Unearthed Connection

There are several things Funny in Farsi. This book might not be one of them.

Forgive me for my stance above, since the official translation in Farsi does not exist yet, I maybe wrong. There is no telling what a group of people might find funny. For heavens sake Canadians find fart jokes funny. The book itself is a "National Bestseller" as highlighted on the front of the cover.

I may pretend that I never wrote this review if this book lands a lot of laughs in "Ee-hran".

After a thorough read I can very much say that my fellow American's will laugh at just about anything. Particularly jokes that are based on funny accents, foreign names, and pretty much anything foreign. Such are the jokes that are carried on for 187 pages in this book. It somehow manages to never get old. Unless you work at the help-desk and have trouble pronouncing "virus" and are named Rajakrishnamurtanum. Then it gets old, very fast...

To be fair Funny in Farsi did teach me a couple of things. Now I know exactly why my Iranian friends in Dubai celebrated "Nawruz" and why their dinner table used to be displayed with objects starting with the letter "s" each year.

Family values depicted in the book are honorable. The love that shines through the family bonds is immense and at times heart warming. Too bad it doesn't exist much back in the middle east any more.

Oh and the chapter on "The Ham Amendment" is definitely worth a read. It gives you an interesting take on why Pork was not allowed for muslims. Hmm. When someone figures this one out let me know. I know it has little to do with it being cooked "just right". Muslims roasted whole lambs for parties back in the day... I think they could've managed to roast a piglet or two. 

On the light side of things. I think the book is intended for a light-hearted read.

[Unless of course you have a playstation w/ MW2 and wish to compete for trophies. =p.]