The #1 New York Times Bestseller……..SeinLanguage by Jerry Seinfeld.

My obsession with Seinfeld has gone to a new level after I got this book yesterday by courier. It had been almost 3 weeks since I had ordered it and I hadnt expected it for another week so it was an early surprise.

Its quite a small book to be honest and I finished it in about 2 -3 hours. But it was a great read and had me laughing out loud. I give it 8.5/10.

Here are some excerpts from the book -

Buying clothes is always tricky. But when there’s loud music playing, it really throws your judgement. You look at stuff and say “Hey, if there was a cool party and I was a cool guy, this might be a cool shirt.”
You get it home, there’s no music, there’s no party, and you’re not a cool guy. You’re the same chump. 75 bucks lighter.

I love my Phone Machine. I wish I was a phone machine. I wish if I saw somebody on the street I didnt want to talk to, I could just go, “Excuse Me, I’m not here right now. If you just leave a message, I can walk away.”

I also have a cordless phone, but I dont like that much. Because you cant slam down a cordless phone. You get mad at somebody on a real phone, “You cant talk to me like that!” BANG, its over. But a cordless phone - “You cant talk to me like that!” All right now, let me just find that little thing to turn this off….Just hang on, I’m hanging up on you.”

There are two types of favors, the big favor and the small favor. You can measure the size of the favor by the pause that a person takes after they ask you to “Do me a favor”. Small favor - small pause. “Can you do me a favor, hand me that pencil.” No pause at all.
Big favors are “Could you do me a favor?………” Eight seconds g by. “Yeah? What?” “……..well”. The longer the pause, the bigger the pain its going to be.
Humans are the only species that do favors. Animals dont do favors. A lizard doesnt go up to a cockroach and say “Could you do me a favor and hold still, I’d like to eat you alive.” Thats a big favor even with no pause”.

Wanna read more? Buy the book at Amazon or FirstandSecond (India Only).

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