101 Uses for a Dead Cat [Paperback]

Simon Bond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2, 1988

Since time immemorial mankind has been plagued by the question "What do you do with a dead cat?" Here, at last, in 101 hilarious, outrageous, and (sometimes) downright sick cartoons, are some answers. 101 black-and-white illustrations.

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Since time immemorial mankind has been plagued by the question "What do you do with a dead cat?" Here, at last, in 101 hilarious, outrageous, and (sometimes) downright sick cartoons, are some answers. 101 black-and-white illustrations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter; 1 edition (November 2, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517545160
• ISBN-13: 978-0517545164
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.2 x 4.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #22 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Humor > Jokes & Riddles
  • #45 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Humor > Cats, Dogs & Animals

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23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very naughty but very funny book., April 12, 2005

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S. Hebbron "S B H." (Leicester UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 101 Uses for a Dead Cat (Paperback)

Although this book is now quite old it has lost none of it's ascerbic wit. And it is wit with a dark, naughty and twisted edge which does not have to work hard to illustrate it's point, it does exactly what you would expect of the title and why would you look if you felt as though you would be offended?
I believe this kind of base, juvenille humour is needed by us all at time's. The hilarity of the forbidden and taboo subject is intensely and achingly funny sometimes. Surely everyone remembers wanting to howl with laughter when being heftily scalded as a child?
To ignore we have such base instincts is to deny being human and assume superiorty over ones peers, quite hilarious in itself really, it is afterall, JUST A BOOK!
This book is wickedly funny and a huge "pick-me-up" with no real malice intended! To the book's detractors and disapprovers I say, Lighten up folks! NO ACTUAL CATS WERE HURT IN THE MAKING OF THE BOOK!!

24 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for those with no sense of humor, January 25, 2002

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Todd V. LEONE - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Uses for a Dead Cat (Paperback)

I first encountered "101 Uses for a Dead Cat" about 20 years ago. Every page produced at least a chuckle and a good many guffaws. These are humorously drawn cartoons without captions -- and they're as absurd as they're meant to be. Of course, no one in real life is going to use a dead cat for any purpose whatever, but given how seriously some cat lovers take their cats -- and the nature of the housecat -- the premise itself is funny. One of those premises, by the way, is that in these 101 absurd cartoons, cats appear to be of more usefulness dead than alive.

I know a lot of cat owners who think this book is hilarious precisely because they love their cats despite the fact that, in many ways, their cats are frequently annoying, destructive, selfish, demanding and high maintenance.

At any rate, I'm always amused when I find people who take this book so seriously they don't see the humor in it, much like vegetarians who go out to dinner with friends and then are obnoxious about the meat or fish other people are eating.

16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true work of genius, May 8, 2004

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This review is from: 101 Uses for a Dead Cat (Paperback)

My cat just died, so I dug this book out as an antidote to my gloom. Fantastic, haven't laughed so much in years, and it's given me one or two ideas as well...