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Roger's Profanisaurus: Das Krapital

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Presuming you are reasonably robust and not easily offended, this book is quite simply the single funniest thing on the planet. It is breathtakingly rude, and gleefully honest. I have read this book from cover to cover, and was quickly banned from reading it in bed because I kept waking my partner up crying with laughter. It is absolutely life-affirming, and tells you more about the human condition than a whole shelf of classics. Do yourself a favour and buy this immediately! It's worth the price for the definition of 'wangst' alone...

It has long been understood that humour, anxiety and filth occupy the same ancient parts of the brain and Das Krapital, the latest in the Viz series of profane thesauruses, taps into this subconscious area, producing alarm, guilt and hilarity in equal measure. A sort of half-brother to Jonathon Green's academic Dictionary of Slang, Das Krapital is a huge compendium of breathtaking filth that leaves you gasping with mirth. The book takes in much of what has already appeared in previous, smaller, Viz volumes, but is an essential book for all completists with a serious interest in the subject. Possibly the funniest book in the universe. An eye-watering masterpiece.

Been a long time fan of the Profanisaurus and looking forward to a Kindle version for ages. All I'm worried about now is whether I can read this on the train to work without corroding my zip...

My wife hates this book(Oh god, hes off, what now?), after 5 mins I was tittering to myself, after six I was lying on the sofa sideways coughing my lungs up, its worthy of a place in every toilet library across the land. enjoy

Love it, would always quote from the Profanisarus when out with mates (after a few!) those quotes were relient on my memory though! No more though, just thinking of how much reading excerpts will amuse us all makes me laugh, can't wait for next boozy evening!! Can't stop dipping in and reading just a few, guaranteed cheer up, better than any UV treatment for S.A.D sufferers during these long winter months!!

Bought this for my brother-in-law, then had to download it to my phone (how technological of me). I like to flick through in times of boredom, but for the life of me can't remember any of the words! Very funny, cheers me up when I am down. Very rude too!

If you want something to make you smile, stick it on your phone using Kindle and you can snigger away to your heart's content.

I am definitely rationing this book out and am pleased that it is so wonderfully long. By the time I get to the end, I will have forgotten most of the previous interpretations, so this is a brilliant book for me. Got it as a Kindle dowload and it is so upliftingly funny and inventive - at all intellectual levels

Firstly, please note that the Kindle edition is advertised in VIZ itself for £2.99 during January 2013. The difference is apparently... "Due to local conditions regulation, the availability and pricing of titles on the Amazon.co.uk Kindle Store can vary from those of the printed versions. The price you pay in the Kindle Store is based on a number of factors. This price can change, for a variety of reasons, but we will always aim to provide the best value and lowest prices for the benefit of all our customers."

So that explains that, straight from the support network of the tax-dodging scamps.

Anyway, it's one hilarious book. I received the Profanisaurus as a present a couple of Christmases back, and the wife took a sneaky peek at the contents before applying the wrapping paper. Apparently, she was doubled-up and convulsing at some of the definitions. Praise indeed.
Time's moved on, and I now have a Kindle to fill with seminal masterworks such as this. It sits alongside Crime and Punishment, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Don Quixote and a brace of other Kindle editions I wouldn't normally buy unless they were free or very cheap. None of which I've actually read yet. But I'll read this because I know it'll have me pretending to cough on public transport. Or beer will shoot down my nose. Or a piece of my lunchtime sandwich will go down the wrong pipe. It's that good.

And if you do choose to read this in bed as your S.O. slumbers, be prepared for some stern words after the shuddering bed has woken her (or indeed, him) up.

A very funny wonderful book,sometimes witty and sometimes crude but all written in the best possible taste!!!-worth every penny.Hours of fun reading.

Oh dear god! I've only managed to finish the letter A (Aardvark's Nose to Aztec Two-Step) and I honestly don't think I can go on. I'm crying with laughter, my sides are aching and I can barely breathe. They say that the eskimos have 300 words for snow. Well, I think that it should be a matter of national pride that the english speaking world has around 400 euphemisms for flatulence (Air Biscuit, Push Gas, Knock the Lid Off the Ark). This compendium of filth has nigh on 500 pages of obscene euphemisms and it proves, if anything, that English must be one of the most versatile, ubiquitous languages in the world. At least as far as swearing is concerned.

Some have suggested that this should be placed next the Andrex in toilets across the country. I would go further than that...

"Dropped Pie, Face Like a. Sim: To resemble one who has been bobbing for chips in a deep fat fryer."