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Awkward Family Photos
Based on the hit website, AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com (“painful, regrettable, horrifyingly awesome snaps of family bonding, you will laugh so hard that people in adjoining offices will ask what’s wrong with you”— Esquire ), this full color book features never-before-seen photos and hilarious personal stories covering everything from uncomfortable moments with relatives, teen angst, sibling rivalry, and family vacations from hell. Cringe at the forced poses, bad hair, and matching outfits--all prompting us to look at our own families and celebrate the fact that we're not alone. Nothing says awkward better than an uncomfortable family photograph!
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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Mike Bender
16 books11 followersMike Bender is a screenwriter whose credits include "Not Another Teen Movie" and the MTV Movie Awards. He created the hit website AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com with childhood friend Doug Chernack in May 2009 after seeing an awkward vacation photo hung in his parent's house.
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January 18, 2012
Is it silly to purchase a book when these same photos and many more can be found on the website of the same name? Perhaps. But who can possibly resist this sort of hilarity?
...or bad judgement?
...or dysfunction?
It is impossible to view this book without feeling nostalgic for my own childhood. Crazy family, weird 1970's and 1980's fashions, incredibly awkward photos. This book, and the website which inspired it, are like crack to me. It is a plethora of awkwardness ~ candid snapshots, unintentionally revealing photographs, bad photo-studio poses, and in some cases totally wacky and awesome creativity.
My new goal is to get the hubby drunk enough that he agrees to copy this idea for our holiday cards next year!
Yeah, the pictures included in this collection can be found on the website. But in the event of the zombie apocalypse and the subsequent loss of electricity (cause you know that day will come!) it will be nice to have an old fashioned book on hand. A book of wonderful family weirdness to take your mind off the ravenous hoard on the front lawn. Or, you know, it's great to just put out as a coffee table book too :)
...or bad judgement?
...or dysfunction?
It is impossible to view this book without feeling nostalgic for my own childhood. Crazy family, weird 1970's and 1980's fashions, incredibly awkward photos. This book, and the website which inspired it, are like crack to me. It is a plethora of awkwardness ~ candid snapshots, unintentionally revealing photographs, bad photo-studio poses, and in some cases totally wacky and awesome creativity.
My new goal is to get the hubby drunk enough that he agrees to copy this idea for our holiday cards next year!
Yeah, the pictures included in this collection can be found on the website. But in the event of the zombie apocalypse and the subsequent loss of electricity (cause you know that day will come!) it will be nice to have an old fashioned book on hand. A book of wonderful family weirdness to take your mind off the ravenous hoard on the front lawn. Or, you know, it's great to just put out as a coffee table book too :)
May 3, 2023
2.5-3
Amusing photos in different and varied categories with lengthy descriptions and some have short explanations of the actual photo occurrence. It’s just a bit dated, but still funny in places.
Amusing photos in different and varied categories with lengthy descriptions and some have short explanations of the actual photo occurrence. It’s just a bit dated, but still funny in places.
December 19, 2011
There is a little bit of WTF inside every family album. Some families have more of these WTF bits than others, and let me be the first to offer you my sincerest condolences if you and yours have less than your fair share. It is my belief that the universe has a limited number of incongruous photo opportunities, and I feel sorry for those lacking documentation of wonderful family togetherness-awfulness, because I'm pretty sure my family stole all these photo ops from your family. Which is why I ordered this book; I needed to make sure my family wasn't prominently featured between its covers.
And it isn't. At least, not yet. But I am familiar with many of the themes found inside: Holidays, The Kids, and Family Portrait. My sisters and I had twitchy noses when we were mice in "the Cheeses for Jesus," I've played the part of Johnny Appleseed, barefoot and with saucepan headgear earnestly imploring all in song to remember "Earth as a garden, where all nature is free", and I'm pretty sure my middle sister howled her way through a church pageant dressed as a hound dog. My family, acting as singing songbooks (Psalty and the Kids Praise! kids)!, wiped oil paint from our faces only to dress in sweat suits and travel across the land for "The Sweat Family on Vacation." Each member of the family unit had a different color sweatsuit (we each got to choose our color- we were a loving Christian family and my parents did partially believe in the doctrine of free will and all); my mother embellished the sweatshirts by puff painting over the edges of flowers, cows and bears, because appliques need embellishing, but also because she sooooooo loved us.
