reader's intelligence by labeling these preposterous tall tales as true.
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Summary: Was this book even editted?
Review: This is yet another example of someone publishing "true" facts, before checking on their authenticity. Sometimes I wonder if editors even exist anymore for a number of newspapers and books, given the number of false stories touted as true. Regarding this particular book, you can check out its stories at www.snopes.com, which prints the research and checkable sources for each of their "is it true or not" determinations re urban legends such as those contained in this book. (E.g., the one in the book re someone who strapped a super-powerful engine to the top of their car, ignited it, and crashed into a cliff; FALSE, and confirmable as false EASILY by checking the sources listed by snopes.)Save your money and don't buy this book, unless you just want to amuse yourself with some made up stories. (Some people seem to LOVE that, given that they forward e-mails of stories such as those in this book, without bothering to do even the easiest research to see if the story is true.)
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Summary: OK book... too bad it's mostly urban legend
Review: Yes, the book is OK, but most of the stories here are supermarket tabloid headlines and urban legends.
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