- Paperback: 157 pages
- Publisher: Vehicule (November 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1550650572
- ISBN-13: 978-1550650570
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #856,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1995 Winner of the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, this hilarious view of the 90s pokes fun at fat cats, bureaucrats, sign laws, snowstorms, second-hand steak fumes, quiet Canadians, noisy Americans, and other fax of Canadian life.
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This hilarious new collection pokes fun at fat cats, bureaucrats, sign laws, snow storms, HAZARDOUS WARNING labels, second-hand steak fumes, quiet Canadians, noisy Americans, and other fax of Canadian life. From the Curse of the Constitution to the Neverendum-Referendum, from freezing in winter to frying in summer, it's not easy to be a Canadian! You must know your height in centimetres, then convert to Celsius and add GST. Our country works well in practice, but not in theory.
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This review is from: Fear of Frying and Other Fax of Life (Paperback)
Perfect toilet reading though you will likely take it with you back to your easy chair. Freed is a gifted commentator. You really can't go wrong with this book if you are Canadian. His is an ironic fist in a velvet glove when writing on Quebec culture, the Canadian status quo and life (and death) in L.A.It would be easy to say he is Montreal's Dave Barry but he may be the only Canadian who is currently writing legitimately funny stuff. Allan Fotheringham in MacLean's (who calls himself Dr. Foth), John/Joey Slinger in the Toronto Star (or just "Slinger"), another dude in Macleans (who is so hopeless I cannot remember his name) -- these guys don't cut it but Freed does.
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Perfect Toilet Reading,
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This review is from: Fear of Frying and Other Fax of Life (Paperback)
Perfect toilet reading though you will likely take it with you back to your easy chair. Freed is a gifted commentator. You really can't go wrong with this book if you are Canadian. His is an ironic fist in a velvet glove when writing on Quebec culture, the Canadian status quo and life (and death) in L.A.It would be easy to say he is Montreal's Dave Barry but he may be the only Canadian who is currently writing legitimately funny stuff. Allan Fotheringham in MacLean's (who calls himself Dr. Foth), John/Joey Slinger in the Toronto Star (or just "Slinger"), another dude in Macleans (who is so hopeless I cannot remember his name) -- these guys don't cut it but Freed does. |
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