Title: Don’t Ask Dumb Questions!

Author: Sidney S. Prasad

Genre: Humor

 

Society tells us there are no dumb questions, but in Sidney S. Prasad’s book, Don’t Ask Dumb Questions, the author challenges that assumption. The author has compiled one thousand “dumb” questions and presented them in a humorous collection. These questions range from the mundane to the absurd and everything in between.

In recent decades, the infamous dad joke, which is no doubt a bad joke or a joke that makes most listeners groan, has become a standalone genre of joke. From puns to riddles to potty humor to slapstick to dry humor, what makes us laugh is quite subjective. However, there is an audience for every type of joke. Even the weirdest or most awful one can crack a smile and may be just the dose of levity someone needs to hear on a rough day or in a tough season of life.

Laughter is, after all, good medicine for the soul and should be celebrated in all its forms, so long as the laughter is not directed as cruelty. A society that forgets how to laugh is a society that takes itself too seriously, and even though there is no denying much happens in the world that is worrisome, we can always use a healthy dose of laughter. One of Prasad’s objectives with writing that may seem like an off-kilter book is to make us laugh and remind us that laughter is good and more than acceptable. It is a fair assessment of today’s society to argue that we have forgotten how to laugh.

Besides this wider speculation and proposal about the reason for books like Don’t Ask Dumb Questions, the absurd is meant to be just that. It is supposed to be so silly that we laugh at it and with it. Walk into any brick-and-mortar bookstore and we will find the typical coffee table book, in which its purpose is to rest on a coffee table and be available for guests to peruse at their leisure. These books are pure entertainment and may also be easily accessed by anyone with a few minutes to kill. If a smile or a chuckle, or even a good-natured groan, results from reading a few pages of a book on humor, then the added benefit is obvious: it has added to the joy of laughter in the world.

All that said, books like Don’t Ask Dumb Questions are not for everyone. Due to humor’s subjective nature, some readers may crack open this book or ones like it and find it is not for them. Still, Prasad should be applauded for not being afraid to venture into this realm and publishing a book such as this.

Don’t Ask Dumb Questions is the perfect coffee table book for anyone who is looking to add a little humor to their homes. Prasad’s thousand “dumb” questions serve a deeper purpose of bringing some levity and laughter back to a world that does not laugh enough at itself. There is an audience for every genre, and fans who enjoy dad jokes will no doubt find much to chuckle over within these pages.

 

 

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