So this is why I can only give this book 3.5-4 stars. Because my relief in knowing that our prized family photographs are still closeted in hatboxes far from the internet and book publishers may be short lived. But until then, I'll page through this book and uncomfortably laugh at the rest of those the universe has blessed with this brand of lucky.
And it isn't. At least, not yet. But I am familiar with many of the themes found inside: Holidays, The Kids, and Family Portrait. My sisters and I had twitchy noses when we were mice in "the Cheeses for Jesus," I've played the part of Johnny Appleseed, barefoot and with saucepan headgear earnestly imploring all in song to remember "Earth as a garden, where all nature is free", and I'm pretty sure my middle sister howled her way through a church pageant dressed as a hound dog. My family, acting as singing songbooks (Psalty and the Kids Praise! kids)!, wiped oil paint from our faces only to dress in sweat suits and travel across the land for "The Sweat Family on Vacation." Each member of the family unit had a different color sweatsuit (we each got to choose our color- we were a loving Christian family and my parents did partially believe in the doctrine of free will and all); my mother embellished the sweatshirts by puff painting over the edges of flowers, cows and bears, because appliques need embellishing, but also because she sooooooo loved us.
So this is why I can only give this book 3.5-4 stars. Because my relief in knowing that our prized family photographs are still closeted in hatboxes far from the internet and book publishers may be short lived. But until then, I'll page through this book and uncomfortably laugh at the rest of those the universe has blessed with this brand of lucky.
July 26, 2010
This book had some very hysterical family photos and the captions or little blurbs about them made them even funnier. The book is a compilation of way too hilarious pictures that most people can probably relate to from the stilted family portrait where no one looks “natural” to the freaky background wedding/graduation/big event shots. Done in all seriousness, there are some “period” pieces (80s hilarity especially), some “re-enactments” (à la Dynasty, Ma & Pa Kettle for some priceless ones), some “ouch” uncomfortable shots (kids putting their hands on body parts that only kids can get away with), vacation shots (with clothes that you wouldn’t be caught dead in otherwise) and then just the “beautifully challenged” people shots –wow! Makes you wonder what these people were thinking when they had these pictures taken, but then you stop and think of your own embarrassing family photos and there you have your answer ;) It’s a good laugh to be had from start to finish.
September 13, 2019
Hilarious! The kind of book that makes you laugh out loud much to the chagrin of all others at a Barnes and Noble book store. Honestly this one produced tears of laughter.
November 30, 2017
Found it yesterday at the local transfer station. Good for a few yuks. If you were a space alien and had nothing to go on but this book vis-à-vis what Planet Earth was like you might think we're all insane.
March 10, 2020
Hilarious! Definitely a laugh-out-loud.
March 10, 2017
This was the funniest book I have ever read. It consists of really awful family photos with hilarious captions. I picked it up while waiting to meet my friend at Borders and I read the entire thing. I thought I was going to get myself kicked out of the store because I was making such a scene. I could tell that people were not sure if I was laughing or sobbing, because I was in complete histarics. When my friend arrived (I was there about an hour before her, hence the ability to read the entire book before she got there) I was like, Jenny, you have to see this book it is the greatest book on earth. And she was like, ya, this is from a website called Awkwardfamilyphotos.com (I don't know how she knows all this wierd kind of stuff but she is an absolute fountain of knowledge on all these strange, current goings-on). So not only did I crack up in Borders, but when I got home that night, I went on-line for round 2, and my husband joined me. We stayed up until midnight laughing so hard that I can't believe we didn't wake up the kids. If you ever need a present for a grab-bag or a college graduation gift for someone you don't know that well, or pretty much anyone for any occasion, I would suggest this awsome book. It will provide at least an hour of priceless amusement.
