Milking the Rhino: Dangerously Funny Lists

by Chris Rush, David Spiegel

"Chris Rush promised that if I gave him a favorable blurb, he would agree to be placed in a secure, isolated neuropsychiatric facility, away from the rest of us. Here 'Chris's book is crammed with good, big, sick belly laughs.' Your turn, Chris." --George Carlin 

"I first saw Chris Rush thirty years ago, and he killed me. He has a bizarre, funny way of looking at things, and this book is proof of that." --Jay Leno

"Chris Rush combines the stream-of-consciousness of a Lenny Bruce, a Monty-Pythonesque appreciation of the surreally absurd, and the mental energy of a Robin Williams." -- New York Times

"He is universal and intellectual without being elitist." -- Variety

Comedian Chris Rush was one of the original contributors to National Lampoon magazine. He can be heard on Sirius and XM satellite radio and on the Joey Reynolds radio show every Friday at 1 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

In Milking the Rhino , Rush uses a series of unforgettable surreal images to create hilarious verbal cartoons presented in a seductive list form to transport you into a world of nonstop laughter.

Lists

* Seven Examples of Truth in Advertising You Will Never See

* Twenty-Five Really Lousy Jobs

* The Ten Worst Pickup Lines

* Ten Bizarre Hobbies

* Fourteen Novelty Items That Never Took Off

* Four Things You Shouldn't Do in Zero-Gravity Conditions

* Four UFO Incidents That Are Weirder Than Usual

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction, Ebooks

112 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2007

Reviews

[Diane · Rating 2 out of 5]

this is a book of funny lists--well, some are funny, some are gross, and some are just plain stupid. i guess humor, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

[Meredith Kaupp · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was a free kindle book.
It claimed to be so funny you'd wet yourself laughing.
It's about as funny as this review.

[Shadow Jubilee · Rating 1 out of 5]

Based on the title, I expected to be screaming with laughter - or at least splitting my face with my widest grin. At most I cracked a smile in a couple of pages, but I didn't really find this funny. I didn't understand what was supposed to be funny about the lists. It seemed all nonsense to me. Maybe it would have been funnier if performed by a comedian; the humor may have been lost in translation. I gave up when I realized I wasn't exactly reading it but letting my eyes wander across the lines.

[Jack · Rating 1 out of 5]

The introduction said something about pissing myself laughing reading this book. I barely cracked a smile. Hardly worth the price I paid for it, which was free from Amazon. Not a Good Read.

[Dennis Wales · Rating 1 out of 5]

BOOOORRRIIINNNNGGGGG.....

[Mai · Rating 1 out of 5]

It didn't work. I didn't laugh. At all.

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

OMG parts of this were laugh till you can't breathe funny. Parts not so much (probably more parts like this than less) My husband and dogs were compelled to investigate what had me laughing so much. Overall I'm glad I read it and will go back to the pee my pants funny parts to read when I need a laugh.

[The Bookish Wombat · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was free from Amazon and the write-up looked promising, however, it wasn't funny and I found some of the humour offensive - homophobic, poking fun at those with mental and physical conditions. I didn't finish it and deleted it from my Kindle (a first for me).

If I could have given it 0 stars I would have...

[Clarissa Draper · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think I would have loved the book if the examples quoted were taken from real life and not just made up. Sure some of this lists were funny but I wouldn't spend full price on this book. I got it for free.

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thought I'd be laughing or smiling a lot...I think I laughed once, and smiled 4 times. That could have been a result of my crummy mood, and hoping to be cheered up, but it didn't happen. It was a free kindle book...we may have paid too much for it.

[Abby · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was expecting more than this humorless set of lists when I picked up Milking the Rhino. I was highly disappointed that I not only didn't laugh, but barely cracked a smile. This book is going in my give away pile right now.

[Mary Ann · Rating 2 out of 5]

It had some very funny parts to it, but some of the things he was making sound like happened didn't have documentation and were too improbable. Also, I felt this was something for older kids, not younger kids.

[Elaine · Rating 1 out of 5]

read a tiny bit -- seems pretty stupid

[Kimberly · Rating 1 out of 5]

WORST PIECE OF CRAP EVER!

[Khadijah · Rating 1 out of 5]

15% was all I could read.

[Gretchen Mattingley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not funny at all.

[Darren Humphries · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lists can be funny, I'm sure of it, but this book doesn't prove it.

There aren't any laughs in it and it's main benefit is that it's mercifully short.

[Happy Reader · Rating 1 out of 5]

Kindle freebie -- not in the least bit funny.

[Jeanelle Viola · Rating 1 out of 5]

I expected to really laugh throughout the book. I only smiled a couple of time and found most of it to be not funny at all.

[Kelly Klevorn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible book. I couldn't even finish it. Not funny at all.

[Julie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is a compilation of fictitious lists. The list were ment to be funny but I did not find them humorous.

I did not finish reading this book.

[Bridget · Rating 2 out of 5]

It really wasn't that funny, I was kind of disappointed.

[Jay-me (Janet) · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well - I read it. It passed some time.
Not one I'll re-read or recommend to my friends.

[Cobbie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ughh not that funny. Good thing it was free ;)

[Emy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pointless yet humorous :)