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All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room
All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room
Author: Erma Bombeck
ISBN-13: 9780060177881
ISBN-10: 0060177888
Publication Date: 10/1995
Pages: 207
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 42 ratings
Publisher: Harpercollins
Book Type: Hardcover
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ShawnMarie avatar reviewed All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room on + 78 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Not her funniest, but still a quick and light read. Perfect for the beach.
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Helpful Score: 2
Too Funny
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Helpful Score: 2
You'll laugh hysterically, as I did.
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Helpful Score: 2
When syndicated newspaper columnist Bombeck compares gorillas' show-off behavior to the attention-getting ploys of Madonna, Howard Stern, Roseanne and other "professional exhibitionists," one feels she may be onto something. Although many of these 38 lighthearted pieces, which seek out loose parallels between Homo sapiens and the rest of the animal kingdom, don't click, those that do are irreverent, funny and sassy, like her put-down of the men's movement or her survey of sex in the 1990s. There are several awful groaners here, as when the bestselling humorist leaps from the cockroach's eons-old longevity to the "longevity" of Christmas fruitcake. A lot of her animal-based observations on humans' mating and courtship habits, emotional makeup and struggle for survival are superficial. Nevertheless, fans will enjoy Bombeck's wry comments on toilet-training toddlers; men's superiority complex about driving a car; women's dieting and compulsion to hoard things; and how to encourage creative play in children
redhatter avatar reviewed All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room on + 577 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Erma Bombeck at her hilarious best...
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Classic Erma Bombeck humor! I hadn't read this one before and it was like an unexpected visit back with her. The woman LIVED and she could sure write about it.
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Funny Funny Book!!!
nccorthu avatar reviewed All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room on + 569 more book reviews
another great laugh by this author
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HBw/dj, Bombeck writes about how close humans & animals are without even realizing it. She says she's seen every animal on these pages in Loehmann's community dressing room. She has been caught in a killer swarm of bargain hunters who hurt you to get an item with an "additional 20% off ticket price"...each chapter begins with a neat definition of an animal..funny woman, funny book
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have fun and laugh
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Erma shows how close animals in the wild and humans really are,and how much we can learn from one another.
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hysterical
ldybritt avatar reviewed All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room on + 15 more book reviews
Still as funny as she ever was.