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    488 Rules for Life: The Thankless Art of Being Correct
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    488 Rules for Life: The Thankless Art of Being Correct

    Written by Kitty Flanagan

    Narrated by Kitty Flanagan

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    488 Rules for Life is Kitty Flanagan's way of making the world a more pleasant place to live.

    Providing you with the antidote to every annoying little thing, these rules are not made to be broken. 488 Rules for Life is not a self-help book, because it's not you who needs help, it's other people. Whether they're walking and texting, asphyxiating you on public transport with their noxious perfume cloud, or leaving one useless square of toilet paper on the roll, a lot of people just don't know the rules.

    But thanks to Kitty Flanagan's comprehensive guide to modern behaviour, our world will soon be a much better place. A place where people don't ruin the fruit salad by putting banana in it … where your co-workers respect your olfactory system and don't reheat their fish curry in the office microwave … where middle aged men don't have ponytails …

    Other rules to live by include:

    1. Men must wear shorts over leggings
    The gym is no place for people to discover whether or not you are circumcised. That’s a private discussion for another place and time.

    2. Team bonding activities should be optional
    Some people love it when management decides that an afternoon of bowling or paintballing or (god forbid) karaoke will help everyone work better as a team. Others would rather be dead.

    3. Don’t ever mention your ‘happy place’
    To me, this sounds less like a pleasant, fun state of mind and more like some kind of utopian wank palace you’ve had built in the basement.

    What started as a personal joke is now a quintessential reference book with the power to change society. (Or, at least, make it a bit less irritating.)

    What people are (Kitty Flanagan is) saying about this book:

    'You're welcome everyone.'

    'Thank god for me.'

    'I'd rather be sad and lonely, but right.'

    'There's not actually 488 rules in here but it sure feels like it'.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateNov 28, 2019
    ISBN9780008391850

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    • 4/5
      Hilarious, stern but manners matter!
    • 5/5
      Hilarious. I loved it, the kids loved it, my mates loved it when we hit play on a random section and laughed our heads of while having a glass of wine.I keep recommending this as an excellent car-trip audiobook. It is the type of book you can just listen to where ever it happens to be playing, you don't miss anything if you tuen out etc.Plus Kitty Flanagan as a narrator is brilliant, reguarly hear her trying not to laugh at how ridiculise her own rules are.
    • 4/5
      More practical and less amusing than I thought it would be - but I agreed with almost all of them.
    • 3/5
      Kitty Flanagan is a popular Australian comedienne, performer and writer who regularly appears on stage and screen. 488 Rules for Life is her tongue in cheek guide to modern etiquette, a list of rules that guarantees the world would be a better place, if only everyone would follow them.Rule #19 - Flush. Pause. CheckRule #26 - Cushions are not spiritual advisersRule #164 - Don’t serve food on planks, tiles, slabs of granite or any other building materialsRule #222 - Gender-reveal parties are not a thingRule #447 - Lower your expectations, that way you will never be disappointed And if there are any rules you don’t agree with, refer to Rule #1 - If you don’t agree with the rule, forget about it and move on.Truthfully there are only 447 rules, so Kitty thoughtfully leaves room for you to list your own like...#448 - Applaud performers if you’ve watched them perform, even when they are mediocre at best #449 - Return your damn shopping trolley to the corral#450 - Stand to one side while waiting for the lift/elevator to open, not directly in front of the doors An amusing, easy read, sure to elicit at least the occasional nod of agreement, and likely more than one outburst of laughter, I enjoyed Kitty Flanagan’s 488 Rules for Life.