Me v. Everybody: Absurd Contracts for an Absurd World [Paperback]

Dahlia Lithwick (Author), Brandt Goldstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2003

A contract for a blind date. A restraining order against obnoxious family members on Thanksgiving. OSHA regulations administering the contents of the office fridge. A contract for "Boy" and "Girl" entering into a Long-Term Relationship, including a definition of the term "fat."

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About the Author

Dahlia Lithwick is a senior editor at Slate, for which she writes the column "Supreme Court Dispatches," and has covered the Microsoft trial. Her work has appeared in New Republic, Elle, and The Washington Post, and she was the 2001 recipient of the Online Journalism Awards for Commentary.

Brandt Goldstein is a writer and lawyer in Washington, D.C. His first solo book, The Floating Wall (a nonfiction legal thriller), is forthcoming from Scribner. A graduate of Yale Law School and a former clerk for the Honorable Harry T. Edwards of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Brandt worked for four years in the Wall Street law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. He served as an Associate in Research at Yale from 1999-2001.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (April 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076112389X
• ISBN-13: 978-0761123897
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,914,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great comedy and a great relationship test, August 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Me v. Everybody: Absurd Contracts for an Absurd World (Paperback)

Me v. Everybody is a genius book -- not only did it make me laugh out loud over and over, but it also made me think about the relationships in my life. Could I fulfill these contracts? What kind of implicit understanding is beneath my friendships and other relationships? The best kind of book: Something to laugh about, and something to think about. Get it for your book group, and see if anyone could sign these -- or if they'd have to breach them!

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and truly funny, August 12, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Me v. Everybody: Absurd Contracts for an Absurd World (Paperback)

There are few books that make me laugh aloud...and in public. This book is wise, funny, eloquent, witty, and beautifully designed. It will be the gift all of my friends get this year. Just buy it. I promise you won't be sorry.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOL ROTFLMAO, September 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Me v. Everybody: Absurd Contracts for an Absurd World (Paperback)

This book is laugh out loud funny. These folks have clearly been lawyers - they use the style and multiple synonyms of lawyers perfectly - do lawyers get paid by the word? - but they also are funny in a way that works for everyone.

A contract about whether the peanut butter stays in the fridge, whether the toilet paper rolls from the top or the bottom? Were the listening in my house?