- Paperback: 80 pages
- Publisher: The Friday Project (25 Nov 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007362188
- ISBN-13: 978-0007362189
- Product Dimensions: 29.2 x 21.1 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 207,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Finally, a sticker book for grown ups!
The modern world is awash with stick-on signs telling us what to do. No entry. No smoking. Speed cameras. Behave. Watch out. Beware. Now wash your hands!
This book is the ideal antidote. Hundreds of hilarious, subversive and just plain silly stickers to help you hit back at the bossy, finger-wagging experts who think they are in charge.
There are spoof Health & Safety messages, amusing wine labels, insulting gift tags, stickers for the fridge, cash machines, public transport, books, DVDs and even your houseplants.
Juvenile, irresponsible, and completely pointless – You Can Stick It! is the stress-busting self-help book for our times.
You Can Stick It! has hundreds of stickers for all occasions:
• Book stickers including NEVER TO BE A MAJOR HOLLYWOOD FILM and SHOULD HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
• Public transport stickers such as PLEASE KEEP YOUR LONGINGS WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES, NO EYE CONTACT 9-6.30 MON-FRI and NO TUTTING
• Cash machine stickers including SPEAK YOUR PIN CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE and PRESS 1 TO SPEAK TO AN OPERATOR
• And many more such as spoof wine bottle labels, Health & Safety signs, CD and DVD stickers and car bumper stickers.
About the Author
P.K Munroe is the pseudonym of a man who would really rather you didn’t know who he was
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Fear not, for the title is not intended to address you in a manner that is remotely as aggressive or vulgar as it might initially appear. The common street parlance of today's "Broken Britain" could very well lead you to imagine that the author is being so ill-mannered as to suggest that you should stick 'it' into a place that, while undisclosed, is rather heavily implied to be an orifice that is located about your very person. However, you can rest assured that PK Munroe (not to be confused with the legendary bebop jazz-tuba virtuoso CK Munroe) is altogether less of a bad egg than to intend such connotations. If you're picturing him as the type who might like to loiter about bus stops (yelling "I is da PK, innit, so go swivel!" at policemen and hollering "Suckle on my smelly dipstick!" at members of the elderly community), then you've really misunderstood. Shame on you for assuming that anyone who chooses to be addressed by their initials must necessarily be an uncouth young teen, who likes to wear his jeans around his ankles. No, far from being an expression of abuse, the title is actually a rather practical and functional depiction of what it is possible to do with the content of the book.
I particularly like the stickers that are intended to resemble those typically found in real life upon DVDs, books and packaged foods. The sticker "Caution- may feature actors from Friends" alone merits a mischievous trip to HMV. Also, that which displays "not suitable for adults" is positively crying out for a place on any Harry Potter book of your choosing. Particularly impressive is the marvellous array of stickers for use on public transport (specifically styled upon the look of underground signs, I believe, but still perfectly suitable for use outside of London). "Please sit up straight", "Be wary of other passengers", "No shaving" and "We apologise for your journey today" are just a few of the gems that are set out in (seemingly) authentically officious type-face.
So, while the contents are more than humorous enough for a flick through to be provisive (not technically a word, as I just learned from the dictionary, but I think I'll "stick" with it) of entertainment, far better to use them for some proper acts of subversion. Okay, it may not bring down the capitalist machine outright (nor even necessarily the government). However, you can have plenty of fun spreading them around and taking photographs (which will no doubt find their way onto Facebook). Just be careful that you don't get caught, or you may find yourself to be in a rather "sticky" situation- in more ways than one!
I particularly like the stickers that are intended to resemble those typically found in real life upon DVDs, books and packaged foods. The sticker "Caution- may feature actors from Friends" alone merits a mischievous trip to HMV. Also, that which displays "not suitable for adults" is positively crying out for a place on any Harry Potter book of your choosing. Particularly impressive is the marvellous array of stickers for use on public transport (specifically styled upon the look of underground signs, I believe, but still perfectly suitable for use outside of London). "Please sit up straight", "Be wary of other passengers", "No shaving" and "We apologise for your journey today" are just a few of the gems that are set out in (seemingly) authentically officious type-face.
So, while the contents are more than humorous enough for a flick through to be provisive (not technically a word, as I just learned from the dictionary, but I think I'll "stick" with it) of entertainment, far better to use them for some proper acts of subversion. Okay, it may not bring down the capitalist machine outright (nor even necessarily the government). However, you can have plenty of fun spreading them around and taking photographs (which will no doubt find their way onto Facebook). Just be careful that you don't get caught, or you may find yourself to be in a rather "sticky" situation- in more ways than one!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have enjoyed this book immensely and I'm only on stage one - reading it for pleasure. I expect to get years of fun from sticking these stickers in both appropriate and inappropriate places. Lots of fun and provocation for ages 9.7 to 116.
Format:Paperback
The book was good, and there aren't too many people with the balls to actually place the stickers where they would cause most amusement!
There is a mixture of excellent sticker ideas, and some which are a bit lame.
Overall I think that about 70% of the content is potentially great fun, the other 30% a bit of a waste of time.
There is a mixture of excellent sticker ideas, and some which are a bit lame.
Overall I think that about 70% of the content is potentially great fun, the other 30% a bit of a waste of time.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Funny and lots of fun.
I cannot believe Amazon can sell a book with this many stickers for not much more than six quid.
Many of them are amusing and some are very funny! Read more
Many of them are amusing and some are very funny! Read more
Published 17 months ago by withdeanram
Brilliant! An awesome GIFT and a book in one!
This a brilliantly crafted selection of superbly observed and hysterical jokes - put into sticker form! Read more
Published 17 months ago by Sheridan Simove
Thumbs up for something completely different
I ordered 2 copies of the You Can Stick It sticker books for grown-ups for 2 of my quirkier friends, who I guessed would get a kick out of it, but now it's arrived I'll need a few... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Clan millar
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