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Posted on 3/31/14 at 9:58 am to
Posted by bluemoons
the marsh
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 9:58 am to
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Fear and loathing in Las Vegas



This.
Posted by skinny domino
sebr
Member since Feb 2007
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 10:03 am to
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Any recommendations

the bible
Posted by Gorilla Fingers
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 10:10 am to
This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Posted by tlsu15
Capital of Texas
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 10:17 am to
Sleepwalk with me - Mike Birbiglia

You're doing it wrong - Michael Ian Black
Posted by tidalmouse
Whatsamotta U.
Member since Jan 2009
30706 posts
Posted on 3/31/14 at 10:23 am to
"The World According to Garp" is maybe the funniest book I've read.

If you haven't read "Forrest Gump" you should.

It's way out there compared to the movie.
Posted by Aspercel
Member since Jan 2009
107195 posts
Posted on 3/31/14 at 10:29 am to
Good omens
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 10:41 am to
I was reading this on the toilet the other day. It is not funny.
Posted by NoSaint
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 11:26 am to
infinite jest
Posted by windmill
Prairieville, La
Member since Dec 2005
7050 posts
Posted on 3/31/14 at 11:28 am to
A Confederacy of Dunces
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89781 posts
Posted on 3/31/14 at 11:47 am to
Catch-22, Joseph Heller

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
Posted by 911Moto
Member since Sep 2013
5491 posts
Posted on 3/31/14 at 12:11 pm to
"Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" by Christopher Moore is a good read. It is a bit sophomoric, but it is hilarious to both Christians and atheists for different reasons.
Posted by Dam Guide
Member since Sep 2005
15579 posts
Posted on 3/31/14 at 12:13 pm to
The Andy Kaufman bio by Zumda.
Posted by Jimmy2shoes
The South
Member since Mar 2014
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 12:22 pm to
Artie Lange's follow up to Too Fat to Fish
Posted by Tigris
Mexican Home
Member since Jul 2005
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 1:02 pm to
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman." An autobiography by Richard P Feynman.


Just read that. Feynman is now one of my heroes though I'm not sure the book is all that funny (though Feynman was). Good read, very interesting and amusing at times.

For funny I'd go with Hitchiker's Guide, or one of Carl Hiaasen's (Striptease, Double Whammy, Stormy Weather...), or something by Dave Barry (he had an excerpt from a new book in the WSJ a few weeks ago that was funny as hell).

For extremely dark humor go with Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko series (Gorky Park, Polar Star, etc).

quote:

infinite jest


Frequently amazingly funny but pretty brutal as well.
This post was edited on 3/31/14 at 1:08 pm
Posted by Porky
Member since Aug 2008
19103 posts
Posted on 3/31/14 at 1:13 pm to
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Fear and loathing in Las Vegas

I love Hunter Thompson but most women don't.

"Hell's Angels" The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs is another.
Posted by Porky
Member since Aug 2008
19103 posts
Posted on 3/31/14 at 1:14 pm to
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If you play golf, read Somewhere in Ireland, a Village is Missing an Idiot, by David Feherty.


...or "Golf My Own Damn Way" by John Daly.
Posted by HinesvilleThrill
Skidaway Island
Member since Sep 2012
3475 posts
Posted on 3/31/14 at 1:15 pm to
Anything by Lewis Grizzard.
Posted by Porky
Member since Aug 2008
19103 posts
Posted on 3/31/14 at 1:16 pm to
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Anything by Lewis Grizzard.

Absolutely...RIP Lewis and Catfish.
Posted by justlookin
Member since Mar 2014
257 posts
Posted on 3/31/14 at 1:19 pm to
If you like outdoor humor, Patrick F. McManus is good. 'A Fine And Pleasant Misery' and 'The Grasshopper Trap' I especially enjoyed.
This post was edited on 3/31/14 at 1:57 pm
Posted by BS
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
16533 posts
Posted on 3/31/14 at 1:24 pm to
Anything written by George Carlin (R.I.P.)
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