Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition | The Onion

Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition | The Onion | A new look at the world

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	Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition The Onion Little, Brown and Company, 2007 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 102 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Alas of the Planet

I enjoyed this book. All though it can be very morbid on occassion, it is usually true.

A new look at the world

The writers at the Onion have hit a home run.
This is a look at georaphy as you have never seen it before.
I couldn't stop laughing!

Great gift for the well traveled person with a sense of humor

I bought this as a Christmas gift for my Scottish boyfriend, he is still quoting lines from it and can't stop laughing. I am the child of immigrants myself, so I see the grain of truth in the country profiles. Very, very funny.

Very Funny Yet Painfully True

Anyone familiar with publications from The Onion knows the type of satirical intelligent humor that has made them famous. This book is no exception. Their comments on the different nations of the world are often hilarious, however it's almost a little sad when you read a lot of the stuff because you know it's true. Either way, The Onion continues to make me cry with laughter at everyone else's expense!

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Quirky, offensive, and humorous; Just what I was looking for!

I've been reading the online version of The Onion for quite some time, and I've always found their headlines and stories to be some of the funniest I've seen on any website. When I saw the advertisement for the atlas, I couldn't resist buying one as a gift for my brother (who enjoys such books). After I recieved it I perused its pages to see what kind of product they had made, and I was happy. For every country, there are numerous off the wall anecdotes and hilarious "facts and figures" which fit their relative countries perfectly. The material might be offensive to some, but it is no worse than The Onion newspaper itself. If you enjoy satire or political/international humor (such as Steven Colbert's book "I Am America (and so can you!)" or the history "textbook" written by Jon Stewart), then this atlas is definately for you or for use as a gift! The only reason I didn't give it five stars is due to a rather limited amound of full-sentence text to read; usually you get a small paragraph per country and then the rest are mainly bullet points or locations on maps, etc.

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