{"product_id":"dear-mr-schmutter-theyre-asking-me","title":"Dear Mr. Schmutter - They're Asking Me? - Soft Cover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA Collection of Advice Columns by Comedian Mordechai Schmutter\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Newspaper advice columns are a weird tradition: \"Let me ask a total stranger about my personal problems, so he can answer in front of thousands of other total strangers in nothing resembling a timely\u003ca name=\"_GoBack\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e manner.  And hope I don't have to ask a follow-up question.\"\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In a way, it's a cheaper version of therapy.  Like if you pay the going hourly rate, you get a whole 45 minutes, there are no spectators to your personal problems, and there are free tissues.  But for the cost of a newspaper subscription, this is what you get.  And you're going to be happy with it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eUntil now.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eEver since Mordechai Schmutter began writing humor columns, people have been coming up to him and asking him questions.  Most of them unprintable.  And that's weird, because, as he's demonstrated in his columns, he is not an expert on \u003ci\u003eanything\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But some of the questions \u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e printable, to the point where he has selflessly decided to start a second column - a column dedicated to answering these questions - a column that puts the \"Um\" in Advice Column - a column that places a prime emphasis not on embarrassing the person asking the question, but on dwarfing it with the extent to which he embarrasses \u003ci\u003ehimself\u003c\/i\u003e.  And rather than give advice that is helpful only for that one person in one specific situation that may no longer be relevant, he heroically gives advice that's not actually helpful at \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e.  That way, \u003ci\u003eeveryone\u003c\/i\u003e wins. \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e     This is his first collection of this column - a column that, above all, proves that there is no such thing as a ridiculous question.  Just ridiculous answers.\u003cbr\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e     By Mordechai Schmutter\u003cbr\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-specs\" style=\"margin-top:20px\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;max-width:520px\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eComedian Mordechai Schmutter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eIsrael Bookshop Publications\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Israel Bookshop Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55441665982632,"sku":"LA128A","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9765\/9560\/files\/la128_1837_detail.jpg?v=1781048618","url":"https:\/\/judaicasquare.com\/products\/dear-mr-schmutter-theyre-asking-me","provider":"Judaica Square","version":"1.0","type":"link"}