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Chicken Poop for the Soul: Stories to Harden the Heart and Dampen the Spirit

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I have just finished a four-week stay in the hospital after a disastrous accident. A friend brought me this book as my first get-well present. This book should be distributed at hospitals to all incoming patients. By the end of the week all the nurses wanted copies. Terminal patients roared with laughter as they and I recalled some of the wickeder stories. My cracked ribs hurt when I laughed but this book was better than painkillers. And I want to state that it is great for the morale--and certain other conditions one has in hospital. This book is better than flowers or candy! My mother was redfaced and in hysterics when reading the "True Meaning of Love" my personal fave along with the tale of the Dear Old Dad.

Thank you thank you dear author, for offering an antidote to the sweetsie neatsie stuff that does no good at all when you are really ill...

Now, here is something that truly made me laugh and feel good about things, as opposed to those wretched chicken soup books, filled with cancer, car accidents, and other such things that leave the reader feeling as though she should jump off an overpass onto the highway because she has not suffered as others. Seriously though, I'm not disparaging the Soup books. I'm just saying that this one made me laugh more and put me in a better mood than the other ones. And as for the reader who decided that this mocks the word of God, I'd like more information about the church whose gospel consists of an old, hand copied edition of Chicken Soup for the Soul...

I bought this book because of the title alone. Who wouldn't? It's a great pun on the "soul" books, unfortunately actual chicken poop is probably more exciting than this garbage. Most of the stories are based on the same ironic and unfortunate events that sort of all have the same motive...someone ends up in the hospital with a life threatening illness just before he should go to prison for a crime he committed, a business man or child misses out on that "special moment in life" just before their business fails or they die. People decide to be mean to each other because it makes them feel good.

As you can see, it is indeed quite a stretch. And most of the stories are not funny. They are just bland. I almost wanted to throw the book down several times, but suffered through the entire thing. There are maybe four or five stories in it that are clever enough to retell or remember, but the rest is...for lack of a better word...crap.

There are also fillers such as poems and famous quotes from political figures which really have nothing to do with the premise of the book. They are just useless page fillers. Dig deep in this mess if you are looking for something funny, but it'll still be a waste of time. Watching chickens scratch in the dirt is just about as entertaining. Clever idea, but in the end, all the author had was a title. No concept and poor execution.

If you've had enough of all those nauseating sugar frosted "self help" books that flood the market, try this one! A true curmudgeon's choice. Biting sarcasm and satire, (For those of you in Rio Linda, that means it's mocking) it warms the cockles of my jaded heart. There is more than a little truth in these tales for the cynical. In fact, this would be a good primer for those who don't have a grip on reality, but would like to try it. Face it, LIFE STINKS! A few cartoons would have been a nice touch, but you can't have everything.(I won't give up trying to GET everything) For those of you who are offended by this book, I'll speak very slowly so even YOU can understand it, IT'S HUMOR.

this book is so twisted. it's way up there on my "books that rule" list. actually, it's the top book.

Was very disappointed in this book. It just wasn't funny. The exerpt from Volume 2 (Three Little Words) got more laughs from me than reading this entire book twice did.

For those of you down in the dumps, this is a good book to look at and poke fun at yourself and your problems. I gave this as a tongue-in-cheek book, and the results were hilarious.

This book is so funny and it was desperatly needed considering the avalanche of Chicken Soup books. Everybody I know laughed as soon as they saw and read the title. Buy this book!

Several smiles, three laughs out loud. Cute but not all that funny. Dave Barry or the Onion staff would've done a much funnier job. Save your money.

See previous review; disregard the humorlesss. Simply dig in and give these legions of "Chicken Soup" dunderheads what's coing to them! An artistic triumph, and the fact that is makes the softies mad is only all the me reason to buy it! Hilarious!