Sofa King (Signed Copy)

Sofa King... The Monarch Of His Domain, And The Domain Is The Couch

This is the sofa. On this sofa, there is a king. The king is Sofa King, and on the new sofa, Sofa King can do anything. He is Sofa King comfortable. He is Sofa King satisfied. Every sentence in this book contains the phrase "Sofa King" in a context that is entirely about a man on a sofa and the manner in which that sofa defines his sovereignty and his experience of it. The sofa is the kingdom. The man is the king. The name is Sofa King. If you say that name out loud, the book will have accomplished what it set out to do. That is the book.

This adult parody book is pure wordplay humor executed with the commitment of a twenty-page illustrated dedication to a single phonetic joke. The name Sofa King is said as many times as possible. Each time it is said, it is said in a context that is technically about a couch. The technical accuracy is the whole game. Say "Sofa King comfortable" out loud. Say "Sofa King happy." Say "Sofa King tired of people not appreciating this joke." That last one is not in the book. The rest are variations on the theme and they are all there.

This Book IS For:

• Adults who appreciate a wordplay joke executed at maximum length with complete commitment across an illustrated book
• Fans of phonetic humor who find that the joke gets funnier every time you say it rather than wearing out
• Anyone who has ever said something technically innocent that sounded like something else and laughed for too long
• Gift-givers who want to hand someone a book whose title produces the laugh before anyone opens it

This Book Is NOT For:

• People who heard "Sofa King" and didn't hear what everyone else hears, which is a hearing situation worth investigating
• Readers who find wordplay that relies on homophonic similarity less sophisticated than other forms of humor
• Anyone who says "Sofa King" out loud and then immediately feels nothing, which is not an experience this book was designed for
• People who have been at a naming meeting where "Sofa King" was proposed and voted against and carry the wound

Appropriate For:

• White elephant exchanges where reading the title to the room is enough to win the exchange before it starts
• Gag gifts for anyone who loves puns, wordplay, or phonetic humor that commits completely to its premise
• Any occasion where you want to give a book that starts a chain reaction: someone says the name, someone else laughs, someone else asks why, the cycle begins
• Gifts for people who spend significant portions of their life on a sofa and deserve to be acknowledged as the kings they are

Why Buy This

Some jokes work once. Sofa King works every time someone says the name, which this book will make happen repeatedly over the course of twenty illustrated pages, and then again every time anyone picks it up and reads the title aloud to a new audience. The joke does not wear out. The joke is the name. The name is always the name. The name is Sofa King. Say it again. Same thing happens. That consistency is worth the price of admission.

The Sofa King is comfortable. The Sofa King is satisfied. The Sofa King is happy about his sofa and willing to describe his happiness in terms that remain technically about furniture. Buy it for someone who laughed at "Sofa King" and needs the complete experience in illustrated form. Buy it for someone who owns a great sofa and deserves the title to go with it. The kingdom is the couch. The king is Sofa King. The price is reasonable for a monarch.