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Product Description: A new, hilarious humor book that combines funny news stories with familiar jokesSometimes items in the newspaper are so outrageous that itâs hard to believe they are true, but often they are equally funny. In the November 2012 issue of Readerâs Digest magazine, humor editor Andy Simmons wrote an article called âThat Reminds Me of A Jokeâ in which he paired a brief, funny news story with a joke that was eerily familiar...read more
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9781621452171 | Readers Digest, May 5, 2015, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: A new, hilarious humor book that combines funny news stories with familiar jokesSometimes items in the newspaper are so outrageous that itâs hard to believe they are true, but often they are equally funny.
9780373616091, titled "Some Choose Hell" | Harlequin Books, November 1, 1985, cover price $2.50 | also contains Some Choose Hell
Product Description: New York Post absurd? Or Onion-like fiction? You decide! British woman weds dolphin! Two minor girls married off to frogs!Tennessee man marries goat! Here's the story: two of these headlines are true - and one's true bologna. Which are straight off the presses? And which one is straight out of the author's mind? It's up to you to decide! The headlines in this book are all so outlandish that it's hard to believe any one of them is true...read more
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9781440540103 | Adams Media Corp, September 18, 2012, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: New York Post absurd?
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9780307339843 | Three Rivers Pr, October 31, 2006, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A parody of America's preoccupation with national security offers a selection of whimsical news stories, opinion pieces, and blurbs that offer a pointed look at Donald Rumsfeld, America's dependence on foreign oil, and domestic surveillance.
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9781435281462 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 22, 2008), cover price $28.95
A whimsical and provocative assortment of sensational New York Post newspaper headlines includes such examples as 'Kiss Your Asteroid Goodbye' (about a meteor missing Earth), 'The Buck Shots Here' (about Dick Cheney's hunting accident), and 'Warm Up the Virgins' (dealing with an airstrike on Al-Zarqawi). 30,000 first printing.
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9780061340710 | Harpercollins, April 1, 2008, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An assortment of sensational 'New York Post' newspaper headlines includes such examples as 'Kiss Your Asteroid Goodbye,' about a meteor missing Earth; and 'The Buck Shots Here,' about Dick Cheney's hunting accident.
The staff of The Onion, America's leading source of humorous news, presents a zany collection of headlines and news stories, including an account of the Pentagon's development of an A-bomb-resistant desk for schoolchildren, the conspiracies behind the Kennedy assassination, and many more, in a new edition of the humor classic. 50,000 first printing.
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9780307393579 | Crown Pub, September 25, 2007, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: The staff of The Onion presents a satirical collection of mock headlines and news stories, including an account of the Pentagon's development of an A-bomb-resistant desk for schoolchildren.
Encompassing hundreds of articles no longer available on TheOnion.com archive, this comprehensive anthology contains all the hilarious stories October 2003 through November 2004, including such memorable features as 'Vladimir Putin Begins Second Term as Whatever He Is,' 'Catholic Church Condemns Metrosexuality,' and 'Documents Reveal Gaps in Bush's Service as President.' Original. 125,000 first printing.
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9781400054565 | Three Rivers Pr, October 11, 2005, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: An anthology encompassing hundreds of articles from October 2003 through November 2004, including 'Catholic Church Condemns Metrosexuality' and 'Documents Reveal Gaps in Bush's Service as President.
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9780375410161 | Abridged edition (Random House, March 1, 2000), cover price $15.50 | About this edition: Presents a compilation of satirical news stories featured on 'The Onion''s web site.
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9780609804612 | 1 edition (Three Rivers Pr, April 1, 1999), cover price $19.00 | About this edition: The staff of The Onion presents a satirical collection of mock headlines and news stories, including an account of the Pentagon's development of an A-bomb-resistant desk for schoolchildren
The editors of the humor publication, The Onion, offer a tearfully funny collection of satire on the twentieth-century's greatest figures and events, presenting mock news stories complemented with altered versions of famous photographs. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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9780786883035 | Hyperion Books, December 1, 1998, cover price $13.50 | About this edition: The editors of the humor publication, The Onion, offer a tearfully funny collection of satire on the twentieth-century's greatest figures and events, presenting mock news stories complemented with altered versions of famous photographs.
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9780836217513 | Andrews McMeel Pub, May 1, 1994, cover price $9.95
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9780446394178 | Grand Central Pub, December 1, 1992, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Features such headlines as 'Man Forced to Cook Spaghetti at Gunpoint,' 'Man Gets Probation for Violating Probation,' and 'Quarreling Disrupts Violence Conference'
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9780517082386 | Outlet, September 1, 1992, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: The new host of NBC's Tonight Show uses sharp wit to shred some absurd yet real headlines from the nation's newspapers in a hardcover collection of three of his best-selling paperbacks.
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9780446393744 | Grand Central Pub, December 1, 1991, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A collection of ridiculous yet real headlines from America's newspapers includes 'Post Office Paychecks Get Lost in Mail' and 'Animal Rights Group to Hold Meeting at Steakhouse'
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9780446392365 | Grand Central Pub, October 1, 1990, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Compiled by the regular 'Tonight Show' guest host, this collection lampoons strange headlines, photos, and ads that somehow manage to find their way into America's newspapers
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9780446391368 | Grand Central Pub, November 1, 1989, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Modeled after the regular guest host's popular sketch on the 'Tonight Show,' this collection samples the ridiculous side of newspapers--ludicrous headlines, laughably inappropriate photo placements, and absurd ads
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9780373616091 | Harlequin Books, November 1, 1985, cover price $2.50 | also contains That Reminds Me of a Joke: Outrageous News Stories That Echo Our Favorite Jokes
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