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 Ignore the idiots Nov 15, 2009
This book is brilliant- its not offensive unless you are a whiny little gremlin who gets butthurt over the slightest thing, and ignore the trolls who rate this one star becuase they thought this was a real atlas. Also my condolences to the person whose son got suspended for bringing this to school, it's really not that bad (a few swears and sexual references throughout, but nothing explicit), I mean almost every room in my high school has this book :) totally worth it, many hours of good laughs.
My kind of humor Oct 23, 2009
The humor of The Onion may not be for everyone but it is for me. If you enjoy The Onion paper or their web site, you should enjoy this book. At first I was hesitant to purchase the book but when I looked at the cover and saw that there was a "Free Globe Inside" and "Now With 30% More Asia," I knew I had to have it.
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 Full of bias and lies Oct 20, 2009
The information in this book is full of bias and lies. It is not deserved for your time and money.
 Funny and Annoying Oct 12, 2009
There are some very funny parts of this book. I have lived in many countries and states and the authors really did a good job (for the most part) of finding and writing about true funny things. Fiji is nowhere to be found in the book which I thought was odd and Virginia's story seemed to fall short of funny but other places were right on. We laughed out loud a lot reading this. The annoying part about this book for me was the fact that the only place that actually had good things written about it was New York City. Obviously the authors live there and are of the same mentality of many New York City dwellers that there is absolutely nothing negative about the city, but come on. Really? Nothing at all? It is a great city but there are many funny things to poke fun at. I guess of course that would be blasphemy to a New Yorker. So the message we got from reading the book was that everywhere in the world is stupid except New York City. Some people may be able to get past this and enjoy the book but I just found that to be egocentric and it ruined the book for me.
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Needs a warning label Sep 14, 2009
This is adult entertainment and should be taken with that amount of credibility. If you want to laugh or cry about the world we live in, it will fill both needs.
I looked through this book briefly and know that I am definitely not a fan of doctored pictures or bile riddled facts, if you can call them facts. It is very negative and should be coupled with some companion type book to offset the shock factor. Too bad because it was a great literary idea, but too distracting to take seriously. It proves that we have freedom of speech, though...I can say that much.
Not for children, there are more balanced resources out there which have more facts to decide what history really is or isn't.
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