The Internet is a Playground edition by David Thorne Humor Entertainment eBooks
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David Thorne has quickly established himself as the world’s leading internet troublemaker. Since his emailed efforts to settle an overdue bill with a drawing of a spider achieved massive worldwide online exposure in 2008, millions of people have followed Thorne’s hilarious exchanges with unwitting victims reported via the mainstream media, online and email inboxes globally. Thorne’s razor-sharp writings, compiled in his first book “The Internet is a Playground” say something about everyday life we can all relate to.
The Internet is a Playground edition by David Thorne Humor Entertainment eBooks
David Thorne is a jerk.Granted, there are a lot of jerks out there making money off of their jerkiness. There are the boys from Jackass. The main characters from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Arrested Development and The League and Archer and Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Tosh.0. The abysmally popular Tucker Max novels. There's even Steve Martin's The Jerk, although he's less a jerk than an idiot. Not that the two aren't often synonymous.
That's the real trademark of a jerk worth paying attention to: intelligence. And if Thorne is a jerk, he's at least a smart jerk. This book (mostly) contains email exchanges he's had with co-workers, online roustabouts, and folks who are otherwise just trying to do their jobs (mostly bill collectors). He approaches these communiques with the subtle and absurdist wit of Monty Python channeling John Swartzwelder. Or vice versa. They're a lot funnier if you believe that they're real, and after having read both of his books, I'm inclined to believe. If they're entirely fictional, then I'd be more impressed, although not nearly as amused.
Much of the book relies on knowing things about David, such as his coworkers' names and various inside jokes he has with regards to most of them. Certain people -- Simon, Holly, Shannon, Lucius, Thomas -- figure prominently in Thorne's life, but it takes a few reads to figure out how or why, at which point the jokes start to make a lot more sense. Of course, some of his more famous exchanges don't need a whole lot of backstory to work ("Missing Missy" is perhaps his most famous, and for good reason).
The book is also peppered with essays that aren't quite as funny as the emails. Written with a random, absurd, kitchen-sink approach, they're pretty much Thorne being as wacky as he can possibly be. At their best, they sound like some of Woody Allen's older stuff from The New Yorker. At their worst, they're repetitive jokes about how dumb he can make the narrator sound. Overall, Thorne's funnier when he's just being mean to what (I hope) are real people.
His second book is, I think, much better. For one thing, the ridiculous essays are gone, replaced with true-life tales of both his home life and his experiences with nearly cheating death. They show how well he can find the humor in almost anything without having to resort to bizarre non-sequiturs or wacky nonsense. If you like the wacky nonsense, he's included several picture stories (most about his group of cat friends) that are punchy and hilarious (the best is when the cops pull them over). There are a few pictures of formal notices, letters, and forms that are difficult to read on the Kindle, but they aren't completely illegible. Overall, it's a much better read than the first book, even if it does make David look even more like a jerk than the first book. I mean, I'd hate to be in his life, but I enjoy reading about others who aren't as fortunate.
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The Internet is a Playground edition by David Thorne Humor Entertainment eBooks Reviews
This has about 90 email correspondences from David Thorne. He is like some customer from hell who makes the most ludicrous complaints, requests, justifications and insults to any poor unfortunates who he is able to email be it boss, co-worker, video store, neighbour, son's school principal or client. Basically a genuine internet terrorist.
Four of these are so hilarious that snot and saliva surged out my nose as I tried to contain myself. Don't read these while eating breakfast cereal. Those ones are worth buying the book for.
Most of the rest is still quite funny but only worth reading if you are bored.
Also, most of the material is on his website but I wanted to support him and his excellent work so I was happy to buy the book.
I credit David Thorne with saving my sanity. My work is boring and I work alone. I have no company and was losing my mind. I purchased this book to read at work (as I originally fell in love with Missing Missy which David wrote and I saw published on his website).
I found the days slid by with more ease since I started reading this book. I no longer wanted to shrivel up and die in the corner somewhere. David made my days worth living.
His sense of humour and approach to his work and life provided me with inspiration.