August 13, 2010
I was actually kind of disappointed with this book. I wanted it to be hilariously funny, but it was only kind of funny. My favorite picture is at the back and took me a while to figure out - the family is sitting on the couch and there was nothing strange about the picture until I noticed they were sitting on someone else and all you could see of her was her eyes. That did make me laugh.
Otherwise, I found only a few pictures really funny, and my husband was looking over my shoulder going, "I don't get why that's awkward."
Product Description
Based on the hit website, AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com (“painful, regrettable, horrifyingly awesome snaps of family bonding, you will laugh so hard that people in adjoining offices will ask what’s wrong with you”—Esquire), this full color book features never-before-seen photos and hilarious personal stories covering everything from uncomfortable moments with relatives, teen angst, sibling rivalry, and family vacations from hell. Cringe at the forced poses, bad hair, and matching outfits--all prompting us to look at our own families and celebrate the fact that we're not alone. Nothing says awkward better than an uncomfortable family photograph!
Otherwise, I found only a few pictures really funny, and my husband was looking over my shoulder going, "I don't get why that's awkward."
Product Description
Based on the hit website, AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com (“painful, regrettable, horrifyingly awesome snaps of family bonding, you will laugh so hard that people in adjoining offices will ask what’s wrong with you”—Esquire), this full color book features never-before-seen photos and hilarious personal stories covering everything from uncomfortable moments with relatives, teen angst, sibling rivalry, and family vacations from hell. Cringe at the forced poses, bad hair, and matching outfits--all prompting us to look at our own families and celebrate the fact that we're not alone. Nothing says awkward better than an uncomfortable family photograph!
May 2, 2010
As you start reading the introduction to this book you'll find yourself chuckling but as you get futher into it you will be laughing out loud to strange looks from your dear hubby or dear children or for that matter anyone within hearing distance. Some of the pictures are just above and beyond hysterical and the captions with them are perfect. I can actually picture myself in some of the circumstances with which the photos had been taken. I'm sure if I went digging through my family photo albums I would find some hilarious moments trapped in motion that will never be forgotten. Oh and I'm sure there will be a few that I wish would be forgotten but good gosh if you can't have a sense of humor and laugh then you're missing out on a major joy in life. This book will give you joy, laughter and a number of looks from those you love or are near to gain there interest. The one thing I suggest is that you have a box of tissues to wipe those tears of laughter and make sure there is a bathroom nearby as you might just piddle by accident. Enjoy.
May 9, 2010
The (inevitable?) spinoff of the hilarious website www.awkwardfamilyphotos.com. About 75% of the photos in the book are new and about 25% had already been published on the website. The photos are priceless, and the authors' titles and captions are consistently funny. The authors also include quite a few awkward family emails that are generally entertaining, but I would have preferred using the available page space for photographs. The short introduction about the permanence, and resulting ups and downs and awkwardness of family, was surprisingly well-written and sweet. Recommended for a fun in-store or library read, but I probably wouldn't buy it. I shall continue to visit the website regularly, however.
November 11, 2018
I've read that some things once SEEN can never be UNSEEN ... and the photographs in the first collection of Awkward Family Photos fall into that slice of the last forty years of the American Experience. Even the most amusing of the pictures on display also offer up moments of clarity - we are not witnessing posed, staged lives on display, but instead, are seeing the sloppy truth of what it meant to live in an already being forgotten America; from an era where photographs were not instant and digital, or easily deleted before being printed on high glossy color paper, and lived on long after the shutter clicked.
January 6, 2014
I enjoyed this very much. It wasn't just the photos (they were hilarious) but the way they were presented. There were various categories - holidays, family vacations, siblings, birthdays, etc. and each had a warm and humorous introduction. I guess that is what I liked about this book - its warmth and humour. It didn't have a nasty 'look at those dorks' tone to it, but rather 'look at US, being dorks'. We have all been there and been that awkward! I also like the true stories of family related awkward incidents. I am happy to say that my dad never cracked dad jokes, however!
