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daumari's review against another edition
4.0
I don't remember when I read this, but it was definitely one of the early popsci books that hooked me.
adequate_squatch's review against another edition
5.0
This book is right up my alley. A bunch of mostly useless trivia about the human body. Things like, "Does chewing gum really stay in your stomach for seven years?" (it doesn't), and "Can cranberry juice really cure a urinary tract infection?" (can't hurt). It was informative, interesting, and funny.
mtbc's review
5.0
This is the ultimate audio book, quick stories that are easy to follow. It really makes you laugh and fills you with a lot of random information that you can share with people around you, whether they're interested or not.
jackgoss's review against another edition
1.0
How in the world did this get published?
The question/answers are mildly interesting. Unfortunately those only make up about 1/2 the book. The rest is spectacularly failed attempts at being funny.
I can only assume they didn't mean for those parts to be read at all, as it's not a cover-to-cover kind of book. Readers are meant to pick up the book, find a funny question, set book back down. The extra filler is just in there to make the book appear to be a reasonable length.
The question/answers are mildly interesting. Unfortunately those only make up about 1/2 the book. The rest is spectacularly failed attempts at being funny.
I can only assume they didn't mean for those parts to be read at all, as it's not a cover-to-cover kind of book. Readers are meant to pick up the book, find a funny question, set book back down. The extra filler is just in there to make the book appear to be a reasonable length.
abe25's review against another edition
3.0
I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/11513312
an interesting collection of random facts about the human condition.
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/11513312
an interesting collection of random facts about the human condition.
seeinghowitgoes's review against another edition
3.0
Finally a non-fantasy, non-romance novel! I read this solely because of the title, because really... why DO men have nipples? That of course is answered along with a few more questions that I never really thought about (or wanted to know about for that matter).
The novel is written by a doctor who has on occasion been behind some of the medical research on medical dramas which hollywood is known for spewing out. This was a super fast read for me as the layout is mostly in question answer format. I generally skipped over the questions I was not all that interested about. It's a fun read, but you won't take much away from it.
The novel is written by a doctor who has on occasion been behind some of the medical research on medical dramas which hollywood is known for spewing out. This was a super fast read for me as the layout is mostly in question answer format. I generally skipped over the questions I was not all that interested about. It's a fun read, but you won't take much away from it.
sbhatnag's review against another edition
3.0
Informative, funny (for the most part), and a very quick read.
readhikerepeat's review against another edition
4.0
The authors have a very odd sense of humor that is even more evident, I would imagine, in the audiobook because Leyner actually narrates it. Their at-times inappropriate remarks and dry sense of humor (for example, “Goosebumps occur from fear, cold or after looking at yourself in the mirror after a night of vodka-induced debauchery”) combine to create a hilarious book that will answer a lot of weird body questions that only come up after a few cocktails.
For the full review, visit The Book Wheel.
For the full review, visit The Book Wheel.
shonaningyo's review against another edition
2.0
I swear to God I reviewed this before... buuuut.. No seriously, I swear to God I reviewed this book before! As in, typed it down. Maybe I was dictating it to my Mum.. who knows...
ANYWAYS!!
At first I thought this book was good... But then I realized it wasn't.
Why?
Because in the middle of everything the author would stop and interject with some manuscript-styled ramblings with his partner-in-crime about some random shit that I don't give a FUCK ABOUT. Seriously. It didn't even make sense. Not even a little bit. And not even the funny-haha-this-is-so-random, but dude-did-you-even-pay-for-an-editor-to-take-out-this-kind-of-inane-shit?!-random...
And it got to the point where the author didn't even answer a few questions. Either that, or they were short and clipped. Some questions that required a short and decisive answer got a long rambling of stupid crap and facts and figures and statistics and historical background that I didn't friggin need, whereas questions that required that got basically nothing.
And at some point in reading this I came to a realization that this person who is supposedly in the medical field (either that or his crazy-ass friend who is helping to put together this crap) doesn't really know anything. Yes there's all this bark and woof-woof-woof of "facts", but seriously... what the heck are you trying to say?
AND! AND! This book is for people who are drunk? It mentions it and addresses that this is pretty much a handbook for DRUNK curiosos (people who are curious.. my own word) hammered enough to ask these stupid and kind of innappropriate questions, but not drunk enough to not completely comprehend that you're actually addressing the question.
