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Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists

by John Warner

ISBN13: 9780307277206
ISBN10: 0307277208
Condition: Standard
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If a mountain man felt compelled to dance, how would he do it? If koala bears could talk, what would they say? And what's the right pickup line, if you're a necrophiliac? (Maybe "I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get you pregnant.")

In the throes of debates like these, we're lucky to have the learned people of McSweeney's Internet Tendency, America's best low-budget humor website, and their edifying work. From their best-looking writers comes this collection of over three hundred lists, including...

"Signs Your Unicorn Is Cheating on You."

"Errors in Communication Between My Hairdresser and Me, in the Form of What I Said and What He Heard"

"Things This City Was Built On, Besides Rock 'n' Roll"

"Things This One Girl Sitting Near Me in a Movie Theater Said Out Loud When One of the Characters Was Shown Pulling Into a Gas Station"

"Future Winners of the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest"

"Adjectives Rarely Used by Wine Tasters"

"The Collected Apologies of Lawrence H. Summers, President of Harvard"

"Exactly What I Mean When I Say My Ex-Girlfriend Kristin and I 'Wanted Different Things from Life'"

And much, much more...

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"Teens will appreciate the wide-ranging social satire and find the lists entertaining and often quotable." School Library Journal

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This collection culls several hundred lists, compiled by their most luminous writers, from McSweeney's vast archives, and adds a good deal of new material.

About the Author

McSweeney's is a small group that sells taxidermy equipment and also produces books, a literary quarterly, and The Believer, a monthly review. Based in San Francisco, McSweeney's is also home to 826 Valencia, a nonprofit educational center for Bay Area youth.

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I was wandering through Hawthorne Powells looking for something to read on the bus home. I was lured to this book by a brief comment card on the shelf. Once I picked up the book and opened it I was hooked by the title: Things I'd probably say if the Bushadministration were just a weekly tv show and I was a regular viewer. The book made the ride home more pleasant, and I didn't even mind the delays.
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I was a little confused by the cover of the book, me being a big burly guy, and it having pastels colors and a unicorn. Then I opened it to a random page and then, ouch, this book is so funny and I laughed so hard that hurt me in places that I couldn't reach with my own hand. I couldn't put the book down. I sat ther laughing out loud in a room full of people at random unusual topics. I want to buy one for each of my friends with great senses of humor. This is the perfect bok for people who love to laugh out loud and don't take life to seriously.
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ISBN:: 9780307277206
Subtitle:: The McSweeney's Book of Lists
Author:: Warner, John
Manufactured:: McSweeney's
Editor:: McSweeney's Books
Editor:: Editors of McSweeney's
Author:: s No Sleep Till&#8221
Author:: When the buzzard came down and ate that dead rat&#8217
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Author:: backs over it in SUV. Alcoholic author looks at reflection in a tumbler of Scotch
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Author:: #8212
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Author:: t forget, you&#8217
Author:: s What Some Girls Are Than Others&#8221
Author:: ll be in bed.&#8221
Author:: s What Ed Is&#8221
Author:: uses telekinetic powers to bend it until it snaps in two. Actress who clawed her way to the top catches reflection in pond
Author:: John Bartlett PUNCH LINES THAT WOULD ONLY SEEM FUNNY TO YOU AND THE GUY YOU JUST SPENT THE LAST TEN YEARS WITH IN A PIT by Mike Sacks &#8220
Author:: By the Editors of McSweeney's
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Author:: br> &#8220
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Author:: Brooklyn, It&#8217
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Author:: s a gas.&#8221
Author:: S BEEF BOARD AD CAMPAIGN &#8220
Author:: BEEF, IT&#8217
Author:: Right. Well, you call him and talk about it. Hey, and when you bring it up, ask him about the &#8216
Author:: Hallucinating for the entirety of 1999 that we were characters in a classic Beach Boys song.&#8221
Author:: Friendliness Sipping a Demitasse o&#8217
Author:: Negotiation Checking the Date on a Carton o&#8217
Author:: Bartlett&#8217
Author:: s&#8217
Author:: Dead, It&#8217
Author:: mashes it. Burned-out rock star looks down at himself during out-of-body experience
Author:: s What I Would Die 4&#8221
Author:: Alles, It&#8217
Author:: The Bong, It&#8217
Author:: FOR THE LESS CONFRONTATIONALLY INCLINED by Ian Carey Unsnapping a Purse o&#8217
Author:: Retreat Applying a Beechwood Veneer to a Hutch o&#8217
Author:: s Detachable&#8221
Author:: The month we couldn&#8217
Author:: S FOR DINNER&#8221
Author:: drinks Scotch
Author:: uses nearby backhoe to drain pond. Woman who married for wealth rather than love looks at photo on driver&#8217
Author:: Back, It&#8217
Author:: Penis, It&#8217
Author:: Politeness Decanting a Carafe o&#8217
Author:: t move because we were so weak with hunger.&#8221
Author:: Bigger, It&#8217
Author:: The Street, It&#8217
Author:: s What Hits Are From&#8221
Author:: And, don&#8217
Author:: bod in shape, you know what I mean? And you learn to swim&#8212
Author:: s Pumped Up&#8221
Author:: br> by Geoff Smith &#8220
Author:: re entitled to half the royalties. Just ask him. I have my hunch, but I&#8217
Author:: Diplomacy Refrigerating the Tupperware o&#8217
Author:: t Nothing Ta Fuck Wit&#8217
Author:: s Burning Down&#8221
Author:: McSweeney's
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Author:: Of course, everybody has to go through boot camp . . . you get checked in and you get threaded out.&#8221
Author:: London, It&#8217
Author:: U, It&#8217
Author:: s eye.&#8221
Author:: until we start seeing some changes around here, mister.&#8221
Author:: m sure his legal opinion counts for a lot more. Go on, call Stanley. If you need me, I&#8217
Author:: Thoughtfulness Gently Folding a Napkin o&#8217
Author:: s What Another One Bites&#8221
Author:: The Volume, It&#8217
Author:: Contrition Unzipping a Fanny Pack o&#8217
Author:: Disappearance PROPOSED NICKNAMES FOR THE TODAY SHOW&#8217
Author:: By the Editors of McSweeney's
Author:: Me, It&#8217
Author:: The Dust, It&#8217
Author:: s What Ain&#8217
Author:: s for Leaning On&#8221
Author:: 2006 by McSweeney's
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Author:: Wu-Tang Clan, It&#8217
Author:: When the kid peeked over the lip of the hole and then ran off and never came back, he almost slipped and fell in also. The look in his eyes, oh man!&#8221
Author:: The insects.&#8221
Author:: Hiding Cleaning out a Drawer o&#8217
Author:: John Bartlett &#8220
Author:: br> Aging supermodel has plaster cast made of face
Publisher:: Vintage Books USA
Subject:: General
Subject:: American wit and humor
Series:: Vintage
Publication Date:: September 2006
Binding:: Paperback
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Y
Pages:: 216
Dimensions:: 7.98x5.24x.59 in. .54 lbs.

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