My sister gave me this book a few Christmases ago. (Awesome typeface on that jacket!) She knows me too well. She told me she heard of it by learning it’s one of Matt Groening’s favorite books. It looks incredibly interesting and hopefully funny. I’m starting it right after I finish this post. I’ve also included a shot of what will surely be my favorite chapter. Now when I make fart jokes, I can be smart and smart-ass.
gargantua’s invention?????
According to Google, Gargantua proved his marvelous intelligence to his father by inventing the “torchecul,” otherwise called the “arse-wipe.”
“SCATOLOGY,” god, I love that word.
if the book isn’t funny, your sister may as well have just thrown her money away. flushed it down the toilet, if you will.
I am sad there are no documented apotropaic rituals for poop. personally, if I were an evil spirit, I’d be more likely to steer clear of the crazy bastard who took the time to smear shit all over his walls than someone who merely marked the doorway with piss.
Don’t be so quick to assume there aren’t any. Because you know what happens when you assume. You make an ASS out of U and ME.
ASS.
Scatology (or more approprialely, scatologist) is a word that I have used way more than your average person. I love it.
Update: today is August 31 and I’ve gotten no further than the introduction. I’ll finish it. In due time. In due-due time.