false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165627292m/7533.jpg 7533 5 She thought she’d have more time. <i>Laurie Notaro</i> figured she had at least a few good years left. But no – it’s happened. She has officially lost her marbles. From the kid at the pet-food store checkout line whose coif is so bizarre it makes her seethe “I’m going to kick his hair’s ass!” to the hapless Sears customer-service rep on the receiving end of her Campaign of Terror, no one is safe from Laurie’s wrath. Her cranky side seems to have eaten the rest of her–inner-thigh Chub Rub and all. And the results are breathtaking. Her riffs on e-mail spam (“With all of these irresistible offers served up to me on a plate, I WANT A PENIS NOW!!”), eBay (“There should be an eBay wading pool, where you can only bid on Precious Moments figurines and Avon products, that you have to make it through before jumping into the deep end”), and the perils of St. Patrick’s Day (“When I’m driving, the last thing I need is a herd of inebriates darting in and out of traffic like loaded chickens”) are the stuff of legend. And for Laurie, it’s all true. 1199330 book 19 4 2005 We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive total:1848|5:19|4:22|3:11|2:5|1:3| 1848 7175 2663 187 1 3 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 07:23:13 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 15:06:11 -0700 2007
I was so excited to read this one, which makes the disappointment that much worse. I actually paid (gasp!) retail for it.

Comedy is at its best when it's effortless, and the author here is clearly trying too hard. Every time I found myself o...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jun 13 21:29:42 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 23:34:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 07:53:28 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 07:53:46 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 06:58:22 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 06:58:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 12:43:53 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 12:48:59 -0700 2009
I just found it and decid...more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 17:27:46 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 06:31:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Dec 05 21:30:41 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 29 12:10:06 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 15:55:49 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 16:00:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Jan 23 23:57:09 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 23:57:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Feb 12 08:28:27 -0800 2009 Mon May 25 17:28:27 -0700 2009 It goes without saying that I love Laurie Notaro. She and I are kindred spirits who I'm sure would talk a mile a minute and try and outdo each other with ridiculous stories. We'd be in the Dork Olympics... who could "out dork" whom?

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Boring - she's kind of a Gen-Xer Erma Bombeck (and Bombeck actually was kinda funny at times). Maybe it's because I am a skinny girl, but I found her jokes about fatness to fall flat & I really didn't want to hear about chubby ankles. Eh.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7533