The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Holidays
by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht
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Read in September, 2007
I read (parts) of this so that I could have something to review for the Westerville Magazine's Nov/Dec issue. It is quite funny. For those who despise the holidays, here's some funny yet practical advice to avoiding a National Lampoon's disaster. Favorite chapter: How to repurpose a fruitcake.
What's great is that the authors actually site their sources! How to Survive a Runaway Sled tips came from John Markel, who runs a television stunt and safety consulting firm in Alaska. Who better to gi...more
What's great is that the authors actually site their sources! How to Survive a Runaway Sled tips came from John Markel, who runs a television stunt and safety consulting firm in Alaska. Who better to gi...more
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Read in December, 2004
An early Christmas present for each other, we bought The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Holidays a week or so before Christmas & it's been the bathroom read since then.
The matter-of-fact tone regarding both mundane and unlikely holiday situations (untangling Christmas lights, repurposing a fruitcake, dealing with a runaway sleigh) provides most of the humor of this slim how-to book. Divided into sections, each topic is dealt with in a few pages, with numbered steps and simple li...more
The matter-of-fact tone regarding both mundane and unlikely holiday situations (untangling Christmas lights, repurposing a fruitcake, dealing with a runaway sleigh) provides most of the humor of this slim how-to book. Divided into sections, each topic is dealt with in a few pages, with numbered steps and simple li...more
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Read in December, 2006
recommends it for:
people who want to survive the winter holidays
This book is hilarious. It gives all sorts of simple step by step instructions for surviving whatever catastrophe may befall your holiday season. I love this whole series.
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Read in September, 2007
This book is Funny. If you ever want to know how to fend off a charging reindeer this book shows how to step by step.
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