The book is hilariously funny and wonderful entertainment. I feel compelled to evangalise about the work of David Thorne to win him converts. Do not hesitate! BUY THIS BOOK! (and his other one), read his website.
Life is worth living again.
When I grow up I want to be David Thorne (or have his children).
Sometime ago, I came across a link to David Thorne's website. I read one of his blogs and could. not. stop. I laughed until it hurt. Promises of more, unblogged hilarity caused me to buy this book. (Plus, I thought, why not sent some bucks in this guy's direction. It was the least I could do to thank him for the laughs.) It was a little disappointing to discover the 'additional' material was not really very funny. In my opinion, the funniest stuff is the correspondence directed to co-workers, neighbors, billers, and others who have done him wrong. Sadly, I'd already read the funniest stuff on his webpage. As such, this book took me forever to get through. I found myself picking it up and putting it down. I don't lament purchasing the book and am still trying to decide if I want to keep it or pass it along.
I got to Mr. Thorne's work after stumbling into the neighbor floodlight email series by chance.
I laughed so hard I cried. And it was in the morning. And we all know in the morning there's only sex, bacon or sleep that get our interest. I was actually upset that I got it in the morning, because my mind was dizzy and laughing like this hurt a bit.
I thought this kind of laughter was reserved for special moments in life, when you find some fantastic movie scenes or find yourself tickled by some crazy situation.
His writing is absolute madness. Not only is this the funniest thing I've ever read, but it's soooo well written... Impeccable. I adore it !
I can't put it down although I will really try to, because I want to save some for other days as well, even if I have his other book too. I need this. Nobody's ever made me laugh like this. Especially not through writing.
And I am joyful, I am. And always in search of good humor.
David Thorne is brilliant, an absolute gem, and I am extremely grateful for getting to experience such brilliance.
Caution Don't read this while you eat or drink !
David Thorne is a jerk.
Granted, there are a lot of jerks out there making money off of their jerkiness. There are the boys from Jackass. The main characters from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Arrested Development and The League and Archer and Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Tosh.0. The abysmally popular Tucker Max novels. There's even Steve Martin's The Jerk, although he's less a jerk than an idiot. Not that the two aren't often synonymous.
That's the real trademark of a jerk worth paying attention to intelligence. And if Thorne is a jerk, he's at least a smart jerk. This book (mostly) contains email exchanges he's had with co-workers, online roustabouts, and folks who are otherwise just trying to do their jobs (mostly bill collectors). He approaches these communiques with the subtle and absurdist wit of Monty Python channeling John Swartzwelder. Or vice versa. They're a lot funnier if you believe that they're real, and after having read both of his books, I'm inclined to believe. If they're entirely fictional, then I'd be more impressed, although not nearly as amused.
Much of the book relies on knowing things about David, such as his coworkers' names and various inside jokes he has with regards to most of them. Certain people -- Simon, Holly, Shannon, Lucius, Thomas -- figure prominently in Thorne's life, but it takes a few reads to figure out how or why, at which point the jokes start to make a lot more sense. Of course, some of his more famous exchanges don't need a whole lot of backstory to work ("Missing Missy" is perhaps his most famous, and for good reason).
The book is also peppered with essays that aren't quite as funny as the emails. Written with a random, absurd, kitchen-sink approach, they're pretty much Thorne being as wacky as he can possibly be. At their best, they sound like some of Woody Allen's older stuff from The New Yorker. At their worst, they're repetitive jokes about how dumb he can make the narrator sound. Overall, Thorne's funnier when he's just being mean to what (I hope) are real people.
His second book is, I think, much better. For one thing, the ridiculous essays are gone, replaced with true-life tales of both his home life and his experiences with nearly cheating death. They show how well he can find the humor in almost anything without having to resort to bizarre non-sequiturs or wacky nonsense. If you like the wacky nonsense, he's included several picture stories (most about his group of cat friends) that are punchy and hilarious (the best is when the cops pull them over). There are a few pictures of formal notices, letters, and forms that are difficult to read on the , but they aren't completely illegible. Overall, it's a much better read than the first book, even if it does make David look even more like a jerk than the first book. I mean, I'd hate to be in his life, but I enjoy reading about others who aren't as fortunate.
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