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Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini (2005)

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Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds Of Questions You'd Only Ask A Doctor After Your Third Martini (2005) - Plot & Excerpts

You know, this book is funny. Leyner is writing it. Therefore it is funny. It is really a 3 star book. But I'm punishing it with one star. Why?Leyner is a modern genius. Tetherballs at Bougainville is a masterpiece. My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist is also a masterpiece. I waited SEVEN long years for him to write something else. Seven long years of silence. But market forces or focus groups or the Devil himself or Americans with hunger for medical trivia have responsibility for this book where a far better book should be instead. This book, Why Do Men Have Nipples, coauthored with Billy Goldberg MD, sold more copies than all of his other great works combined. As far as I'm concerned, this kind of coffee table dogshit is keeping one of the best writers in the world from writing work of substance. I don't know who introduced Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg MD, but if I ever find out, I'm getting my revolver.You know, I'd love to read his followup book, Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex. I really would. But I will not buy it. The thirst for this kind of shit and the Svengali Billy Goldberg MD are collectively inhibiting one of the best writers in America. And I cannot be party to that.If you want to read it--if you really must read it--I will give you my copy. Or check it out from the library and snicker at it like a 4th grader looking up profanities in Merriam-Webster. But God help you if you buy this book! If you do, you are potentiating stupidity, inhibiting genius, and hurting America. Nice work, asshole.

As a physician, I read this book because I have to agree with much of what the authors suggest - folks tend to ask doctors very strange questions when they are intoxicated, especially when they are not actually in the doctor's office or at the hospital but instead at a party. I personally have been asked many of the questions put forth in this book so it was amusing to see other similar inquiries. Most of the time the answers brought back hazy memories of first and second years of medical school. Overall, I found it very amusing to read what the lay public really wants to know from their physician and the answers are accurate, if not presented in a way guaranteed to elicit laughs. The chapter on Hollywood's depicition of medically-related things was especially humorous. One criticism is the authors have some IM conversations that intervene each chapter and these are a bit distracting and seem irrelevant - the novel would have worked better if they were not there and instead there was further questions/answers. It's a quick read and I think if you read it for what it is, you'll get a chuckle and perhaps some answers to some trivia you never knew you wanted. Healthcare professionals probably would enjoy it simply to see what kinds of silly (and sometimes, sorry to say, stupid) questions actually exist out there. I mean, come on. Who *actually* believes if you swallow gum that it stays in your stomach for seven years? (not true BTW).

What do You think about Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds Of Questions You'd Only Ask A Doctor After Your Third Martini (2005)?

Strange things people want to know but are too embarrassed to bring them up during their hospital visit suddenly becomes an appropriate topic outside a hospital setting when you share a drink with a doctor. To quote from the introduction " The sad fact is that one of the medical establishment great shortcomings is it's failure to teach what the general public wants to know about medicine " with that said, these questions are best answered under drunken haze where it poses no direct risk to harm a patient and there's no evidential paper work.Interesting enough, though less informative should not be your medical manual. and Some things ought to just remain a mystery, idiopathic but then again after your 3rd martini....let the party begins!!
—George Wani

Hilarious!While reading this book I found my self thinking about the most ridiculous things (mostly about how funny it would be if farting was contagious) and laughing out loud all alone like a crazy person. To explain the contagious fart fantasy (fantasy is totally the wrong word here!) hahaha.. but anyway a section was trying to explain why yawns were contagious and then listed several things that we should be very happy are NOT contagious.. and farts was the one that stood out to me.. haha. This book had little side notes of comedy all through it and I really enjoyed reading it. I was shocked to learn several facts I have been preaching are not true! (my bad) haha..Spoiler Alert:Did you know?.... That what you eat doesn't give you pimples, salt doesn't make you bloat, carrots do nothing to improve eye sight,and peeing on a jelly fish sting actually makes it worse not better... I'm glad I no longer have to live my life eating bland foods for fear of pimples and water weight and I can stop hoping to cure my bad eye sight the "old fashion way" hahaha.Great little read!
—Christina White

A humorous, short read, this book is filled with all sorts of responses to those awkward questions everyone wants to ask but is often afraid to do so. Chapter 1 deals with all those food questions and what effect they have on your body. Chapter 2 is all about those odd quirks of the human body - those questions of "why do we have those, anyway?" Chapter 3 is simply entitled 'all you ever wanted to know about sex.' Enough said. Rather funny, though. Chapter 4 is all about the old wives' tales about simple remedies for all sorts of ailments - and why they do, or do not, have any merit. Chapter 5 - drugs and alcohol - a variety of things that most often reveal the fallacy of many widely held beliefs. Chapter 6 is simply entitled "bathroom humor." I will just let you ponder the many and varied questions this section might contain. I enjoyed Chapter 7 and its critique of medical issues and portrayed in TV and movies. You'll never watch a TV drama in the same way again. The next chapter, entitled "old wives' tales" is sort of a potpourri of subjects and issues - all rather fascinating. Finally, the authors end with questions about getting older - an issues that is now on my mind as I approach my 50th birthday.This book isn't a heavy read or deeply profound. Just fun and insightful. One needs a book like this every so often......
—Eric

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