12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Rules and Code - A great combo, October 23, 1997
This review is from: The CODE: Time Tested Secrets for Getting What You Want from Women- Without Marrying Them! (Paperback)
"The Rules" and "The Code" are most definitely two of the funniest books on relationships in the marketplace today. Anyone within a mature and relaxed frame of mind will probably have the time of his life reading them. Personally, I liked the discouraging answers to "Do I look fat?" best. "Where are the other two tenors?" had me rolling on the floor and laughing.
As always, there are several layers to each of these books. On the surface, they appear humorous to most adults - they ignore the fact that different people have different personalities, that putting up a facade will only result in your partner loving a facade instead of you as a person and that following a pattern of behaviour obviously strongly favours certain (not necessarily desirable) classes of potential partners.
Breaking the eggshell of superficiality, many positive aspects of both these books may be found. Like any religion, The Code and The Rules each form an amusing mix of vital guidelines or essence (Respect yourself etc.), and sticky, gooey nonsense. It is usually the nonsense that captures the disciples' minds. Interestingly enough, both volumes seem to have found a following outside Salt Lake City. Which only proves mankinds general capacity to believe.
Advancing even further, the young chicken's heartbeat becomes audible. The ancient Chinese author Sun Tzu once wrote: "Know the enemy." A general knowledge of tactics is invaluable, be it to play by them and win somebody on their terms or to recognize and evade suchlike mind-games early on. Both these books contain interesting information on tendencies of behaviour in the opposit sex.
Different goals - be they short-term or long-term, profound or shallow - demand different actions. Remember: knowledge is power, but your behaviour reflects your ethics.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
WARNING: Not for the politically correct, November 1, 1998
This review is from: The CODE: Time Tested Secrets for Getting What You Want from Women- Without Marrying Them! (Paperback)
First, read "The Rules." Then, before opening this book, place tongue firmly in cheek, make sure the eyeballs are free to roll around in their sockets, settle back and enjoy. "Rules" girls who are afraid these guys have encroached on their turf can rest easy. No "Rules" girl or "Code" guy would ever get past the first date, if there even WAS a first date. This book is an SNL-like parody of "The Rules," and should be taken as such. In that light, it's a hoot in some places, a bore in others. Fortunately, it's short; about a 3-hour read.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
more funny than helpful, February 4, 1998
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This review is from: The CODE: Time Tested Secrets for Getting What You Want from Women- Without Marrying Them! (Paperback)
This is more of a humor book than anything else. The authors' desire to be funny kind of gets in the way. It's too New York for the typical person.
Still it makes a number of helpful points. I think women really do love a guy they can't pin down.
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