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Snarky Responses to Yahoo! Answers
Snarky Responses to Yahoo! Answers, is a four-month excursion into the bowels of the Internet, otherwise known as Yahoo! Answers.
Comic writer Matthew Cory wastes four months of his life answering questions on Yahoo! Answers with unhelpful but hilarious responses. This book is a collection of those responses.
From helping teenage girls determine what a smile means, to giving baby-naming advice to a parent-to-be, to helping a user who wants to know how to use his zipper, Matthew is quick with a sarcastic response or a clever quip. Every once in a while, Matthew will dispense advice that may actually be useful…but don’t count on it.
Yahoo! Answers is one of the most popular websites on the Internet. The site generates millions of hits per day from users seeking answers from complete strangers to the burning questions of life, such as “Where did emimen grow up? the raper?” This book is required reading for anyone with a sense of humor, a functioning brain, and an Internet connection.
Comic writer Matthew Cory wastes four months of his life answering questions on Yahoo! Answers with unhelpful but hilarious responses. This book is a collection of those responses.
From helping teenage girls determine what a smile means, to giving baby-naming advice to a parent-to-be, to helping a user who wants to know how to use his zipper, Matthew is quick with a sarcastic response or a clever quip. Every once in a while, Matthew will dispense advice that may actually be useful…but don’t count on it.
Yahoo! Answers is one of the most popular websites on the Internet. The site generates millions of hits per day from users seeking answers from complete strangers to the burning questions of life, such as “Where did emimen grow up? the raper?” This book is required reading for anyone with a sense of humor, a functioning brain, and an Internet connection.
- GenresHumorNonfiction
184 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2009
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About the author
Matthew Cory
5 books4 followersMatthew Cory was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and graduated from Fitchburg High School in 1992. He and his wife Cheryl have been living in Worcester, Massachusetts since 2004.
Matthew has been dealing in comedy for the past twenty-two years. His current comedy TV show is Sketch Worcester, a direct successor to the legendary Sketch Karma that he co-founded. He has recorded several comedy CDs including Nigel Hickenbottom’s England Kicks U.S. Hiney and The Matthew Cory Comedy CD. He also wrote the comic children’s musical "Professor Smellbottom & the P.U. Patrol.”
Matthew has written numerous comedy plays and starred in many community theater farces, including "It Runs in the Family," "Up and Running," "You Can’t Take it With You," "A Bit Between the Teeth," and "How the Other Half Loves."
Matthew’s book series, Snarky Responses to Yahoo! Answers, is an excursion into the bowels of the Internet, otherwise known as Yahoo! Answers. There, Matthew finds the most idiotic questions and provides unhelpful but hilarious responses.
In his spare time, Matthew enjoys creating crossword puzzles, writing crank letters to the editor, memorizing the Internet, and jumping on the couch.
Matthew has been dealing in comedy for the past twenty-two years. His current comedy TV show is Sketch Worcester, a direct successor to the legendary Sketch Karma that he co-founded. He has recorded several comedy CDs including Nigel Hickenbottom’s England Kicks U.S. Hiney and The Matthew Cory Comedy CD. He also wrote the comic children’s musical "Professor Smellbottom & the P.U. Patrol.”
Matthew has written numerous comedy plays and starred in many community theater farces, including "It Runs in the Family," "Up and Running," "You Can’t Take it With You," "A Bit Between the Teeth," and "How the Other Half Loves."
Matthew’s book series, Snarky Responses to Yahoo! Answers, is an excursion into the bowels of the Internet, otherwise known as Yahoo! Answers. There, Matthew finds the most idiotic questions and provides unhelpful but hilarious responses.
In his spare time, Matthew enjoys creating crossword puzzles, writing crank letters to the editor, memorizing the Internet, and jumping on the couch.
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February 17, 2009
This book is absolutely hilarious! I couldn't stop laughing from start to finish! The author really nailed my sense of humor! This guy gives the worst advice to people with stupid questions. It's a total must read if you like to laugh and use the Internet!
February 19, 2009
OK, I must admit that the author is near and dear to my heart...but this book is kick-ass funny regardless!
The questions may have you rolling your eyes (ex: "Do you use your zipper?" "Is having an F in a collage class bad?" and my personal favorite, "Macroeconomics help!!!!?"), but the responses will have you rolling on the floor, whooping it up...probably not literally, but you get the point.
You'll laugh, not only at the absurdity of the questions, but at the delicious cosmic karma of them getting just the answers they deserve. And, yes, karma is delicious. :)
The questions may have you rolling your eyes (ex: "Do you use your zipper?" "Is having an F in a collage class bad?" and my personal favorite, "Macroeconomics help!!!!?"), but the responses will have you rolling on the floor, whooping it up...probably not literally, but you get the point.
You'll laugh, not only at the absurdity of the questions, but at the delicious cosmic karma of them getting just the answers they deserve. And, yes, karma is delicious. :)
May 13, 2009
This book was very funny! There were some answers I did not care for, but overall I thought it was witty. I think it would be fun to have Mr. Cory work in my office so I could see his replys to some of the stupid emails I get everyday!
July 29, 2011
After wanting to read this book for so long, I guess I set my expectations a little too high. Mr. Cory is very clever and super smart, but not so funny. I giggled one time at the mention of an appendix transplant. Other than that, I found some of the questions entertaining. Some people must really crave attention. I couldn't believe some of them that were actually going to use Cory's advice.
It was a fast read and I'm glad I only paid $.99.
It was a fast read and I'm glad I only paid $.99.
April 20, 2010
I actually won this book off of GoodReads a while ago and never got around to reading it. But I found it hilarious. I would love to go through and give sarcastic answers to questions. So many of these made me laugh and I fully enjoyed reading it.
February 7, 2010
I'll give this book 2 stars because I finished it in about an hour and because the title is completely accurate. Every response in the book was snarky. Had the book been called "Funny Response to Yahoo! Answers," I would have to reevaluate my rating.
The 8.5" x 11" format of this book makes little sense to me. This should be much smaller and the content should be limited to the cases where the author's response was actually chosen as the best answer, either by the asker or by vote. I suppose the situations where the "Best Answer" was actually a response to the author's answer and not the question itself should be included, as well, but there is just way too much extraneous snark in the book with the inclusion of the author's responses that weren't considered the best answer.
This just seems like an exercise in hubris that fails because the author is not nearly as funny as he thinks he is.
The 8.5" x 11" format of this book makes little sense to me. This should be much smaller and the content should be limited to the cases where the author's response was actually chosen as the best answer, either by the asker or by vote. I suppose the situations where the "Best Answer" was actually a response to the author's answer and not the question itself should be included, as well, but there is just way too much extraneous snark in the book with the inclusion of the author's responses that weren't considered the best answer.
This just seems like an exercise in hubris that fails because the author is not nearly as funny as he thinks he is.
October 13, 2009
Sometimes funny sometimes stupid.
August 13, 2012
Cory's clever responses to the many outrageous questions from Yahoo! Answers make for a great read.
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