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Lost Deep Thoughts: Don't Fight the Deepness

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Jack Handey got a lot of mileage out of his "Deep Thoughts" series, but I think the word "rejected" would be more fitting than "lost" for this fourth volume. I don't want to suggest that it's bad by any means, but it's definitely the most hit-and-miss of the series. Some of the passages are classic Jack Handey ("Toward the end of the Stone Age, I bet there was already a feeling that metal was just around the corner."), but many of them are downright lame ("Life is a constant battle between the heart and the brain. But guess who wins. The skeleton."). If you've got the other three volumes, this one is absolutely essential, but if you're a newbie, don't start here. Pick up "Deep Thoughts", "Deeper Thoughts", and "Deepest Thoughts".

Jack Handey's at it again with his characteristic blend of pseudo-feel-good musings. "The Lost Deep Thoughts" features enormously funny observations, remembrances, hypotheses, and situations in Handey's finest style.

Handey returns to his more traditional style of humorous deep thoughts in this volume, featuring briefer musings than in his magnum opus, "Fuzzy Memories." From the dangers of King Kong (kids seeing that huge genitalia), to the king and queen who loved laughing (until they remembered they had the plague), to the problems of owning a robot (having to whip it to get it to fetch the paper in cold winters), this book's loaded with wonderful, side-splitting thoughts.

Jack! Please write more!

I happen to like the "Deep Thoughts" seiries, so of course I like this one. Jack's way of turning a situation into a psychobabble feel good statement is hilarious and the pairing of the nature photographs reminds me of those dumb motivational posters at work - you know, the one where it's a photograph of an eagle flying over a canyon and it says something such as "Strive with all your being to fly as the eagle does fly and makes more widgets for our company to make huge profits from" or some nonsense like that. (Okay, the signs _don't_ say the widget thing.)

It's vaguely comforting to read this book, to know that Jack's still out there (in more ways than one!) pondering his "deep thoughts" and sharing them with us. If you enjoyed the other books, you'll want this book.

I recomend this book to anyone and everyone. It is a very funny and random book which I enjoy. The book doesn't take long to read, but when you look back at it every year you'll laugh at the fond memories which it has brought into your life. Hambone and Flippy still crack me up. If you are a newcomer to the Jack Handey universe of whimsical knowledge, you will enjoy "Deep Thoughts" (the original) much better. Reading this book reminded me of when I was a child and rode the bus down to the zoo every Saturday morning. I sit for endless hours on that bench, watching the animals play in the trees. Boy, those chipmunks were funny.

Mr. Handey's lastest book "Lost Deep Thoughts" is just amazing....the more I read it the more I counldn't put it down. This is a MUST buy for all of you Avid-Jack-Handey-fans....now I can't wait for his next book...until then I'll just read this one...over...and over...and over.....and over...

it doesn't matter how many times i have read this book, every time i open it up i laugh out loud. any person who comes to my house and opens it laughs out loud. it's probably one of my top 5 books of all time and i'm an english major.

This was a great book and a must have for all 'deep thoughts' fans. His insight can be considered literary genius. I can say my favorite is talking about his childhood friend Chris and the adventure with the ice cream in Chicago - classic! (you will have to read the book yourself to find out the ending)

As always, Deep Thoughts is more senseless nonsense and occasional wise insights to torture those around you with. Don't pass it up!

I don't know how he does it, but once again, Jack Handey comes up with some completely outlandish, unbelievable funny "thoughts". I will grant anyone there aren't quite as many of the hilarious ones as there were in the first "Deep Thoughts" book, but there were enough to make me fall of my chair laughing several times and it is still a whopping FIVE STAR laughing-out-loud-so-hard-my-stomach-hurts kind of a book.

Jack Handey is the best. This will get you laughing and keep you laughing. Buy this now, you need the laughter.