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A Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man
For years, everyone has talked about yo mama, pointing out her failings in important areas. Now, two researchers and retired sewer cartographers have spent over a decade investigating yo mama, assembling a wide range of evidence against her. They tracked, photographed, and studied the horrible woman who brought you into this world — then compiled their findings.
The result is A Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man . This unprecedented exposé proves once and for all that the woman who is arguably dearest to you in life is mentally infirm, deceitful, a bad mother to you, and worthy of only ridicule and disdain.
To make this case, the authors present you with graphs, field notes, charts, Sad Libs, and various primary source documents. Crying as you log all your tears on the book's Tear Check Page, you'll learn what you never wanted to know from a text that is readable, contemptuous, and 100% factual.
From this thorough and authoritative work you will learn facts such
Drawing on a substantial research budget of $3.5 million and the strong stomachs they acquired from working in sewers across the world and in their dreams, Andrew Barlow and Kent Roberts drew closer to the enigmatic truth about yo mama than anyone else ever has.
Nothing was The authors even experienced the infamous battle between yo mama's head lice and body lice of 1992! Portrait not only is must-read material for you but provides a treasure chest of traumatizing bedtime stories for your own children. Never has there been a work of art that was such an incredible investment in your and your family's pain.
The result is A Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man . This unprecedented exposé proves once and for all that the woman who is arguably dearest to you in life is mentally infirm, deceitful, a bad mother to you, and worthy of only ridicule and disdain.
To make this case, the authors present you with graphs, field notes, charts, Sad Libs, and various primary source documents. Crying as you log all your tears on the book's Tear Check Page, you'll learn what you never wanted to know from a text that is readable, contemptuous, and 100% factual.
From this thorough and authoritative work you will learn facts such
Drawing on a substantial research budget of $3.5 million and the strong stomachs they acquired from working in sewers across the world and in their dreams, Andrew Barlow and Kent Roberts drew closer to the enigmatic truth about yo mama than anyone else ever has.
Nothing was The authors even experienced the infamous battle between yo mama's head lice and body lice of 1992! Portrait not only is must-read material for you but provides a treasure chest of traumatizing bedtime stories for your own children. Never has there been a work of art that was such an incredible investment in your and your family's pain.
- GenresHumor
192 pages, Paperback
First published March 22, 2005
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September 4, 2007
This is the funniest book about yo mama that I've ever read, bar none. 192 pages of information about yo mama that you might never have heard before. My wife has forbidden me from annoying her further with lines from this book.
"Yo mama's mix tapes are just a bunch of recent U2 songs on one side and a "Weird Al" Yankovic album copied on the other."
C'mon. Funny!
"Yo mama's mix tapes are just a bunch of recent U2 songs on one side and a "Weird Al" Yankovic album copied on the other."
C'mon. Funny!
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June 23, 2021This author was featured on an episode of Impractical Jokers in which he had to help Murr come up with a yo mama joke. And it was the unfunniest joke I’ve ever heard.
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February 11, 2010
A post-modern deconstruction of "The Momma" joke? This is the only humor book I have ever bought and it was worth every penny and effort it took to get.
January 7, 2009
"yo mama's so lupine."
that is all.
that is all.
July 13, 2009
Your mom is funny. This book is not.
November 14, 2015
Maybe I am missing something here, but I did not even crack a smile while reading A Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man. For a book that is supposed to be funny, I found it to be quite unamusing and immature. A lot of the book didn't even make sense. I was only able to digest about half of the book before I finally had to put it down. My stomach is still churning from the pages I read. I love humor, but it has to be funny to make it humorous.
Otherwise, it is just a sad attempt and you will be booed off of the stage. Maybe this book is intended for . . . well, I can't think who would like this book. In my honest opinion, this is probably one of the worst books that I have ever read and wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. Now, this is only my opinion, so take that with a grain of salt. If you are looking for something about Yo Mama, well, you have found the right book.
I don't have much else to say about this dribble, so I will end it by saying that I am sorry that I wasted an hour reading the first half of A Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man. I wish I could have that hour back and forget I ever saw this book.
I rated this book a 1 out of 10.
Otherwise, it is just a sad attempt and you will be booed off of the stage. Maybe this book is intended for . . . well, I can't think who would like this book. In my honest opinion, this is probably one of the worst books that I have ever read and wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. Now, this is only my opinion, so take that with a grain of salt. If you are looking for something about Yo Mama, well, you have found the right book.
I don't have much else to say about this dribble, so I will end it by saying that I am sorry that I wasted an hour reading the first half of A Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man. I wish I could have that hour back and forget I ever saw this book.
I rated this book a 1 out of 10.
March 24, 2009
This book is amazing; the last time I laughed this hard was "Stuff White People Like." Case in point:
Yo mama says “comprised” when she means “composed,” as in, “I am comprised mostly of grease and sugar.”
Yo mama says “comprised” when she means “composed,” as in, “I am comprised mostly of grease and sugar.”
September 1, 2010
A book all about yo mama! Sure it's essentially one extended "yo mama" joke, but it's a joke with legs. The book is funny most of the time, but it's not without some painfully unfunny parts. You're betting off reading it in more than one sitting. Little doses, and it goes down great.
September 5, 2007
One of the funniest and weirdest books you'll ever read. Unexpectedly strange.
December 11, 2009
hi-lar-ious.
March 2, 2011
Yeah, that's right. NONFICTION. BOOM!
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