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If You Like Pina Coladas: The Humor and Weirdness of Personal Ads

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People are strange, as this collection of personals demonstrates. Car analogies, movie analogies, alliteration, alphabetizing, Elvis fans, desires for strange amalgams (Jim Carrey and Albert Einstein), and many more. Great bathroom reading and very funny at times.

OK, we know AL, Girl Reporter, from the 'zine world. She was a pioneer in 'zines. Her "Thrift Score" zine was just great fun, wonderful writing and heads above the other stuff. Al Hoff was into thrift stores, before they became today's thrift bores. Fortunately for us, Al has a compulsive writing habit for which there is no 12-step program, so she just keeps producing. Knowing Al's humor, I thought this book would be a good funny read. Well, excuse me, but this book is riotous. Honest. I roared! Al's picks are just so cool. What truly drives Al is the sense of the absurd, but with a heart, ya know? This would be great book for any cool or not even so cool person. I like the shape, too. It's 5 1/2 inches square. Very toteable. And it has big print for our hip grannies. The book is funny. Al is one of America's best kept secrets. Spread the word. Get the book. It is so funny!

A relentlessly funny and perceptive writer, Ms. Hoff has, literally, waded through upwards 100,000 personal/romance ads from all over the country. She's lugged back the weirdest, most hilarious ones. She has edited and arrayed same to provide a keen insight into how human beings seek each other out in these late 20th Century United States.

A relentlessly funny and perceptive writer, Ms. Hoff has, literally, waded through upwards 100,000 personal/romance ads from all over the country. She's lugged back the weirdest, most hilarious ones. She has edited and arrayed same to provide a keen insight into how human beings seek each other out in these late 20th Century United States.

Pittsburgh writer Al Hoff has turned her attention to finding the most hilarious (oftentimes unintentionally) personal ads in America! This book celebrates the nuttiest and funniest ads, arranged by Al into amusing subgroups such as people who describe themselves as animals, cars, or meals. There are alliterative ads, oddly described features, and peculiar assets! Anyone who has read Al's work knows that she packs every page with lots of humor! This book is no exception. It's really a lot of fun, You can pick it up and read from any page to enjoy it. Sort of a cultural artifact too! People will want to read some of them aloud! Its amazing that no one thought of doing this before, but I'm glad no one did, because Al's version really highlights the funny-ness of it all. The book is attracrive, square-shaped with vibrant lime-green glossy cover, would make a nice stocking stuffer or gift for dorm-mates or wwork-mates. Fun book for those who like to read in the bathroom! Worth getting.