The most valuable thing in the book is information about each of the 12 (dozen) techniques of wit and the technology for its reproduction. Elegant examples that accompany theoretical material with extravagance encourage one to compete with masters of words in inventing statements that are original in content and precise in linguistic form. Almost all creative tasks contain possible answers: unexpected in the method of creation, witty in content, sensitive in moral terms. The illustrative part of the manual is successful. More than fifty humorous drawings coincide so much with the content of the corresponding tasks that just correlating them with a specific task helps to discover the desired “answer.” Addressed to a wide range of readers: high school students of general education institutions, students of various specialties, psychologists, teachers, managers (classroom and not so class leaders ), those who like to joke and laugh.