A fun book.
A fun book.
June 19, 2011
Awkward was too gentle a word for some of these clunkers. Painful, disasterous and down right creepy would be better adjectives. My personal fave was the engagement photo of a young couple, the girl in what had to be her prom dress, standing behind her man who was shirtless and sporting a farmer's tan. Also, I'm pretty sure he was gay. I'm gonna predict that marraige didn't last.
September 1, 2020
Haha! The photos are hilarious but so are the stories. Great for anyone who needs a laugh.
June 9, 2017
What a laugh! 😃
February 9, 2011
Mike Bender and Doug Chernak, Awkward Family Photos (Three Rivers Press, 2010)
It was a couple of weeks ago (as I write this; you will be seeing them posted on the same day. Internet time is a funny thing) that I wrote a lukewarm-at-best review of I Can Has Cheezburger?, the blog-to-book that kind of started this whole schlemazel. And I'll admit that maybe I'm simply looking in the wrong places for my blog-to-book fix. After all, everyone loved Julie and Julia, right? (One problem: I loathe memoirs.) And to be fair to my own self, I had no idea Awkward Family Photos was a blog when I added the book version to the 2011 goal list. On the other hand, to be unfair to my own self, I have no idea whether that is affecting my judgment here. Unfortunately, I can's go back to the pre-web days of silly comedic books and compare my reactions to them back then with my reactions to this now. Mostly because I was drunk back then and don't remember. But I digress. Maybe I'm just getting cynical in my old age, but the comedy supposedly inherent in found stuff just isn't there for me, really. I've perused a few of the other found-object attempts at humor (the most notable of these being, obviously, Found [q.v.]), and I don't get it. Once I discovered the bloggish nature of this one, I thought maybe the huge base of user-submitted content would make this sort of highlight reel more attractive? Ah, but then there is my recent I Can Has Cheezburger? experience... all of this is a very logorrheic way of saying “I felt like I should be liking this book a whole lot more than I did, and if you combine my reviews of Found and I Can Has Cheezburger?, you'll get a great idea of why.” Which is a less logorrheic, but more evasive, way of saying “go read those, nothing to see here, folks.”
But really, do you need a review to tell you whether you want a book like this or not? You're either a fan of (a) the blog or (b) the subject matter, or you're not. Pretty cut-and-dried, methinks. **
It was a couple of weeks ago (as I write this; you will be seeing them posted on the same day. Internet time is a funny thing) that I wrote a lukewarm-at-best review of I Can Has Cheezburger?, the blog-to-book that kind of started this whole schlemazel. And I'll admit that maybe I'm simply looking in the wrong places for my blog-to-book fix. After all, everyone loved Julie and Julia, right? (One problem: I loathe memoirs.) And to be fair to my own self, I had no idea Awkward Family Photos was a blog when I added the book version to the 2011 goal list. On the other hand, to be unfair to my own self, I have no idea whether that is affecting my judgment here. Unfortunately, I can's go back to the pre-web days of silly comedic books and compare my reactions to them back then with my reactions to this now. Mostly because I was drunk back then and don't remember. But I digress. Maybe I'm just getting cynical in my old age, but the comedy supposedly inherent in found stuff just isn't there for me, really. I've perused a few of the other found-object attempts at humor (the most notable of these being, obviously, Found [q.v.]), and I don't get it. Once I discovered the bloggish nature of this one, I thought maybe the huge base of user-submitted content would make this sort of highlight reel more attractive? Ah, but then there is my recent I Can Has Cheezburger? experience... all of this is a very logorrheic way of saying “I felt like I should be liking this book a whole lot more than I did, and if you combine my reviews of Found and I Can Has Cheezburger?, you'll get a great idea of why.” Which is a less logorrheic, but more evasive, way of saying “go read those, nothing to see here, folks.”
