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Автор Вупи Голдберг

IS IT JUST ME?

Or is it nuts out there?

WHOOPI GOLDBERG

To EJ & CJ,the two most civil folks in my life.

Do unto othersas you would have done unto you.

Contents

Foreword: Rude Awakening

Chapter 1 - Abuse It and Lose It

Chapter 3 - Group Insult

Chapter 4 - Big Blogger

Chapter 5 - If You Can’t Be Witty, Don’t Be Shitty

Chapter 6 - Then Maybe You Should Stop Complaining

Chapter 7 - Abuse

Chapter 8 - Censorship

Chapter 9 - Road Rude

Chapter 10 - Self-Test: Parking

Chapter 11 - No Condom? No Way

Chapter 12 - If You Don’t Want to Hear the Answer, Don’t Ask the Question

Chapter 13 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: Things to Tell People Who Put You on the Spot

Chapter 14 - Gracious You

Chapter 15 - Toenail Clipping and Common Scents

Chapter 16 - Where Is the Respect?

Chapter 17 - You Respect My Opinion, I’ll Respect Yours

Chapter 18 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: How Not to Turn a Discussion into a Fight

Chapter 19 - Daily Rehab

Chapter 20 - TSA Does Not Mean “Time to Smart Ass”

Chapter 21 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: How Not to Slow Down a TSA Screening

Chapter 22 - Just Plane Good Manners

Chapter 23 - Even Steve Jobs Has to Turn Off His Cell Phone

Chapter 24 - Self-Test: A Traveler Check

Chapter 25 - Fragrant Fliers

Chapter 26 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: Stinky Foods Not to Bring on a Plane

Chapter 27 - Babes on a Plane

Chapter 28 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: What to Bring for a Kid on a Plane

Chapter 29 - Louder, They Can’t Hear You in the Lobby

Chapter 30 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: Places Not to Use a Cell Phone

Chapter 31 - Thank You for Not Texting

Chapter 32 - Self-Test: Resisting Textation

Chapter 33 - A Flea on the Ass of a Mosquito

Chapter 34 - Play Nice or Stay Home

Chapter 35 - Self-Test: Stadium Behavior

Chapter 36 - Block That Parent

Chapter 37 - Self-Test: Sideline Civility

Chapter 38 - Down in Front!

Chapter 39 - Manners

Chapter 40 - An Elevator Is Like a Bathroom

Chapter 41 - Encourage Your Kids to Play by Themselves

Chapter 42 - Peer Itself

Chapter 43 - Role Models Will Disappoint You

Chapter 44 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: Role Models Who Have Disappointed Us

Chapter 45 - How Do I Look? And Tell the Truth

Chapter 46 - The Three Questions

Chapter 47 - You Realize I Can See You

Chapter 48 - If You Don’t Like It, Don’t Do It

Chapter 49 - Should We Be Worried About This?

Chapter 50 - Bloggers Are Cowards

Chapter 51 - Don’t Think You Know Someone Because You See Them on Television

Chapter 52 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: Commonly Used Hurtful Words and Phrases

Chapter 53 - You Realize I Can Hear You

Chapter 54 - The Smarter Things to Say

Chapter 55 - Self-Test: Offensive Language

Chapter 56 - Think It, Don’t Say It

Chapter 57 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: Things to Think and Not Say

Chapter 58 - Buddy Is the New Nigger

Chapter 59 - Just Because I’m a Catholic, Don’t Assume That a Priest Has Touched Me

Chapter 60 - There Aren’t Enough Jails

Chapter 61 - Take Your Stinking Paws Off Me, You Damned Dirty Ape!

Chapter 62 - A Civil Person’s Truly Handy List: The Hands-Off List