Brain droppings by George Carlin

"Brain droppings" by George Carlin. This book is published by Hyperion in 1998 and has 272 pages.

George Carlin was a stand up comedian, social critic, actor and author. He clarifies at the beginning that he is not going to suggest a solution to identified social problem. He will simply state the problem without pretending to know the quick fix solution.

He then goes on to enumerate the problems and comments on a number of things that he doesn't like. Stuff, that we accumulate, stuff means all the physical belongings. He proposes that current Zodiac signs are old and we should have new signs like schizophrenia can person, serial killer, rapist etc. Then he makes a comparison between Baseball and Football. 

He then moves to the differences. Difference between Irony and Coincidence, Momentary and In a moment, Celibacy and Chastity, Sour grapes as rationalization and as non achievability, abbreviation and acronym and so on. He criticizes use of wrong phrases e.g. don't do the same mistake twice has three mistakes and  enlists a number of oxymorons like silent alarm, friendly fire etc. 

He also spells out 15 rules to live by e.g. Stay in the middle third, develop attitude, surround yourself with inferiors, today doesn't count, enjoy yourself and forget responsibility etc. He also shows how a number of figures of speeach sound utterly rediculous when taken literally. He enumerates redundant expressions like general public, new initiative, advance warning, future plan, basic fundamental etc. 

The problems are not in any specific order. It's as if he writes whatever comes to his mind. George waltzes through a number of issues. Readers should take it at face value without trying to find consistency, logic or theme in it. It's a chaos with order.

He tickles, he rubs, he fingers, he criticizes, he curses, he taunts, he blurts and he entertains. He comes out as Intelligent, Observant, Hilarious, one who has good command over English, opinionated and likable. 

Sometimes he uses coarse language and uses the f**** word frequently. But he has excellent timing and great punches. What did he say? Nothing. Did I enjoy the book? Yes. 

Brain droppings! What a title. And I must say that the title is a perfect one because that is exactly what this book is.

Why did I read this book? Title. Author. 

What I didn't like? No take away. 

What did I like? Author's take.

Hear or read it, enjoy it, forget it.