"The Best of the Journal of Irreproducible Results" is a very good source of improbable humor. On the face of the book, it says it is parody. Having read it many times, I am not so sure about that. Personally, I think many of the articles were/are absolute truth! In the 1970s J.I.R. (the Journal of Irreproducible Results) was published on the backside of "The Worm Runner's Digest". For those of us who read the two, laughter became a lot more available in our dour labs. Consider the following: "Prenatal Psychoanalysis", "The Triple Blind Test", "Murphy's Refutation of Descartes" and "One-Minute Mismanager". If a smile appears on your face, this is a terrific book for you! If a smile does not appear on your face, you need a smile adjustment. Buy the Book! It will help!