{"product_id":"7056-funny-business-karl-toomey","title":"Funny Business: telling jokes to companies like… and more [Karl Toomey]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor: \u003c\/b\u003eKarl Toomey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication: \u003c\/b\u003e2017, First Edition (Signed)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eSoftcover, perfect-bound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages: \u003c\/b\u003e72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize: \u003c\/b\u003e148 x 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eText: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA record of Karl Toomey's experiment to discover whether large corporations have a sense of humour. Via live-chat services he told 30 multinational companies a joke and documented every exchange in unedited screenshots. The book mixes terrible and brilliant gags with a deliberately simple layout: a brief company description on the left page and the conversation on the right (names redacted). Prompted by the rise of bots and automation, Toomey frames the project as a modern-day Turing Test. Best case, you brighten a stranger’s day; worst case, a bot decides your jokes are rubbish. An introduction by Rob Alderson completes this wry, eye-catching document of corporate absurdity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eVery Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing to cover\/edges. Please note that some product listings use stock imagery, so the item received may not be the item shown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStandard Postage: \u003c\/b\u003eProvides 'limited cover' for loss\/damage only up to £30GBP. Please select the alternative ‘full cover' option at checkout for more valuable items! Excess shipping charges will be reimbursed. \u003cb\u003eAny import charges\/taxes, if incurred, to be covered by the buyer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7056\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58181464621439,"sku":"7056","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0496\/2979\/0360\/files\/7056-Funny-Business-Karl-Toomey-1.jpg?v=1786720639","url":"https:\/\/www.theprintarkive.co.uk\/products\/7056-funny-business-karl-toomey","provider":"The Print Arkive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}