That being said: Yes, take the formal route and use the official medical terms for EVERY SINGLE THING in this book. Don't dumb it down for us, don't even consider the idea that these people you are answering the question for have more than likely forgotten 11th grade Biology (or if they're Catholic, doesn't even know what a urethra is or what exactly the mons on a woman is) or have only seen a few seasons of House but still don't know all the details of the human body and how it works (cue eye roll and scrunched up face of happy-anger). That's great. You keep using your sharp, white, scalpel-y words that makes a normal person--let alone a drunk person-- feel very stupid for asking the question, because they sure as hell thought that a person who knew these kinds of things would probably make it easier for a layman to understand. Apparently they were wrong, and this is how all doctors or medical professionals talk when discussing something along the lines of what is in this book, and they should feel very stupid and foolish for thinking otherwise. And there goes the downward spiral of Jaegger as they drown themselves in their own feelings of self-hatred for thinking otherwise.
Seriously, dude. WTF?
AND FOR THE RECORD.
Men have nipples because we all started out as female in the womb. At the last second the Y chromosomes kicked in and it added male genitals and testosterone and stuffs... which is why boys still have nipples; just a remnant from what could have been (looks longingly into the sunset). And it's more than likely also why the vagina and the penis and their other hanging things have intrinsically -- or basically, when you get right down to it -- the same tissue makeup ... Also, if you want to look at it in another light, it's a way to mirror women, kind of to complement them by looking similar. Both women have eyes, noses, ears, hair (difference in growth rate and where it does grow , yes) and so nipples shouldn't be any different.
ANYWAYS!!
At first I thought this book was good... But then I realized it wasn't.
Why?
Because in the middle of everything the author would stop and interject with some manuscript-styled ramblings with his partner-in-crime about some random shit that I don't give a FUCK ABOUT. Seriously. It didn't even make sense. Not even a little bit. And not even the funny-haha-this-is-so-random, but dude-did-you-even-pay-for-an-editor-to-take-out-this-kind-of-inane-shit?!-random...
And it got to the point where the author didn't even answer a few questions. Either that, or they were short and clipped. Some questions that required a short and decisive answer got a long rambling of stupid crap and facts and figures and statistics and historical background that I didn't friggin need, whereas questions that required that got basically nothing.
And at some point in reading this I came to a realization that this person who is supposedly in the medical field (either that or his crazy-ass friend who is helping to put together this crap) doesn't really know anything. Yes there's all this bark and woof-woof-woof of "facts", but seriously... what the heck are you trying to say?
AND! AND! This book is for people who are drunk? It mentions it and addresses that this is pretty much a handbook for DRUNK curiosos (people who are curious.. my own word) hammered enough to ask these stupid and kind of innappropriate questions, but not drunk enough to not completely comprehend that you're actually addressing the question.
That being said: Yes, take the formal route and use the official medical terms for EVERY SINGLE THING in this book. Don't dumb it down for us, don't even consider the idea that these people you are answering the question for have more than likely forgotten 11th grade Biology (or if they're Catholic, doesn't even know what a urethra is or what exactly the mons on a woman is) or have only seen a few seasons of House but still don't know all the details of the human body and how it works (cue eye roll and scrunched up face of happy-anger). That's great. You keep using your sharp, white, scalpel-y words that makes a normal person--let alone a drunk person-- feel very stupid for asking the question, because they sure as hell thought that a person who knew these kinds of things would probably make it easier for a layman to understand. Apparently they were wrong, and this is how all doctors or medical professionals talk when discussing something along the lines of what is in this book, and they should feel very stupid and foolish for thinking otherwise. And there goes the downward spiral of Jaegger
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(did I spell it right? I maybe Irish/German but I don't care for alcohol .. I'm only 16 for God's sake .. oh you'll say 'that's no excuse, I drank my first 5th of Whiskey when I was 11!' yes, but I find alcohol to be a disgusting poison.. I agree with the strait-laced religious people on this one... :/ )Seriously, dude. WTF?
AND FOR THE RECORD.
Men have nipples because we all started out as female in the womb. At the last second the Y chromosomes kicked in and it added male genitals and testosterone and stuffs... which is why boys still have nipples; just a remnant from what could have been (looks longingly into the sunset). And it's more than likely also why the vagina and the penis and their other hanging things have intrinsically -- or basically, when you get right down to it -- the same tissue makeup ... Also, if you want to look at it in another light, it's a way to mirror women, kind of to complement them by looking similar. Both women have eyes, noses, ears, hair (difference in growth rate and where it does grow , yes) and so nipples shouldn't be any different.