Man: The Book (Paperback)

by Clay Travis (Author)
Key Phrases: The Book, Hugh Grant

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Product Description
The newly favored man is not really a man at all, but a hairless, effeminate, germ-fearing, non-meat-eating, exfoliating, wristband-wearing woman of the worst order. We as men are told that we must embrace the sacred feminine in ourselves, even if it doesn't actually exist, and become the very quintessence of woman, plus penises. This situation is untenable. This trend must stop.

Be A Man

Some hard-and-fast rules from Man: The Book

If something happens to the pilot, you must land the plane.

If you're tweezing your eyebrows, you might as well go ahead and wax your labia too.

If a sandwich anywhere costs more than a steak at Outback, do not purchase it.

A sister's cleavage is always fair game, unless it is your own sister.

If it gets you into bed with a girl, it isn't a lie.

Since 1997 is over, no more tribal band tattoos allowed. Period.

Men who aren't diehard fans of at least one NFL team should be looked upon with scorn and suspicion.

Stop being a wuss and read--no, memorize this book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Citadel; HUMOU edition (February 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806528710
• ISBN-13: 978-0806528717
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #134,485 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There are ONLY two types of men, March 24, 2008

By	R. Howell "boriskhan" (Medford, OR) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Deadly Hippos present a humor laden look into expected stereotyped essence of being a man. There's 975 entries on what it takes or doesn't take to be a man broken into categories of Bar/Restaurants, Women, Manicants, Sports, and everything else. Man: The Book is completely sarcastic but you know you will be using many of these lines with your buddies. This covers everything from picking up women, sexual exploits, mocking other men for not ordering the hottest items from a menu or throwing like a girl, wasting beer, there are two and only two classes of men (hetero and not, there is no such thing as metro and you're just fooling yourself if you think there is), nickname using, and for the love of all that is holy - never owning a cat (unless you can put a football helmet on it). However, some rules contradict other rules but you're not really expected to catch that.

Plain and simple, it's just darn funny. I laughed out loud so many times and had to read many rules to my wife and oldest son. It is adult based so the majority of the book is unsuitable for children but then, it's pretty sexist too yet all in good humor. Read it for what it is and laugh.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Would recommend but you should read Dixieland Delight first, February 29, 2008

By	G (VA) - See all my reviews

The book is obviously for men ages 18-35...and that's about the only demographic. If you take the book for what it is, which is complete and utter humor, it's great. My only argument would be that the book is set up numerically (in a list format), similarly to Dixieland Delight, but with many more entries. I didn't really like that aspect of the book. I found it much easier to put down because of this. But, all and all, a fun read that's something different.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hillarious, February 23, 2008

By	Cameron Davis "Cameron Davis" (Bryn Mawr, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book hits on so many things that are wrong with the "modern" man. So many great quotable one liners.