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Cowboy Logic: The Wit and Wisdom of Kinky Friedman (and Some of His Friends)

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A Texan relative once introduced an old friend of his to me. They passed what sounded to be reminiscences of theirs with enduring crinkly-eyed smiles and grins. After closing-off the seemingly off-handed encounter, my relative pointed out the covert subtlties of the preceding event as we walked away. The old-timer had begun with seemingly self-deprecating remarks -- wrapping these around hidden and ironic, good-natured teasing and delayed-action barbs: the lovable Texas Two-step. Old-timers will give you the "high sign" -- that little wiggle of the pointer finger as you pass each other's pick-up trucks on a country road. They acknowledge that you may be a fool and/or a king, but we may need to help each other down the road. Life is you and it is I and the daylight between you and I. This book is a Texas high sign.

If you enjoy life,you'll love Kinky's latest book. Here, Kinky has assembled some of his favorite sayings to help anyone to see through the trials and tribulations of life and some downright good advice for you to live by.Kinky is one of those rare jewels who is totally enamored with life and everything about it. He has the ability to cut through the dense layers of fog that confound and confuse life; and just get to the point of it all.
The world lost something great when the people of Texas didn't elect him as Governor. Kinky gave them the chance,and we are all the poorer for it. Of all the Governors that have been elected, by all the States ;what an experience it would have been had he been elected.

His campaign slogan was;

"I'll fight wussification if I've got to do it one wuss at a time."

We've heard a stream of talk from politicians over the years;but never the straight talk we get from Kinky.
In the book Kinky gives us a good line with;
"Jesse Ventura just didn't realize that wrestling is real and politics is fixed."
Or his own assessment of how he would do as a Governor;
"I can't screw things up any worse than they already have."

Kinky starts his book with;
"Happiness is a moving target."
and concludes it with;
"Yep ,this is my watchdog--he watched them steal my
trailer,saddle,bridle,and fifty pounds of oats."
These are good examples of what you'll get in the book and the meanings always go deeper than the surfac.
If you believe that Kinky is not one of the wisest observers of life today;mull this one over for a while;

"Man's ability to delude himself is infinite."

This book is very funny. We read this book at a friend's house and really liked the book so thought we would get one for our house to finish reading. Would definately recomend this book to read.

Pithy wisdom and wit in the style of Mark Twain. Good homespun humor and earthy common sense humor.

When I read the editorial review that this book was full of one liners, I didn't realize that each page of this 198 page dud has only one line. This could have been completed in I would geuss 12 pages. So don't waste your money, unless you just want to contribute to Kinky's political campaign.

There's not a lot to say. It is a lot of Kinky fun and some wisdom. You gotta be a Kinky fan or a Texan probably to enjoy but its worth it to me since I am a Kinky fan and love my times living in Texas. Dang, he shoulda' made Governor just for the 'change' of it all.

If you can appreciate Kinky Friedman as a singer/song writer, humorist and sometime politician running for Governor of Texas; you will enjoy this collection of witty statements. The book is set up on chapters by subject and expression of view consists of a sentence or two or at most a short paragraph. Very much like taking Will Rogers famous one liners and dedicating a page to each. The book is best for your office shelf to pull off for a laugh or two or to entertain someone cooling their heels in your office. My favorite expression actually is a cowboy expression, "Never drink downstream from a herd."

I felt the same way about the book as others did - it's a disappointment. 198 pages of one liners and cartoons. That said, it's my own fault, I didn't read the description and was expecting something about Friedman. So in a nutshell, if you're looking for something to read while going to the bathroom, this is fine.

I bought the book because I saw his interview on "60 minutes" and the man was hilarious. This book is very easy to read, has some interesting 1-liner and cartoons but it is OK, nothing too exciting. Most of the funny 1-liner was repeated in the "60 minutes" interview, so...watch the interview instead of spending the money to buy the book. Oh well...