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yaakovakiva's review against another edition
4.0
This was a really funny read that actually contained REALLY ingenius tips for surviving wedding catastrophes (thankfully, I didn't need to use any of them, but I took this book with us to our destination wedding and made sure I knew where it was at all times). I'm grateful to the former bride who passed it on!
mskrzydlinski's review against another edition
5.0
After I bought this book as a joke I soon realized several of the tips apply to my job as a camp couselor. I now carry it around with me and thumb through it whenever I get the chance. As silly as some of the tips and scenarios may be, it's a nice book to have-you never know what's going to happen.
jen_the_librarian13's review against another edition
3.0
This book was a quick read and some of the categories/answers were hilarious. I rated a 3 because I expected much of the book to be realistic, but to me it was mostly humor. There were some good tips on how to get stains out of dresses and deal with day of pimples. But I was a little disappointed in the fact that most of the tips for getting money to pay for the wedding were along the lines of "enlist corporate sponsors and put their logo on your wedding dress" or "raffle off the opportunity to give the bride away or even go along on the honeymoon". While comical these tips are highly unrealistic. I will say the section on "How to sleep on a couch" for when you forget your anniversary was probably the best part. :)
anna3101's review against another edition
4.0
This book is about what you always wanted to know about all kinds of weird life-threatening situations but were either afraid to ask - or just weren't lucky enough to lay your hands on a book like this!
If, just like me, you go about your daily chores wondering "what if"...
What if a crodile bites your hand off?
What if your car falls into a river?
What if a shark wants to eat you?
What if you get lost in a desert?
... then this is the perfect read for you.
Doesn't matter that the nearest crocodile is safely locked up in a zoo cage - or that I don't have a car - or that the sharks are scarse in this city - or even that there are few deserts in Europe, to say the least. Who cares? The authors are rightely pointing out throughout the whole book - "you just never know" - so better safe than sorry.
And if you forget about the basic rules of dealing with the crocodile while you actually get attacked by one, well, than at least you had some fun reading while you were alive, right?
And if that punch-in-the-eyes method doesn't work on that hungry shark snacking on your leg... then again, at least you tried. That thought will be with you when your soul goes to heaven (or wherever you believe the souls go after bodies get eaten by wild beasts).
Jumping with a parachute that doesn't open (or any parachute at all) or diving in dangerous zones (or any diving for that matter) is, frankly speaking, on my "Never to do in this life" list. But isn't it great to know what could theoretically happen and what I could theoretically do?
Highly recommended reading for all forever-scared-by-things-not-likely-to-happen girls and boys out there - we need to know, because "you just never know...".
Neurotics of the world, unite! :)
If, just like me, you go about your daily chores wondering "what if"...
What if a crodile bites your hand off?
What if your car falls into a river?
What if a shark wants to eat you?
What if you get lost in a desert?
... then this is the perfect read for you.
Doesn't matter that the nearest crocodile is safely locked up in a zoo cage - or that I don't have a car - or that the sharks are scarse in this city - or even that there are few deserts in Europe, to say the least. Who cares? The authors are rightely pointing out throughout the whole book - "you just never know" - so better safe than sorry.
And if you forget about the basic rules of dealing with the crocodile while you actually get attacked by one, well, than at least you had some fun reading while you were alive, right?
And if that punch-in-the-eyes method doesn't work on that hungry shark snacking on your leg... then again, at least you tried. That thought will be with you when your soul goes to heaven (or wherever you believe the souls go after bodies get eaten by wild beasts).
Jumping with a parachute that doesn't open (or any parachute at all) or diving in dangerous zones (or any diving for that matter) is, frankly speaking, on my "Never to do in this life" list. But isn't it great to know what could theoretically happen and what I could theoretically do?
Highly recommended reading for all forever-scared-by-things-not-likely-to-happen girls and boys out there - we need to know, because "you just never know...".
Neurotics of the world, unite! :)
yates9's review against another edition
3.0
Fun book and presumably useful if you can remember what it advises and you find yourself in a dire situation.
10 minute read...
10 minute read...
hungry_book_monster's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
sloatsj's review against another edition
4.0
So serious only laughing can relieve you.
I'm sure it's very useful and I do remember now when driving near bodies of water to keep the car windows open. In case, you know, my car finds its way in. I think it said to leave them open. Slightly open?
I'm sure it's very useful and I do remember now when driving near bodies of water to keep the car windows open. In case, you know, my car finds its way in. I think it said to leave them open. Slightly open?