1001 Funniest Things Ever Said Paperback – Illustrated, April 1, 2010

This is a very good book of funny quotes by famous people and entertainers. I am sure some of them you will have already heard before, when you start reading this book. The book is very well organized by the joke tellers, e.g.-professional comedians, Hollywood actors and actresses, sports figures, kids jokes, knock knock jokes, children's jokes and jokes about foreigners. If you give it a chance it will have you in stitches.It is important before you read this book to check your ego at the door. If you can't do that, then, I would suggest you not buy this book. If you can leave your existing bias outside your reading room, you will be up late at night reading this until you can't keep your eyes open anymore. I am sure future reviewers of this book will reconfirm thisMy only criticism is that I had a friend who when I told her some of the jokes about foreigners, she was offended at some of the jokes. Some of her observations might hold some weight, but I think she should have tried to just appreciate the humor and not insert her own biases when I told her those jokes. I found some of the children's jokes at times a bit hard to understand, probably because I had a bit of a "jilted" childhood. The alphabetical index in the back was fun to use to browse, when you want to break away from the way the book's jokes are arranged in their order.There was one whole Prairie Home Companion Joke Show that sounded like they had used this book's jokes as its basis. Even if all you do is buy this book to tell a joke to your wife before you go to bed, it is worth the buy. It might not save your marriage, but you're both a lot more likely to remain friends during the divorce if you covertly use it on your spouse occasionally, just before, during and after the proceedings. So relax, cut lose and enjoy the read. It is a good one.Last point; If this book doesn't loosen you up as a person, go seek some professional mental help, and start taking seriously some of those observations your significant other has been telling you during the last few months.

The quotes in my opinion were divided into lame, sorta funny, and quite funny. Some of the quotes seem to differ from where I have seen them in other sources.All in all, amusing, and the price is right.

Enjoy thumbing through the book whenever I need a good laugh. Most of it is clever and funny. It is not a book that you would just sit down and read but it does have funny quotes that I can use when speaking.

But the funniest things ever said? Probably not, but enjoy anyway. I highlighted some of the musician jokes. For some reason British politicians are really funny. This is a good book to pick up and browse through, especially if you are having a bad day. You WILL laugh and, hopefully, feel better.

This book had a lot of funny sayings, etc in it. Everyone needs a laugh once in a while. This will perk you right up. I gave it a 4 star rating because it's just the thing to lift your spirits and make you smile.

This was a gift for a grandparent, and he loved it. He keeps telling me new funny sayings he’s read in it.

This book is often funny, but the humor references are pretty dated. It would be perfect for a senior center library!

Too many accidental verbal errors by people who didn't understand the vocabulary

Grandpa loved it. Very funny.

An entertaining volume of day to day humor!