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Look at My Striped Shirt!: Confessions of the People You Love to Hate

Target. Observe. Ridicule.

You run into them every day—the striped-shirt guy, the karaoke master, the dude with a pencil-thin beard, the guy who won't shut up about his fantasy football team—characters who annoy, irritate, and incense us all. Based on the wildly popular essay on ThePhatPhree.comby Mike Polk, this book is a look inside the heads of the most infuriating douchebags on Earth.

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It's the best of ThePhatPhree.complus more than fifty all-new, hilarious pieces written by some of your favorite writers from this site.

Everyone's (Least) Favorite, The Striped-Shirt Guy...

I will valet tonight! I will treat the valet with contempt and make sure that he knows that I am superior to him. I will tell him, "Take it easy on the brakes, champ"! When I do not hook up with a girl at the club, I will say that the place is "full of skanks" and wait in line at another bar, only to strike out again!

Your "Cool" High School Teacher...

Here are some things I allow in my class that other teachers don't: eating, drinking,swearing, dancing, smoking, fighting, cell phones, Texas hold 'em, iPods, and sex. Like my Goo Goo Dolls tee? Anyone else here down with the Dolls? No? Me either. I'm just wearing it as a goof.

The Guy with Amazing Taste in Music...

Personally, I haven't listened to the radio in fifteen years. If you have ever heard a band on the radio, then I can assure you, I am not a fan. I stopped listening to American music about ten years ago.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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