Pumping Irony:: Working Out the
Angst of a Lifetime by Tony
Kornheiser
Outrageously Funny
Washington Post humor columnist Tony Kornheiser takes on the big
issues of the day: how cigarette makers are targeting what they call Virile
Females, the death of Orlon (and its partner Ban-Lon), coffins you can use
as furniture before you put them to their final use, and a really weird kid in
Japan who injected his scalp with silicone to meet the height requirement
for Sumo wrestling.
Personal Review: Pumping Irony:: Working Out the Angst of a
Lifetime by Tony Kornheiser
Tony Kornheiser is one of those insanely talented columnists who doesn't
get half the press he deserves. With the warped worldview and hilarious
self-deprecation of a Jewish Dave Barry, Kornheiser skewers the
absurdities of everyday life -- and a few items that aren't so everyday.
("Nudes on Ice" being an example of the latter)Tony offers his commentary

on presidential golf ("Republicans hit players, Democrats hit on them");
Chinese food and why it will kill you, and what this means for the Jewish
community; men's behinds and the revelation that women look at them;
bringing food into movie theaters; gyms and how awful it is to work out --
especially if you are already fat; the truth behind the NC-17 rating; Barbie
dolls; the differences between the sexes ("I busted Jason's nose"); various
names from around the world ("I am grateful to my parents for naming me
Anthony Irwin Kornheiser because it gives me license to say anything I
want about other people's names"); yuppie catalogs with designer birdfeed
and "Soap on a Rope"; and many, many more.Tony has a wonderfully
open mind -- he makes fun of pretty much everybody, regardless of race,
gender, politics, class, and just about anything else. He frequently gets
embarrassed and befuddled by the events in this book. And like his friend
Dave Barry (who provides him with an incredibly funny cover quote) Tony
says things in such a way that they make a great deal of absurd
sense."Pumping Irony" is the antidote to boredom. Open this puppy up and
laugh yourself silly from cover to cover.
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