Sponging: A Guide to Living Off Those You Love

by Jay Blumenfield, Anthony E. Marsh, Robert Moritz

Sponging--v: The act of being fed, entertained, supported, etc., without charge. Sponging is having your cake and eating it too, then finding someone else to wash the dishes. Many believe sponging represents the greatest career opportunity since the lottery. Originally published by Dune Road Books, now in a Harper trade paper edition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061010545
• ISBN13: 9780061010545
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: HarperPrism
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Happiness is Here!

Oh, to giggle like a child and frolic in the woods, Bear-bottomed and full of good cheer, the hummingbird is my muse! I wander from here to there as the babbling brook calls...my mistress! I now know the joy of laughter once again, the black hole in my heart...filled! I have sipped upon the sweeet nectar of Sponging, and my life will never be as it was before! What words do filleth my heart, that cursid pump beneath my breast! But words are like the kiss of Zeus when they doeth come from the auteurs above! No man, women or beast has ever touched me so! And I fear I shall be touched in a same way, nigh again!

If God were funny, he would have written this book.

This book is so stupid, it's genius. I read it in two hours and then read it again on the toilet a day later. I laughed twice as hard the second time. It's hard to believe that these guys found somebody to publish this stuff, but I'm glad they did. I gave a copy to my son who still won't get the hint that I want him to get his lazy butt off my damn couch. He laughed harder than I did and hid the remote control until I leant him $20 and a pint of bourbon. Good book.

Funniest book I've ever read.

This is the funniest book I've ever read. A friend of mine gave it to me as a joke and I've since given copies to four of my friends. Two thumbs up !

I saw these guys on Rolanda.

I saw these guys on the Rolanda Show and pretty much felt that I wanted enlist the services of Dr. Kevorkian to put me out of my misery. But then I saw the book in a store and fliped through it. TO my surprise, it was only half as stupid as I expected and actually really funny. I especially like the parts where they tell you how to exploit little kids and the handicapped. I still want to call Dr. Kevorkian, but that's another matter altogether.

The Post-Collegiate Survival Guide of the 90's

Something tells me the authors of this fine book are pros at getting what they want for nothing. Funny, useful anecdotes that are oddly reminiscent of my roommates ability to get by on the kindness of strangers (and friends, relatives - pretty much anyone within striking distance)