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This is a review of the book Britney Spears wrote. I laughed my ass off when I read it.
captainreflection at amazon.com wrote: Superlative, Erudite, Inspired, Quintessential Magnum Opus

Who could have imagined that Britney Spears and her Mommy are in possession of literary skills comparable to William Faulkner, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, John Dos Passos, and Marcel Proust combined? Flitting effortlessly from allegory worthy of Dante and Homer, to farce reminiscent of Waugh, Twain and Thurber, and back again to weltschmerz and pathos no worse than Gogol or Du Maurrier, this roller coaster ride visits the picaresque meadows, the sesquipedalian supermarket, the portmanteau prominade, and the Magister Ludi malt shop without ever stopping for fries and chili beans. For those uninitiated in the arcane, the oblique, or the obtuse, or have not spent time in French Sidewalk Cafes pretending they are speaking to Sartre' while he was scribbling notes for "Being and Nothingness" with one hand, and slurping expresso with the other, I have a suggestion. I would respectfully suggest you work your way up to this Sacred Level of Mount Literati, and the Polymaths who await you there, crosslegged, like Tibetan Monks, mentally x-raying your brainal jello-loaf, divining your comprehension, probing ..... *whew*, where was I?...and read "Why I Wish I Had a Pony" by Christina Aguilara first. I believe this work will prepare you for the larger project ahead courtesy of the Spears Roebuck Authorial team. Don't forget to pack at least 3 boxes of Kleenex (preferrably with that new vaseline coating so you don't chap up from all the blubbering), and keep some sort of dog or cat nearby in case you need to pet something furry in mid-read. There seems to be no question now that Britney and her Mommy have displaced Jewel as the greatest writer of her generation.
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ROTFLMAO!!!
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*Reads Post*

Haha!! What a great parody. He probably gave it a one star, right?

Right!?!?

*Clicks link and sees he gave it five stars*

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I wonder if that 5 star was meant to show that it was actually good, or as part of the exaggerated praise.
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neoolong wrote:I wonder if that 5 star was meant to show that it was actually good, or as part of the exaggerated praise.
The latter, of course.
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Durran Korr wrote:
neoolong wrote:I wonder if that 5 star was meant to show that it was actually good, or as part of the exaggerated praise.
The latter, of course.
Damn better be.

Though Amazon's reviews are notorious for dumbasses putting 1 star when they meant 5 and vice versa.
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:lol: I wonder how many people will take that seriously?

A funny nitpick though: he misspelled "espresso".
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Drewcifer wrote::lol: I wonder how many people will take that seriously?

A funny nitpick though: he misspelled "espresso".
I find it odd that so many people spell it expresso for some reason.
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neoolong wrote:I find it odd that so many people spell it expresso for some reason.
Don't even get me started! I owned a coffee shop for several years and it was very hard not to correct every person that asked for "expresso". Some days I wanted to hold up a sign and ask them to show me where the "x" was :)
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Drewcifer wrote:
neoolong wrote:I find it odd that so many people spell it expresso for some reason.
Don't even get me started! I owned a coffee shop for several years and it was very hard not to correct every person that asked for "expresso". Some days I wanted to hold up a sign and ask them to show me where the "x" was :)
Hehe. I used to work in one too.
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One question, why is he picking on Jewel?
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:shock: What Britney Spears wrote a book,does it have a big image on every page. :lol:
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Montcalm wrote::shock: What Britney Spears wrote a book,does it have a big image on every page. :lol:
But of course she wouldn't have been able to read herself if their were no pictures.
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What hellspawn authorized a book by Britney Spears? :shock:
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Darth Yoshi wrote:What hellspawn authorized a book by Britney Spears? :shock:
My guess is Satan worked overtime to get it written and published before her career went down the shitter.
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Darth Yoshi wrote:What hellspawn authorized a book by Britney Spears? :shock:
Somebody she was blowing maybe?
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neoolong wrote:
Darth Yoshi wrote:What hellspawn authorized a book by Britney Spears? :shock:
Somebody she was blowing maybe?
Yeah, that narrows it down.
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unless this is a pop up picture book, i don't see any need for all the praise (or kleenex 8) )
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