Killer review
I came across this ad in a bus on my way home one night, and couldn’t help but think .. “gee.”
So let’s really look at this. We’re given two reasons to consume this book:
- “#1 in humor in Canada”
IN CANADA!!! Exactly where on the list of countries known for being influential barometers of modern humor does Canada even lie?? I’ll tell you where: exactly NOWHERE! Everyone knows Canadians don’t laugh!!** - “‘Best book I’ve read’ - Amazon Review”
I can’t even muster the energy to yell about this one. Not only is it not a daunting ordeal to acquire a positive Amazon review — as is evidenced by this one for a handy UFO-02 Detector, or this one for 32 ounces of Wolf Urine Lure — it’s also anonymous! What’s to stop the author’s uncharacteristically tech-savvy mother from jumping on and writing a glowing review, providing a genetically-based bias for advertising fodder? Nothing!
Unless the mother is dead. Then all I can offer is this.
Sorry.
**Clearly this is not true, as can be seen in the following examples: Example #1 | Example #2. And while it’s easy (and often fun, in a juvenile, schoolyard bullyish way) to make fun of our peacefully-existing neighbor — kinda like the friendly but sorta weird guy who lives in the apartment above the local Chuck E. Cheese™ — in all truthfulness, I have yet to meet a Canadian whose company I have not thoroughly enjoyed. The same cannot be said for the hyperactive, prepubescent terrors and their lazy-ass parents who reside below in the Chuck E. Cheese™ that is America.
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3 simple words, honch: Rick. Freakin. Moranis.