Mr. Manners: Proper Etiquette for the Modern Degenerate is a politically incorrect, satirical manual to living right while doing all the wrong things. If you ever wanted to live on the edge but are afraid of the repercussions of societal judgment, just follow Mr. Manners' advice and learn how to cross the line while still being viewed as a gentleman. You will be an upwardly mobile sinner in minutes! Embrace your manhood and learn how to pursue all of the higher arts via etiquette.Mr. Manners makes a martyr out of himself so that you may learn from his wisdom. Think that as a white man it's wrong to use the N-word in public? Wrong! Mr. Manners shows you the etiquette for overcoming this common misconception. Got a girl pregnant and fear that you are going to lose your freedom? Let Mr. Manners show you how to finagle your way out of this inconvenient bind whilst still maintaining your gentleman-like demeanor.Want to have a threesome with a buddy and a lower-level hussy but don't know how to deal with two bananas and one clam? Let Mr. Manners show you how to remain straight in a gay situation.Think you may have an STD? Don't let traditional medicine dictate your decision making process. Mr. Manners will lead you to homeopathic well being.Ever thought of dating a prostitute but fear occupational hazards? It's not as bad as you think and Mr. Manners shows you that it may be financially rewarding as well!Mr. Manners will teach you how to survive a night in jail, how to have rough sex without accidentally murdering your online date, how to drink and drive without getting caught and a plethora of other actions that could be macabre, but are merely by-products of being a gentleman.So curl up with this book and a drink and realize you're not a piece of white trash like the media would have you believe... You are a gentleman!

A witty and eloquent guide to traditional etiquette in modern society, from correspondence and gifts to table manners and life about town. My dears, navigating social situations in the modern world can be so complicated! But you needn’t fuss. Mr. Boddington provides impeccable etiquette advice on the proper way to comport oneself on any occasion. Inside, please find all the dos and don’ts for: How to word a wedding invitation When and how to write a thank-you card Whom to tip (and how much) How to thank the hostess of a dinner party And much more! From daily niceties to the hard-to-remember rules of polite society, Mr. Boddington provides all the answers with his signature wit and charm.

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When trainer Frank Black Machine Whaley of View Point, Texas, dies of a heart attack in 1946, Elegant Raines, an eighteen-year-old black prizefighter, must find a new trainer. Raines calls on Leemore Pee-Pot Manners, a boxing trainer who lives in Longwood, West Virginia. Any honest man would say Pee-Pot knows more about boxing than anyone alivewhether that man is black or white. Rainess goal is to become the heavyweight champion of the world. Under Pee-Pots tutelage Raines wins not only the middleweight championship, but the light heavyweight championship, marking him as one of the greatest fighters of his time. During his quest for the title, Raines falls in love with Gem Loving, a pastors daughter whose father, Pastor Embry O. Loving, maintains a dim view of fighters. Gem must fight for Raines in ways her father will condemn. A Bigger Prize tells a fictional story of the boxing world in the 1940s and what the sport meant to both blacks and whites of the time. It considers the question of whether Elegant Rainess bigger prize is the worlds heavyweight championshipor something outside the ring more violent than boxing and its reward.