How many times can a waiter sing ?Happy, Happy Birthday? in one night? How many bruises can you get at a Wheel of Fortune audition? Can faking a migraine help you escape an office party? The answers are in this collection of columns from Matt Wixon, the newspaper humorist who once was told ?Stay sweet! Don't ever change!? in his high school yearbook. Against that advice, Wixon has changed over the years, turning away from writing sports stories and columns to address more meaningful topics, such as battling car salesmen for ...
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How many times can a waiter sing ?Happy, Happy Birthday? in one night? How many bruises can you get at a Wheel of Fortune audition? Can faking a migraine help you escape an office party? The answers are in this collection of columns from Matt Wixon, the newspaper humorist who once was told ?Stay sweet! Don't ever change!? in his high school yearbook. Against that advice, Wixon has changed over the years, turning away from writing sports stories and columns to address more meaningful topics, such as battling car salesmen for hot dogs, using the wrong fork at dinner parties and accidentally telling the pizza-delivery guy ?I love you.? Other topics in this book include teacher trading cards, vending-machine fitness programs, the historical importance of Hee Haw ... even the keys to a good marriage (including not laughing when figure skaters fall down). Read just a few of this book's columns and you?ll understand why they make so many people laugh and so many serious journalists say, ?Too bad. He had potential.?
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