Comments on: For sale: Review copy, never read

By: TheRealityBasedDave

TheRealityBasedDave — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:00:52 +0000

From now on, whenever I see the name “Jenna” in the news, my inner voice will translate it to “Dirty Sanchez”.
Her new nickname!

By: makeitstop

makeitstop — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:49:20 +0000

I first read that title as “here and queer”, and I thought it was that admission we’ve all been waiting for from Lynne Cheney.

Time to get some bifocals, or to quit reading when I am too tired.

By: moondancer

moondancer — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:46:50 +0000

LOL I thought I was overboard.

By: captphealy

captphealy — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:13:41 +0000

In the Spanish version, the pig is named Sanchez. Since he lives in filth (kind of like Jenna without servants), all the children call him “dirty Sanchez”. It’s muy cute.

By: moondancer

moondancer — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:09:43 +0000

They learned Spanish while playing house with the boys in Argentina, few pictures survive since they were seldom clad in anything except cocaine dust.

By: edub

edub — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:43:34 +0000

Eventually, through the clever encouragement of a librarian and encounters with characters from his books that come to life, Tyrone develops a love of books.

Librarians are very clever indeed. Except the one who married he-who-will-not-be-named.

By: xpurg8d

xpurg8d — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:55:10 +0000

Will there be a “Volume 2″ where we find that Tyrone was just faking it and he never did learn to read and he even lost all his friends and ended up with nothing? Because when everyone grew up they realized Tyrone was a putz because an old guy who thinks he’s “class clown” is just stupid and pathetic? I look forward to that.

By: humboldtblue

humboldtblue — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:54:34 +0000

Well, at least little Padres fans can now learn to curse at Hoffman in Spanish as well as English.

By: dsidhe

dsidhe — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:32:58 +0000

Dammit, too late. Well, I’ll take my cheap shot anyway.

and from that point the book kind of gets depressing for children aged 4-8. And everyone else.

…except Tyrone, who gets a new best friend, a helpful goat.

By: JoFish

JoFish — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:15:04 +0000

That kid on the left, leaning up against the pig isn’t reading “My Pet Goat” is he? Because that would be priceless…