Kids say the darndest things? Adults DO them!!! Author Judy Reiser offers up more hilarious eccentricities exhibited (and confessed to) by otherwise normal people. Everyone has at least one particular oddity in his or her daily way of life. The trick is to get them to admit to it. These... read more
•Do you refuse to take the top newspaper on a stack (even if perfect)?
•Insist that the toilet paper hang "over"?
•Wait for the phone to ring at least twice before answering?
•Keep returning to the refrigerator hoping that something new to eat has materialized?
Outrageous,...
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“My socks have to be smiling when I put them in the drawer. When you roll up socks and flip one opening over the other, the little shape that’s formed at the end of the ball looks like a smile. It’s cheerful to open my drawer and see all the socks smiling!INSTITUTIONAL TEXTILE SALES, MALE, 46”
“When I go to the bathroom I always count (1, 2, 3...) and try to end my peeing on an even number. I have absolutely no idea why I enumerate while I urinate. SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, FEMALE, 52”
“Sometimes, I grocery shop by a letter of the alphabet and buy only items starting with that letter. I love a good C-shopping day: carrots, cauliflower, cat food, corn, coffee, chocolate chips, chops, chorizo. Occasionally I invite the kids across the street over for a P party: pizza, pineapple, pretzels, popsicles and punch.WRITER, FEMALE, 57”
Introduction
Loo-ney Tales
Funny Money
Assorted Nuts
Night Shtick
Clothes Encounters of the Strange Kind
The Howard Hughes Syndrome
Now I've Heard Everything!
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