But really, do you need a review to tell you whether you want a book like this or not? You're either a fan of (a) the blog or (b) the subject matter, or you're not. Pretty cut-and-dried, methinks. **
July 28, 2010
I am a devoted follower of the Awkward Family Photos website (at www.AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com), and knew that they had a book out (as of May, 2010); but I had not actually seen it in person until I was at Barnes & Noble today, seaching for a book to peruse while putting in some Comfy Chair Time. I very much enjoyed this book, though, to be honest, I saw no need to actually purchase it, as it only took me about half an hour to get through it.
Awkward Family Photos (website) devotes itself to posting reader-submitted photos of family groups that are, for whatever reason, awkward. We are not talking about intentionally awkward, either, in most cases; a considerable portion of these photos (and stories submitted about some of the photos) are either vacation snapshot photos, kids sitting on Santa’s lap photos, wedding photos, studio photos, and so one. And you never saw so many bored teenagers in your life; yes, some of these photos will relive that vacation you took with your parents when all you really wanted to do was hang out at home with your friends, and you spent 2,000 miles in the car slumped in the back seat with the Attitude From The Nether Regions spreading a pall over everyone else.
So, the book is a collection of The Best of the stuff on the website; and it is great fun to read. And there are quite a few of the family photos that will have the reader wondering, “What were they thinking???” (And it makes me think that I should find the several photos of Liz Ellen and I from Easters in the early 1970s, when we would go swimming and hanging out on the Mississippi beaches all day on Holy Saturday, giving us painfully vivid sunburns to display with our Easter baskets, and send one of them in to the site.)
Awkward Family Photos (website) devotes itself to posting reader-submitted photos of family groups that are, for whatever reason, awkward. We are not talking about intentionally awkward, either, in most cases; a considerable portion of these photos (and stories submitted about some of the photos) are either vacation snapshot photos, kids sitting on Santa’s lap photos, wedding photos, studio photos, and so one. And you never saw so many bored teenagers in your life; yes, some of these photos will relive that vacation you took with your parents when all you really wanted to do was hang out at home with your friends, and you spent 2,000 miles in the car slumped in the back seat with the Attitude From The Nether Regions spreading a pall over everyone else.
So, the book is a collection of The Best of the stuff on the website; and it is great fun to read. And there are quite a few of the family photos that will have the reader wondering, “What were they thinking???” (And it makes me think that I should find the several photos of Liz Ellen and I from Easters in the early 1970s, when we would go swimming and hanging out on the Mississippi beaches all day on Holy Saturday, giving us painfully vivid sunburns to display with our Easter baskets, and send one of them in to the site.)
September 1, 2019
Very dated but funny.
July 15, 2010
Let's be clear that Awkward Family Photos is mostly a picture book (duh), but it's an AWESOME picture book. I had seen the website some time ago, but I think it's much more enjoyable to flip through the book version and catch some details that might go undetected if viewing on a computer monitor. (I was given a copy of this as a birthday gift).
I wouldn't recommend buying this at all, but it's worth a library check out, or borrowing from a friend if you know someone who has it. Most of the pictures are either tears-inducing hilarious, or weird in a "WTF" way. All of the pictures have some pretty clever captions, and there are also some longer stories that were submitted by a family member to accompany the said awkward family photo.
Every family has pictures worthy of being in this book, and now I want to go find some of mine!
P.S. Warning: This book may cause domestic disputes and strife! I was reading this book before bed and my laughing was so constant and shaking the bed that it bothered my spouse. He said it was, "Annoying." Obviously he would've felt differently if he was the one reading it!
I wouldn't recommend buying this at all, but it's worth a library check out, or borrowing from a friend if you know someone who has it. Most of the pictures are either tears-inducing hilarious, or weird in a "WTF" way. All of the pictures have some pretty clever captions, and there are also some longer stories that were submitted by a family member to accompany the said awkward family photo.
Every family has pictures worthy of being in this book, and now I want to go find some of mine!
