[.ca] The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives, Volume 13 (ISBN 1400047242)

Memorable Articles and Many Laughs:
My friend bought this book last year and we became obsessed. We still quote from it on a daily basis. "You hurt me just now when you hit me with that shovel" and "I bet I wouldn't be laughing so hard if it was me in that fire" top our list, as well as "Your honking has shown me the error of my ways." Our amusement never fades and it is as funny the millionth time as it was the first. Even real newspapers remind us of the Onion, with headlines like "Pretty China Tea Set Just a Fake." The Onion really does hit the nail on the head. Some articles are slightly disturbing, but in a funny, if offensive, way. There are some incredibly blasphemous articles, but if you can take a joke you will be fine.+++

Lucky Thirteen:
Strange to start a reprint series with number 13. Maybe they'll go back and fill in early year's of the newspaper's run. As it is, you have classic stories about the metric system taking off in the inner city (think 9mm). Rude, flippant stuff and very funny.

I laughed until I stopped!!:
If you love satire, you'll love this book. It is completely sick and wrong, and that is why I love it. I have laughed extremely hard while reading it in the morning over breakfast. It brings that crazy year in a better light.

Hilarity on every page.:
This is one of the funniest books I have ever bought. If you happen to be familiar with The Onion's online news site, you will absolutely love this book. It is filled to the brim with some of the funniest headlines and stories I have ever seen. Such as "Nation's Dog Owners Demand To Know Who's A Good Boy" and "Girlfriend Changes Man Into Someone She's Not Interested In." And even though you know the headlines and stories are fake, it manages to pull you into it's own reality. If you are looking for something to read that will leave you bawling with laughter get this book. You WILL NOT be sorry.

An excellent read:
A great book. Even the little "news" tidbits they usually have on the front page of their site, in the sidebars that are not archived, are all there. A slight gripe: most of the articles are spread over two - and sometimes three - pages. These pages are often not adjacent (e.g. article from p.48 is continued on p.50), so you often have to skip all over the place while other articles distract you. Another gripe is that this is the only complete volume :). We need more!