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Product Description After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, twenty-eight-year-old Justin Halpern found himself living at home with his seventy-three-year-old dad. Sam Halpern, who is "like Socrates, but angrier, and with worse hair," has never minced words, and when Justin moved back home, he began to record all the ridiculous things his dad said to him:
More than a million people now follow Mr. Halpern's philosophical musings on Twitter, and in this book, his son weaves a brilliantly funny, touching coming-of-age memoir around the best of his quotes. An all-American story that unfolds on the Little League field, in Denny's, during excruciating family road trips, and, most frequently, in the Halperns' kitchen over bowls of Grape-Nuts, Sh*t My Dad Says is a chaotic, hilarious, true portrait of a father-son relationship from a major new comic voice. | |
5 out of 5] Laughed Out Loud (which I don't do often when reading) September 5, 2010 I really enjoyed this book, reading one chapter per night before going to sleep. Sometimes I even laughed out loud, which I don't do often while reading. It's a nice series of vignettes which brought back memories of my own dad. 5 out of 5] Laugh out loud and expect tears to run down your cheeks! September 5, 2010 1 out of 1 I figured a NYT best seller would be good but never expected to laugh as hard and often as I did. This loving irreverent look at parent/child relationships is one of those "go to when you need a lift" kind of books. In a small way it reminds me of Erma Bombeck's style: parents love their children but there are moments of utter frustration with the little things that build up to explosive levels. What parent hasn't confronted the teacher that seems to hate children and teaching and not wanted to react the way Justin's dad did? That and everything from cleanliness and eating habits is covered in a realistic and humorous manner. The book is clearly this year's Christmas present for special friends and family members. Buy it for yourself...it's a great "gift." 5 out of 5] just plain fun September 3, 2010 1 out of 1 Not enriching or educational by any means, but simply hilarious. A great coffee table book, if your family and company can take some profanity. Every guest of ours has been sucked in and ended up in tears. This guy's dad has distilled reality and humanity succinctly and unintentionally comically. 4 out of 5] Laugh out Loud September 2, 2010 2 out of 2 I laughed out loud as I read the first half of this book. As the title implies it has very rough language. When I sat down to read the second half it was getting to be a bit much of the same old stuff so while enjoying the end of the book I wasn;t laughing out loud. No regrets on the purchase. 5 out of 5] So Funny I Cannot Even Breathe! September 1, 2010 2 out of 2 Okay, so I have a Blackberry 9700 and I have the Kindle application on my phone. I was browsing through the library and found this book. It sounded remarkably like the guy I followed on Twitter so I decided to read the excerpt and realized it was! So I purchased the book and have been reading it in my downtime at work and I have to say that I have been laughing all day! I could not believe that someone's dad was this vulgar but at the same time at least you always knew what he was talking about and did not try to push things under the carpet like a lot of sensitive people tend to do these days. I am enjoying every moment and cannot wait to get home and order a pizza and finish this book. For the people who are complaining that the book was too vulgar, I refer you to the title. If you have profanity in the title, what made you think it was going to be innocent like "A River Runs through It"? In this day and age it seems that everyone is so uptight. You can't say this; you can't say that, etc. It's nice to see someone who was not afraid of his own shadow in his own house and who was not afraid to stick up for his son's when needed-be. My mother was not as frank as he was but she certainly has had her time or two down at the schools defending me and my siblings. I say that times, work, economy is so hard on everyone right now. Sometimes you need to just sit back and ask yourself "what did he just say??" and have a good long laugh instead of bringing more unhappiness in your life by over-analyzing and complaining all the time. You have enough of that and I certainly do. We call this sort of humor close to what is termed "grave-yard humor", especially with the line about the dog. So stop complaining, sit back, grab a beer and some pizza, and laugh! I know this is not supposed to be a literary genius book and I am good with that. Again, my life is stressful and I am tired and I just like the fact that I could just laugh because I have not genuinely done so in a very long time! Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did! 5 stars all the way! | |
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