I had no idea what this book was about when I started reading it, I just thought it sounded funny and liked the title. Well it turns out I didn't find this book funny at all and actually rarely smiled while reading.

Everything she writes is SO funny!!!

Collection of the author's newspaper columns which was touted as an amusing, funny listen. I almost quit after the first disc but it did get better and the narration by Hilary Huber was very good.

Nine freaking years ago, I read another Laurie Notaro book and them added all her other books to my to-read shelf. They’ve been sitting at the top of the list FOREVER. Well, now I’m finally getting around to reading them!

I typically don't go for humor-type books along these lines, but I like Laurie Notaro.

ETA: Who the hell did I lend this to because I no longer own it?

I had to give up on this one less than half-way through. I enjoyed the last Laurie Notaro book I read and perhaps was just not prepared for this one. It's much raunchier. This book takes place before Laurie is married...so maybe it's an age/maturity thing? All I know is I couldn't continue to read chapter after chapter dealing with hangovers, barfing, etc. A couple times = funny. Incessantly - not so much. That being said, I enjoy Laurie's sense of humor in general and look forward to trying some of her other books in the future. This one just wasn't for me.

i loved this book. probably because most of the things notaro writes about doing are eerily familiar to my own idiot girl adventures. her stories are hilarious, and incredibly real-most of us don't want to admit the things she is sharing with the world! she has a knack for making readers empathize with her ridiculous situations-and a knack for making us laugh!!

Hilarious!! Found myself laughing out loud. Funny, sarcastic humor. Loved it!!

So fun. Humorous and real, entertaining and fast reading. A great vacation/airplane read. Good to as a pick me up.

Hilarious! For anyone who needs a pick-me-up book that you can pick up and put down. Notaro's wry wit and humor are often perverse but always memorable.

Laurie Notaro has put together a funny collection of what seems to be columns from her newspaper work. Some are laugh-out-loud (the candy apple incident, and Laurie explaining Monica Lewinsky's escapades to her grandmother!); some are mildly uncomfortable. Some I related to immediately (ashes of the old lady left in her house by an ex-boyfriend -- you'll have to ask me for specifics!); some I got tired of -- all the drinking stories. But she created some memorable characters, especially the little sisters, nicknamed 'the midgets' who try to adopt Laurie because their own mother seems to be a real loser. Notaro's voice is distinct and she speaks for many of us in these pieces.

The author is a gag inducing disaster. Like the dirty girl on that one Friends ep, except she's aware, which might be worse, but that's why it's funny. She might try a little too hard to be funny and shameless but i'm not mad about it and I got a good laugh, should I feel bad? Plus, I like that she lives in a regular city.