The funny thing is--
By: Ellen Degeneres
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780743247634
Subjects: American wit and humor
Description: Ellen DeGeneres published her first book of comic essays, the #1 bestselling My Point ... And I Do Have One, way back in 1996. Not one to rest on her laurels, the witty star of stage and screen has since dedicated her life to writing a hilarious new book. That book is this book. After years of painstaking, round-the-clock research, surviving on a mere twenty minutes of sleep a night, and collaborating with lexicographers, plumbers, and mathematicians, DeGeneres has crafted a work that is both easy to use and very funny. Along with her trademark ramblings, The Funny Thing Is ... contains hundreds of succinct insights into her psyche and offers innovative features including: More than 50,000 simple, short words arranged in sentences that form paragraphs. Thousands of observations on everyday life-- from terrible fashion trends to how to handle seating arrangements for a Sunday brunch with Paula Abdul, Diane Sawyer, and Eminem. All twenty-six letters of the alphabet. Sure to make you laugh, The Funny Thing Is ... is an indispensable reference for anyone who knows how to read or wants to fool people into thinking they do.
Table of contents: title: Message from the author; title: Brunch bunch; title: That's why prison wouldn't be so bad; title: My most embarrassing case scenario; title: God, what a day!; title: Gift exchange, or, the art of believable acting; title: Silence is golden; title: Making your life count (and other fun things to do with your time!); title: This is how we live; title: Penny-pinching for today's gal, or, how to land a man; title: Working it out; title: Smartishness; title: Things that are bothering me this week; title: My dad was like a father to me; title: Serious chapter; title: Controversial chapter; title: Chapter of apologies; title: Dear diary; title: Scientific treatise regarding a matter of great entomological concern to all of us; title: It's just an expression; title: Clothes I have regretted wearing; title: Naming my book: Odyssey; title: That was then or then was that or anyway, it was before now; title: Ellen's personal home tour; title: Things to be grateful for; title: My self-conscious, or, check me out!; title: Last chapter; title: Bonus chapter.