Funniest moments in Paper Towns

Discuss the April 2015 book of the month, "Paper Towns" by John Green.
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Re: Funniest moments in Paper Towns

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I had two major lol moments. They both were on the revenge night. The first was when they shaved off that guy's (whose name has escaped me) eyebrow, and the other when they got a picture of Margo's ex running away through the yard.
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I thought Ben's confession after he saved them from missing the cow was funny. He was being truthful about only caring about saving his self.
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I loved the pranks in the beginning, especially the fish. Quentin's reaction to it was priceless.
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Mine was hitting the cow and the beer sword.
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I enjoyed the argument of what they needed to survive on their road trip from the convenience store and this intense detailed plan of the protein, fruit, and water to get than an explosion of people running around to find out that most of them ended up just getting junk food.
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7Princess wrote:I thought Ben's confession after he saved them from missing the cow was funny. He was being truthful about only caring about saving his self.
I'm so glad you just reminded me of this. I need that good laugh. One of my favorite parts as well!
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The scenes after the cow scene were the best. I kept laughing at the ongoing cow jokes that kept happening over the rest of the book :lol:
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I loved the scene where they shaved off Chuck's eyebrow. :D :D
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ALynnPowers wrote:Today I woke up thinking about Ben insisting that he didn't save everyone's life when they almost hit the cow. He was only looking out for himself! :lol:

Can't stop laughing at this thought.
Yes! This was the funniest scene in my opinion. John Green seems to write methodically and realistically, so for Ben to encounter a COW, of all animals, caught me off guard. I enjoyed it because it wasn't predictable!
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There were a thousand shops on International Drive, and they all sold the same exact thing: crap. Cracks me up every time.
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The black Santa collection never failed to make me laugh. Honestly, almost any moment on the road trip definitely amused me, and Benś character literally existed to bring humor to the story, so how could I not laugh at his scenes? Overall, the book was just generally humorous, but I took a particular liking to Margo´s snarky lines.
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My favourite moment, apart from the revenge plan, was the entirety of the road trip. Like you said - Ben. His peeing in the bottle scene and then having it thrown on Radar was hilarious. I loved how they meticulously detailed their plan and left no room for extra stops or anything else that would make them miss prom, especially giving everyone a designated purchase - that was hilarious.
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My favourite moments were Margo's revenge scenes. Girl had a lot of angst to burn off, and did so spectacularly. Ben's reaction to almost everything is priceless - my fave character.
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Seeing all the comments here, I'm started to feel like I've got to go read the book all over again. :lol2:
While there were a lot of funny moments, Q talking about RHAPAW cracks me up more than anything else.
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The scene in which Ben had to pee while he was in the car is a scene that lives in my head rent free. I can't stop laughing whenever I think about it.
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