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内容説明
In certain parts of Mexico, the sewer system lacks some of the convenient features you might be accustomed to here at home. For example, dropping even a single sheet of toilet tissue into the bowl will cause the entire system to back up. This becomes a problem for those of us who are creatures of habit. Somehow, the idea of dropping tissue into the trash can doesn't stick well when performing the task of, well . . . using toilet tissue. So what happens when habit takes over and you accidentally drop a square into the bowl? Mexican Bowl Fishing, of course . . . Like his monthly MPN Column, William Douglas Little's book "Mexican Bowl Fishing" hones in on the most humorous, (and usually most embarrassing), tales of life, often noting the life-lessons that he's learned along the way. Most importantly, the ability to laugh at one's own inadequecies. In this book, William recounts 26 individual stories including unrevised versions of his popular columns, "Bury the Cat Slowly", "A Lesson in Cheap", "Used Parts Salesman" and his introductory column, "Practice What We Preach" as well as 22 brand new, hilarious tales. Each story offers a humorous telling of the unfortunate circumstances that seem to plague his life, all delivered with his real-world, conversational writing style that has attracted thousands of readers to his magazine column. Unfortunately, Mr. Little's misfortunes are all too recognizable by many of us! With great lessons to help anyone in their job and their everyday life, Mexican Bowl Fishing is an entertaining look at the importance of laughing off embarrassment and focusing on the most important goal in life . . . having fun. This book is required reading for anyone who has ever suffered from bad luck, misfortune, accidental injury or the minor complications of everyday life!
著者について
After 8-years of late night and morning drive radio, William Douglas Little went on to become a successful business owner in Central Missouri. He now heads a premier, multi-line motorcycle dealership and a successful printing, direct mail, fulfillment and promotional packaging company. William is also a featured columnist with one of the motorcycle industry's top trade publications. William lives in rural Missouri with his wife and two children where he is currently working on his next book. For more from William Douglas Little, visit the author's official site at www.mexicanbowlfishing.com or his personal blog at www.wdlittle.blogspot.com.
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7 人中、7人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
"We want to feel a smile on our faces"
2008/10/7
形式:ペーパーバック
I was a big fan of The Darwin Awards in an earlier, more misanthropic phase of my life. Nothing was funnier than some of the idiotic escapades of people who "do a service to humanity by removing themselves from the gene pool." Now, older and wiser, I'm more likely to wince in sympathy and look for a lesson to be learned.
Author William Douglas Little's hugely entertaining MEXICAN BOWL FISHING: And Other Tales of Life bridges the gap between these two mindsets. Billed as "a collection of short stories," the book reads more like a set of essays in which we find people -- often the author -- behaving mindlessly with disastrous results. Test your dog's shock collar on yourself? Buy a series of ever-more-expensive self-immolating cars? Play chicken on the highway with your wife and mother-in-law in your vehicle? Super-glue yourself into four-point restraint while naked in your bathroom? These stories and more are told with wry humor, but the payoff is the life lesson woven into each disaster.
My favorite tale is "A Dog's World," in which Little matches wills with his Malamute, the incongruously named Joy, and loses badly (refer to the shock collar incident). I laughed out loud at "Panic Situations," in which Little and his family were involved in an "EVAC situation" at Disney World's Splash Mountain. "Lessons of Childhood" is a primer on "approaching your work witih the enthusiasm and new-world interest that you had as a child." The title story, "Mexican Bowl Fishing," describes a church mission trip to build houses in Juarez, but Little manages to infuse that heart-warming tale with hilarious self-revelation; you'll have to read it for yourself to find out what kind of fishing he did in Mexico!
Little is a motorcycle dealer and a monthly columnist for an industry publication. This is his first book -- a lifelong dream turned into reality -- and you can't help cheering him on. He's a terrifically engaging writer and we all want more! He finishes his book with these wonderful words: "Reading is a passion, a pastime, and a sport that exercises the mind and the imagination. I'm honored that you've included my book in your most sacred of activities..." Believe me, the honor is ours; and by the way, do you need to ride a motorcycle to subscribe to Motorcycle Product News?
Linda Bulger, 2008
Author William Douglas Little's hugely entertaining MEXICAN BOWL FISHING: And Other Tales of Life bridges the gap between these two mindsets. Billed as "a collection of short stories," the book reads more like a set of essays in which we find people -- often the author -- behaving mindlessly with disastrous results. Test your dog's shock collar on yourself? Buy a series of ever-more-expensive self-immolating cars? Play chicken on the highway with your wife and mother-in-law in your vehicle? Super-glue yourself into four-point restraint while naked in your bathroom? These stories and more are told with wry humor, but the payoff is the life lesson woven into each disaster.
My favorite tale is "A Dog's World," in which Little matches wills with his Malamute, the incongruously named Joy, and loses badly (refer to the shock collar incident). I laughed out loud at "Panic Situations," in which Little and his family were involved in an "EVAC situation" at Disney World's Splash Mountain. "Lessons of Childhood" is a primer on "approaching your work witih the enthusiasm and new-world interest that you had as a child." The title story, "Mexican Bowl Fishing," describes a church mission trip to build houses in Juarez, but Little manages to infuse that heart-warming tale with hilarious self-revelation; you'll have to read it for yourself to find out what kind of fishing he did in Mexico!
Little is a motorcycle dealer and a monthly columnist for an industry publication. This is his first book -- a lifelong dream turned into reality -- and you can't help cheering him on. He's a terrifically engaging writer and we all want more! He finishes his book with these wonderful words: "Reading is a passion, a pastime, and a sport that exercises the mind and the imagination. I'm honored that you've included my book in your most sacred of activities..." Believe me, the honor is ours; and by the way, do you need to ride a motorcycle to subscribe to Motorcycle Product News?
Linda Bulger, 2008
2 人中、2人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Great!
2008/8/26
形式:Kindle版
Having a busy lifestyle and being on the go, I simply don't get any kind of time to sit and read deeply into a novel and try to "catch up" where I left off. I prefer not to select books with long character development and detailed story lines.
Well, William Little is a character indeed. From the onset of the book you get the sense of how W.L. places us all into his precarious position and how all our lives are, in some ways, intertwined as his thought process sparks a memory of situations for ourselves.
A reader won't be surprised to remark "that happened to me" as often as "thank god that didn't happen to me" as William tells stories of interest and fate. This book had the qualities of Forest Gump only with a real world, recognizable scenarios.
I enjoyed it immensely as I found myself looking forward to getting some alone time and finding out what happened to Mr Little next.
I don't wish more ill will on William but I can't wait for the next book.
Recommended!
Well, William Little is a character indeed. From the onset of the book you get the sense of how W.L. places us all into his precarious position and how all our lives are, in some ways, intertwined as his thought process sparks a memory of situations for ourselves.
A reader won't be surprised to remark "that happened to me" as often as "thank god that didn't happen to me" as William tells stories of interest and fate. This book had the qualities of Forest Gump only with a real world, recognizable scenarios.
I enjoyed it immensely as I found myself looking forward to getting some alone time and finding out what happened to Mr Little next.
I don't wish more ill will on William but I can't wait for the next book.
Recommended!
2 人中、2人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Want to feel better? Read this book!
2008/8/19
形式:ペーパーバック
Like a bag of Lay's Potato Chips, you can't stop after one. Each tale leaves you craving the next one. Little's conversational literary style bring these hilarious stories to life in a way that makes you feel like you were there. I'm glad I purchased it! (Bad for work productivity however!)
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