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(5 customer reviews) 7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
For S#*ts and Giggles Every Day,
July 25, 2011 C. Biltz (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 365 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You 2012 Daily Calendar (Calendar)
This desk calendar based on the book, 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader, by author Cary McNeal contains 365 scary facts, each accompanied by a humorous comment. The source for each fact is given for those who want to know more.
For example, May 30th brings you this, "Fact: When threatened, the sea cucumber ejects sticky, long threads from its body to ensnare predators. Some species will contract their bodies violently expelling internal organs that contain a deadly toxin. The sea onion, on the other hand, just falls apart and cries."
On September 25th you will find this entry, "Fact: Smoking cigarettes nearly doubles a person's risk of having a stroke. And triples his risk of being asked, 'Can I have a cigarette?'"
The author is an accomplished humor writer...Read more
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
stick to facts, not comedy,
March 29, 2012 james - See all my reviews
This review is from: 365 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You 2012 Daily Calendar (Calendar)
This calendar certainly does one thing right, it tells you what day it is.
There are some interesting facts, but the "humorous" quip at the end of each fact is anything but. I would certainly appreciate this calendar more if the guy who cut and pasted these facts would have left out his own personal flair. To me it sounds like a bad comedian telling a fact, then giving his 2 cents and saying "Am I right, guys? Right? Heh heh." Lame. Here might be the worst so far:
Fact: In 2005, a ten-year-old boy in Perth, Australia lost both hands and a foot when a brick wall supporting a basketball goal gave way when he attempted a slam-dunk. "He got gimp."
Also, I don't read ahead, but it's only March and I've seen a few facts that are very similar, and even facts that are from the same source. For example:
Fact: State corrections dollars (adjusted for inflation) have increased 127 percent in the past twenty years; the amount spent on higher education...Read more
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
What was I thinking,
April 7, 2012 Leigh - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 365 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You 2012 Daily Calendar (Calendar)
Ok, so I thought this will be a funny calendar to have on my desk and I will get a daily laugh. Well... so far there have been a few (very few) that were funny however; the majority of them are really bad. A better name for this product would be 365 facts that will get you sent to HR! I had to put this in my desk drawer so nobody could see it... the comments that the author have added to the end of the facts are in poor taste and could be taken as offensive to some.
