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Title: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicth, Jennifer Worick, David Borgenicht ISBN: 0-8118-3241-4 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.08 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Things Can Always Get Worse
Comment: This book teeters between gut-splitting entertainment and must-have knowledge. Some of the chapters are too far-fetched to be realistic, but they are hysterical to read nonetheless. Once I picked up the book, I couldn't put it down. I was amazed to learn some things-like how to deal with body odor on a date, how to avoid gas, and how to deal with bad breath. Other chapters were more fun than reruns of Seinfeld. For example, How to Fake an Orgasm, How to Determine if Your Date is an Axe Murderer, and How to Stop a Wedding are all reminiscent of recent cult comedies that are now available from your local video store.
The fun continues in the index, as the authors teach you how to write a "Dear John" letter, (all you have to do is insert your name and the name of the person you're dumping!) and the worst pick-up lines that you should NEVER use. But tucked into the index is something very useful-a chart of good and bad body language signals.
As a relationship expert, body language is extremely important if you want to deal from a position of strength. If you learn to read body language correctly, you can avoid wasting your time on someone who just isn't interested, or you can change your tactics so your date will be more responsive to you. Reading body language will also weed out the sickos, weirdos, liars,..., and married folks that we all want to avoid.
Bottom Line-this is a great book to read when you want to recover from a bad date. After all, things can always get worse, and laughter is the best medicine.
Rating: 5
Summary: NO JOKE! Serious advice on funny situations!
Comment: This is my favorite "Worst-Case" book and probably the most practical. I think it will make a great gift for the holidays. It makes for interesting reading and is a conversational piece. If you wanted to, I'm sure that you could read the whole book in a couple of hours.
Some of the advice is very practical, helpful and important for serious dating like: How to Determine If Your Date is Married, How to Deal with Bad Breath, How to Deal with a Drunken Date, How to Survive If You Are Stopped by the Police, and How to Survive Snoring.
Others are mostly amusing (especially the diagrams!) like: How to Determine the Gender of Your Date, How to Escape From a Bad Date, How to Spot a Fake (Boob job and hair pieces), How to Fend Off Competition For Your Date, and How to Remove Difficult Clothing...and of course the faking of the Big "O".
Some things that are in the book may not be such a good idea in the first place like How to Have an Affair and Not Get Caught. Maybe you can avoid the whole problem by not having an affair, right?
And the bit about How to Determine if Your Date is a Con-Artist...the entire thing about the eye patterns is such a bunch of neuro-baloney. Trust your intuition and if he seems kind of weird then he probably is.
All in all this is a fun read, a great gift, a practical guide to a few situations that may apply to you or one of your friends, and if you live on the dating "edge", this probably can save your behind....at least temporarily until you wise up.
Like a professional baseball player, this book helps an enlightened woman anticipate rare situations so that she can respond with action instead of react in panic. And for this, we can be thankful that this book exists.
In today's pop culture society, I'm sure this is destined to be a National Best-Seller.
Rating: 5
Summary: Useful and humorous!
Comment: Some books come along that I regret having not read much
earlier in my life . . . such is the case with THE WORST-CASE
SCENARIO SURVIVAL HANDBOOK: DATING AND SEX by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht and Jennifer Worick . . . it contains much useful information (often presented in humorous fashion) that would have helped me over the last 35-some years.
But that said, I still learned and laughed from short but insightful
chapters as:
How to Survive Snoring;
How to Determine If Your Date is an Axe Murderer;
How to Have Sex in a Small Space;
How to Deal with a Cheating Lover;
How to Remove Difficult Clothing;
How to Fend Off an Obsessive Ex;
and, of course:
How to Survive If You Wake Up Next to Someone Whose
Name You Don't Remember . . . the key, if you're at their place:
Do not panic. Evidence of your partner's name exists somewhere
nearby. Your task will be to find it before she awakens or before she starts any sort of meaningful conversation.
You can go the bathroom. The bathroom is a normal first place to visit first thing in the morning, and it is also a place where you might discover her name.
Look through the medicine cabinet for prescription medicines with her name on the label.
Sort through magazines, looking for subscription labels with her name and address.
Go through a wastebasket to find discarded junk mail addressed to her.
Return to the bedroom. If she is awake, ask her to make coffee for you. Use the time alone to search the bedroom for evidence. Look for: wallet, checkbook, ID or name bracelet, photo album, scrapbook, business cards (a stack of cards, not just one), or luggage labels. If she is still sleeping, look for these other items throughout the house.
I was impressed by the fact that while some of this material
might sound frivolous to those never having encountered such
situations, the authors nevertheless did a thorough job of searching their work . . . they consulted a wide variety of experts, including directors of violence-prevention programs, doctors and sex educators.
In addition, the illustrations by Brenda Brown greatly added to my enjoyment of this book.
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Title: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht ISBN: 0811825558 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht, Brenda Brown ISBN: 0811831310 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Work by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht, Brenda Brown ISBN: 0811835758 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Holidays by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht, Brenda Brown ISBN: 0811835995 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Parenting by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht, Sarah Jordan ISBN: 0811841553 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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