Life's Little Destruction Book: Everyday Rescue for Beauty, Fashion, Relationships, and Life

by Charles S. Dane

Goody two-shoeism hangs like an angel's halo over the land, pressuring us to improve ourselves and constantly do the right thing. Recycling has us going around in circles. Sensitivity shades into silliness. One more rant about co-dependency and we will all go cuckoo. There are just too many good things to do. Unchecked, the pursuit of perfection threatens to erase the little quirks and foibles that make us us. If we become any nicer, better behaved, more socially concerned, blissful- or repressed- we could end up a nation of ax murderers. Enough already. The prescriptions and advice on these pages are meant as an antidote to niceness run rampant. The site points the way back toward sanity. Let each sentence be your clarion call. Think small and indulge yourself; vent your spleen lest it explode and splatter your neighbor. Go ahead and be a little obnoxious; make sucking noises; be pushy. Learn again to belittle, belabor, and betray. Use more plastic, grind your teeth and experience once again the exquisite satisfaction you once knew as a child when you peed in the pool. Our American way of life may depend on it.

Genres: Humor

124 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Bryce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes I get so sick of those "feel good" books. This one is the complete opposite.

I keep this book by my desk at work for those days when I'm really in a crappy mood. It has some wonderful suggestions...

My favorite is {please excuse my sick sense of humor}:

"Open the casket for one last look."

Very funny reference manual.

[Howard Cruz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who here is sarcastic? If you said "not me" Sit your ass down, you're not witty or funny: but this book is! the complete opposite of "Life's little instruction book" This book is one you'd follow if you wish to destroy your life. A complete parody, I laughed my butt off!

[SmarterLilac · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super funny. Good for quoting from at parties (if for no other reason than to poke at the insecure folks around you).

[Víctor Hugo Magallón · Rating 3 out of 5]

El pequeño destructivo para la vida, es un libro con más de cuatrocientas recomendaciones que salpimentarán tú horrible y triste existencia de una forma todavía más lúgubre y absurda.

Algunas reglas de no-urbanidad para no-convivir en sociedad. Varias aplicables, otras no tanto.

Un pequeño libro de bolsillo para tomarse la vida con humor y darle una vuelta de tuerca a todas esas convenciones sociales que en ocasiones, llegan a ser totalmente absurdas.

RECOMENDABLE SI:

- Buscas algo ligero que leer.

- Tienes la firme intención de que todo el mundo pierda la cabeza.

- Ves la vida con humor más que con mortificación.

- Seguir los diez mandamientos no es para ti.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my all time favorite books. I give this along with Life’s Little Instruction Book and the 80% of Success is Showing up books to HS graduates. This book is so darned funny you’ll be laughing out loud!!

[Tori · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I first picked up this book I thought it was going to be funny. By the time I made it about 6 pages in it was more annoying than anything.

[Patricia Atkinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

it had a lot of humor in it i enjoyed it made my dad a fast read but worth the laugh

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious!

[Ariel · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's alright. I've read things like this before. It's just a fun little book for something to pass the time with.