P.S. Warning: This book may cause domestic disputes and strife! I was reading this book before bed and my laughing was so constant and shaking the bed that it bothered my spouse. He said it was, "Annoying." Obviously he would've felt differently if he was the one reading it!
January 22, 2013
2.5 - Not a whole 3 stars for me. I silently chuckled less than 5 times total. Most of the pics are weird or slightly funny - nowhere near funny enough to actually lol.
The authors would be better off running this like another site - I think it's called rateyourgirlfriend.com or something like that. They post the photos and the sure users comment captions THEN the site users "like" the comments. The comment(s)/caption(s) with the most likes equal the funniest. I've literally choked laughing so hard at some if those captions.
Think about it - what's the chance of YOU coming up with a caption that's side-splitting funny? Now what's the chance of thousands of people coming up with one side-splitting caption? Right.
I wouldn't be real happy with myself if I had bought and paid for this. But then, I wouldn't have.
All in all this has the potential to be hilarious next time around, if there is one. I saw a handful, at least a handful, that were nothing but old included here....
Could have been ten times better for sure.
The authors would be better off running this like another site - I think it's called rateyourgirlfriend.com or something like that. They post the photos and the sure users comment captions THEN the site users "like" the comments. The comment(s)/caption(s) with the most likes equal the funniest. I've literally choked laughing so hard at some if those captions.
Think about it - what's the chance of YOU coming up with a caption that's side-splitting funny? Now what's the chance of thousands of people coming up with one side-splitting caption? Right.
I wouldn't be real happy with myself if I had bought and paid for this. But then, I wouldn't have.
All in all this has the potential to be hilarious next time around, if there is one. I saw a handful, at least a handful, that were nothing but old included here....
Could have been ten times better for sure.
May 19, 2012
If you have seen the website, then you know exactly what you are getting with this book. If not, it is a collection of those awkward, at times funny, at times painful photos that almost any family has hidden in an album someplace. By the way, that family in a barrel photo of Niagara Falls, I actually remember being in one myself with my siblings a very long time ago. I wonder if my father or my siblings still have that album.
The photos do vary in quality. Some are indeed laugh out funny. Some are just a bit odd, but nothing to really write home about. So I think a bit better editing and selection could have gone into the material that went into the book. Then again, the site can be hit and miss, though most of the time you do find something to smile about. If anything, the book is a quick read, and it is amusing overall. So, it is a nice thing to look over, maybe have a giggle, and recall suddenly that you too might have an awkward family picture or two someplace.
The photos do vary in quality. Some are indeed laugh out funny. Some are just a bit odd, but nothing to really write home about. So I think a bit better editing and selection could have gone into the material that went into the book. Then again, the site can be hit and miss, though most of the time you do find something to smile about. If anything, the book is a quick read, and it is amusing overall. So, it is a nice thing to look over, maybe have a giggle, and recall suddenly that you too might have an awkward family picture or two someplace.
February 28, 2012
I check out AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com a couple times a week and the pictures are usually funny.
This book is similar to the website and is divided by chapters like Mom and Dad, The Kids, Siblings, Grandma and Grandpa, Vacations, etc.
Included in the chapters are short anecdotes. It's a quick read.
I borrowed the ebook from the Toronto Library. I wouldn't recommend it in epub format. There was usually a picture on the top of the page followed by a header and/or short description. But they weren't funny because they didn't make sense. Then I realized that the header and description on the bottom of the page were for the picture on the top of the next page. It would have been nice to have the header, description and the picture were on the same page.
Blog review: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2012/02...
This book is similar to the website and is divided by chapters like Mom and Dad, The Kids, Siblings, Grandma and Grandpa, Vacations, etc.
Included in the chapters are short anecdotes. It's a quick read.
I borrowed the ebook from the Toronto Library. I wouldn't recommend it in epub format. There was usually a picture on the top of the page followed by a header and/or short description. But they weren't funny because they didn't make sense. Then I realized that the header and description on the bottom of the page were for the picture on the top of the next page. It would have been nice to have the header, description and the picture were on the same page.
