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Bad Habits is a book by Dave Barry, meant to insult and make fun of the daily life of American as well as government lifestyles. The book follows a set of stories written and told by Dave Barry himself. The book is 100% fact free as said on the cover and has been overviewed as 100% fact free meaning that nothing in it is true or can be considered true. The book has been reviewed by The Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, and The Baltimore Sun.

Content
This section holds titles as well as sub-titles to the book.

Titles and Sub-Titles:
 * Household Perils
 * It's in the Genes
 * Barbecuing Is the Pits
 * A Solution to Housework
 * Three-Pronged Attack
 * They've Got Our Number
 * Okay, Now Try the Engine
 * The Problem with Pets


 * Governmental Follies
 * Fungus on the Economy
 * Give Wall Street Credit
 * Outbungling the Commies
 * It's Drafty in Here
 * MX Is the Way to Go. 'Bye
 * MX Service Warranty
 * Birthday Celebration
 * Why Not a Postal Service?
 * The Leak Detectors
 * States for Sale, Cheap
 * There Auto Be a Law
 * You'll Look Radiant
 * Caution: Government at Work


 * Taxation Without Reservation
 * A Taxing Proposal
 * Our Patriotic Booty
 * Taxpayer's Blues


 * The Media is The Mess-Up
 * Perking Up the News
 * Junkyard Journalism
 * Bring back Captain Video
 * In Depth, but Shallowly
 * Radio's Air Heads
 * What to Ban on Video
 * Subtract Those Ads


 * Low Finance
 * A matter of life and Debt
 * Full-Service Bankruptcy
 * The Net May Be Gross
 * Anti-Insurance Policy
 * Build Your Own Mess
 * God Needs the Money


 * Health Habits
 * Exercising Your Rights
 * Programs for the Unfit
 * Jogging for President
 * A Cold Cure? Who Nose?
 * Male Delivery Room
 * Tale of the Tapeworm
 * Injurious to Your Wealth
 * Psychiatrist for Rent
 * Oaf of Hippocrates
 * Great Baby! Delicious!
 * B---sts and Baby Care
 * Suet Won't Do It
 * Dentistry Self-Drilled


 * Culture Staggers On
 * Art Cuts Really Sphinx
 * Some Art, Some Art Not
 * Music to Get Rich By
 * Prurient Interest Rate
 * Compressed Classics


 * A Little Learning
 * Basic Frog Glop
 * Schools Not So Smart
 * Why We Don't Read
 * What Is and Ain't Grammatical
 * It Takes a Lot of Gaul
 * How to Trap a Zoid
 * College Admissions


 * Scientific Stuff
 * Barry's key to Life
 * Basic as Atom and Eve
 * Boredom on the Wing
 * What's Alien You?
 * The Computer: Is It Terminal?
 * Bring Back Carl's Plaque
 * Socket to Them
 * Cloudy with a Chance of...


 * Eat, Drink, And Be Way
 * The Art of Wine Snobbery
 * Beer Is the Solution
 * Hold the Bean Sprouts
 * Rooting for Rutabagas


 * Traveling Light
 * Vacation Reservations
 * Trip to balmy California
 * The Plane Truth
 * Destination: Maybe


 * The Sporting Life
 * Unsportsmanlike Conduct
 * Football Deflated
 * Gunning for Safety
 * Something Fishy Here


 * Tips From The Bottom
 * Serf Wanted
 * Wedding Etiquette
 * "Look! I Got You a Gift!"
 * About Lawn Order
 * The Law vs. Justice
 * Into the Round File

Reception
Gannett News Service- "Bad Habits, Funny book. Read it."

Eric Zorn, The Chicago Tribune- "Easily america's most preposterous newspaper columnist.'' (Dave Barry)

Claire Martin, The Denver Post- "Barry seems incapable of not being funny."

John Strausbaugh, The Baltimore Sun- "Think of Barry as falling somewhere between Mark Twain, Erma Bombeck, Andy Rooney, and National Lampoon.