How to Kill Your Girlfriend's Cat [Paperback]

Dr. Robert Daphne (Author), Susan Davis (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday Dolphin Book; 1st edition (August 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 038524648X
• ISBN-13: 978-0385246484
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,501,767 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent illustrations, great ideas, October 5, 2007

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bearie "bearie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Kill Your Girlfriend's Cat (Paperback)

Not a real/serious how to kill book, but more of "I wish I could kill this way" book. This is very much in the same style as Gary Larson's The Far Side except with a bit of wishful violence.

If you like this genre of comics, you must get the classic "The Official I Hate Cats Book" and "The Second Official I Hate Cats Book" by Skip Morrow. They're even more like The Far Side style, with a lot less (or no) words, and a lot funnier and more creative. Another book called "101 Uses for a Dead Cat" by Simon Bond. It isn't as well drawn, but the ideas are much better which makes it pretty funny.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best How-To Book Ever Written!, April 17, 2002

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J. Conrad Guest "J. Conrad Guest" (Northville, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Kill Your Girlfriend's Cat (Paperback)

Excerpt from the Introduction:

"After all these years, you've met the girl of your dreams. She's beautiful. Brilliant. Fun. Sexy. No old boyfriends darken the picture. No mother shows up six times a day. No annoying habits intrude. Unlike your last girlfriend, she does not practice the Ninja Death Strike while asleep.

The fact is, you've fallen in love. Now only one problem threatens your bliss. You ignored it at first, but that phase is over. You can't stand it anymore. Your girlfriend has a cat ..."

I bought this book nearly 12 years ago and laughed myself silly. Replete with illustrations, this book lists dozens of great ways to rid yourself of the pesky feline that stands between you and your girl. From "Catsorcism" to "Return the Cat to Its Homeland (Catmandu)" to "Take a Taxi to the Dentist? I Thought You Said Taxidermist!", this book will have you in stitches... Hire them as a cook or handyman for a day. Around these guys, nine lives just aren't enough.

If you love the girl, you'll buy this book. You want to stay with her, don't you? Remember, behind every successful relationship is a dead cat.

3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not really helpful, March 16, 2007

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J. A. Reese - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Kill Your Girlfriend's Cat (Paperback)

This book, although intriguing from the title, does not show you how to kill your girlfriend's cats. Comic pictures at best describe something that should be given a step by step manual. Like: use rat poison in the water. Put in microwave. Hold underwater. Don't feed. Any of these ideas are not given the proper explanation.