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Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys: A Fairly Short Book

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I picked this book up in an airport bookstore (motto: "screw you") for the bargain airport-bookstore price of approximately 200 billion dollars. It was worth every cent and i have since bought it for roughly 10,000 co-workers. I spent the whole flight home laughing so hard that passengers in nearby aircraft could hear me. I swear I am not making this up. My only complaint is that all Dave's other books (motto: "a motto on every page") are dull by comparison. Buy this book! Buy it now!

This was possibly the best humor book I have ever read. It is NOT a collection of previously written columns, so nothing in it can be found elsewhere. I am a Dave Barry fan, but one can like this book without being a fan of his or even without liking humor writing at all.

I bought this book to kill time while waiting for my wife to finish shopping. I'm sure the people in the mall coffee shop were certain that I had some severe medical condition that was causing my body to shake and strange noises to be emitted as I tried to keep from laughing hysterically (and I'm not a "laugh out loud" type of guy.)

Guys, if you don't see yourself in this book, I would wonder about your sexuality.

A boisterious and enlightening look at that oh so mysterious world of guys. Ever wanted a book that "deals semi-thoroughly with such important guy issues as: Scratching ... The Noogie Gene ... and Why Guys Cannot Simultaneously Think and Look At Breasts?" You're in luck! Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys says it all and says it right. Don't try to read it in a quiet public place (unless you LIKE having people stare at you for laughing out loud). As the Miami Herald aptly puts it: "Virtually any one page contains enough hilarity to justify the cost of the book."

This is without a doubt the funniest book I have ever read. Period. And I read a LOT of books.

My daughter -- in her late teens -- is experiencing her first Venus vs. Mars misunderstandings with her boyfriend. I am about to buy her a copy of "Guide To Guys" of her own. I expect she'll laugh out loud. Or cry even louder.

Dave is probably our best modern humorist. This has to be his funniest book. I laughed so hard I hurt, then laughed even more. Men may be from Mars but Guys are everywhere you look on Earth. Guys, read this you'll laugh at yourselves and high five. Women, (my girlfriend gave me the book) you'll be nodding and saying "I told ya so", and get a great laugh out of it.

What a mistake it was to read this book while at the office--I haven't seen it in months! During my lunch breaks, my co-workers would slowly form a small crowd around me as I literally guffawed my way through its chapters. Then I would be coerced into reading the hilarious passage out loud. I don't think any of my co-workers have NOT read it, now...I should have charged rent! The last line will keep you giggling for weeks-- sometimes at the most unexpected (and inopportune) moments

Dave Barry has again captured the esence of humanity. Where else can you find a dissertation on lighting farts. But seriously, if we can't laugh at ourselves, who can we laugh at? That's right, somebody else! Keep up the good work, Dave. PS. Bullets (usually lead projectiles sometimes covered with a copper jacket) will not affect the compass on a Boeing 747

Did you ever spray something out of your nose when you were trying not to laugh but whatever is was was so hilarious that you had to let go somehow? And though it hurt, the experience only made you laugh harder? Dave Barry is the author who will do this to you. You're in actual physical pain from laughing so hard, and then, grinning evilly (he can actually change the book AS you read it- didn't you know that?) he comes up with something even more side-splitting. Now before the authorities cart you away, make sure to check out his description of a human Barbie doll. This girl is NOT every man's dream... at least, not the ones I've met (from this planet). So buy this book. Dave, was that good enough? Now can I have the $100 you promised me? C'mon, please..