Blog review: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2012/02...
June 5, 2015
Picture this
Family pictures are bad enough. But even worse is that behind every one of these awkward pictures is an even worse story, some humorous, some sad--and we've all been in one of these.
But putting them on the internet somehow redeems them. Yes, append a .com to the title of this book and you'll see the full online version. This book is a subset of the pictures from the website, and is short and light reading for those times when you just need a little pick me up or preparation for your next counseling session.
The three-star rating is because the content is awfully thin (it’s a fun concept for a web site, but is there enough here for a $15 book?) and the pictures lose something, in the black and white reproductions, sometimes obscuring the point or the punchline of the joke..
Family pictures are bad enough. But even worse is that behind every one of these awkward pictures is an even worse story, some humorous, some sad--and we've all been in one of these.
But putting them on the internet somehow redeems them. Yes, append a .com to the title of this book and you'll see the full online version. This book is a subset of the pictures from the website, and is short and light reading for those times when you just need a little pick me up or preparation for your next counseling session.
The three-star rating is because the content is awfully thin (it’s a fun concept for a web site, but is there enough here for a $15 book?) and the pictures lose something, in the black and white reproductions, sometimes obscuring the point or the punchline of the joke..
February 17, 2011
Husband and I read this together. As per usual, the captions on the photo's were hilarious. You have to wonder what people were thinking with some of these photos. There are stories in it, as well. Some are hilarious and some had me scratching my head in confusion.
I waited forever for the digital book to become available from my library. It was worth the wait. I wouldn't buy it though as most of the pictures can be found on their site. Maybe if the book was longer? It would make a nice coffee table book. And you wouldn't have to deal with ads. And lastly, you would be helping out the authors and contributors.
My favorite photo was the Smokey the Bear one. My favorite story was the tub one. You'll know what I mean when you read it. I'm still laughing just thinking about both of them.
I waited forever for the digital book to become available from my library. It was worth the wait. I wouldn't buy it though as most of the pictures can be found on their site. Maybe if the book was longer? It would make a nice coffee table book. And you wouldn't have to deal with ads. And lastly, you would be helping out the authors and contributors.
My favorite photo was the Smokey the Bear one. My favorite story was the tub one. You'll know what I mean when you read it. I'm still laughing just thinking about both of them.
July 30, 2019
These pictures are truly awkward. Good thing I have never been the subject of an awkward photo... Aha.
June 10, 2011
Wouldn't say this was hilarious and after a while, it started to feel a bit mean. I did like the one where everyone is sitting on the couch and until you study the picture, you don't realize they are all sitting on someone and only her face shows. The story of the little girl who wasn't going to leave the game she was playing with her sister was hilarious, until the ending which bothered me a great deal.
Read this using Overdrive on an iPad which didn't keep the captions/stories with the picture. That detracted from the reading experience as well. I might have liked it a bit better in print.
Read this using Overdrive on an iPad which didn't keep the captions/stories with the picture. That detracted from the reading experience as well. I might have liked it a bit better in print.
August 9, 2010
This is another book that constantly winds up being laughed over in the breakroom at work. The pictures have me in stitches, while the captions are pretty hilarious on their own. It's funny enough to just flip through without reading the content, and there are parts that just aren't nearly as funny as the pictures themselves. Definitely a great way to cheer up.
September 4, 2010
Are you in need of a laugh? My friends and I had tears streaming down our faces while looking at this one. Seriously, one of us almost lost a contact. There's nothing mean-spirited here. It's just good, geeky fun. (I guess there is a website too, so if you've already seen that, then you might not be as delightfully entertained by the book as I was.)
October 28, 2010
I love the blog that this book is based on, and was so happy to find the book version. If I were the sort of person who drank milk, this book would cause said milk to blast out of my nose while reading it. It's THAT funny! I can't look at this book for more than fifteen minutes because I end up with a laughing headache.
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