Would You Rather...: Over 200 Absolutely Absurd Dilemmas to Ponder

by Justin Heimberg and David Gomberg

Book Overview

The perfect gag gift that blends absurdity, wit, and pop culture in a collection of laugh-out-loud funny and irresistibly thought-provoking dilemmas.

Within these pages are over 200 hilarious questions that ask readers to look deep inside themselves and choose between two equally undesirable--or desirable--options. Prepare to be stumped by quandaries like:

- Would you rather watch a porn movie with your parents, or watch a porn...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452278511
• ISBN13: 9780452278516
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 4.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

When the point isn't to be deep.

I truly enjoyed this book because it allowed me to lighten up about "choices" or "dilemmas" or whatever you want to call them. I understand and appreciate the need for self-evaluation, analysis, curiousity, sharing, and developing. I do, however, sometimes need to not go there. Many people complain this book didn't have the depth they would have liked. There is no depth, but the point isn't to be deep. I feel like the word "absurd" (used in the description on the COVER) points that out pretty clearly. For what it aims to do, the book does well. This book is a great reminder that *sometimes* all that evaluation/analysis stuff just is too much -- missing the point and ruining the fun of life.

Hilarious - it's a great drinking or party book!

"Would you rather...?" is laugh-out-loud funny from the first page to the last. The book was given to me as a present, and I didn't know what to think until I opened up the first page and laughed for about 5 minutes. I read the whole book in less than an hour, and you will, too. It makes a great present or stocking stuffer. Warning: some of the jokes are crude and gross though, so it's not suitable for the pre-teen set.

I personally love this book!

The first time I found this book, I was in a Barnes & Noble with a bunch of my friends. At first, we were all standing up, but soon we were sitting on the ground and I think we read through a good portion of the book! I'm surprised that they didn't kick us out of the bookstore, we were laughing so hard! While I absolutely adore this book, I can see how it might not appeal to certain people's sense of humor... I guess. I agree with the person who said that people NOW think they are funny, because I do that too! It kind of spices up the conversation. I don't know how to explain it, but when you say, "would you rather have fangs or a forked tongue?" 99% of the time people will laugh! My friend and I made up our own too! Whenever I read it, it sparks my imagination. For me, (this is going to sound corny but) it has added something to my life. HUMOR!

Pure Comedy Thought Provoking Genius

Of all the Would You Rather...? type books out there, this is by far the best of the best. Never before could I have thought how entertaining a book could actually be. Whenever I am talking with a friend and the conversation goes dull, I simply ask out of the clear blue sky, a question from the book. Keeps the conversation going well on into the night. A hands down winner. A must for anyone who likes to laugh and be perplexed at the same time.

Changed My Life!

This book is the greatest! I am very shy and used to just stay at home and read my Dungeons and Dragons manuals. But one day, I got this book, and worked up the courage to go to a bar. Well, I brought the book and it (and I) were a huge hit! Everyone was laughing and giving high fives. God bless Heimberg and Gomberg -- you are in my prayers.